… I don’t get it
It’s a reference to the meme “Loss” linked in this comment: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/805300
I was 21 in 2008, and I’d been a fan of Ctrl Alt Del since near it’s beginning. I was a huge web comic fan in general, and I got intensely emotionally invested in them, even the silly ones.
This strip hit me exactly as he intended it to. It resonated with me I guess because of my brother and sister in law going through a miscarriage shortly before. Either way, it had a powerful impact on me and I didn’t see this “tonal shift” as a problem. That’s kinda dumb if you ask me, lots and lots of comedies have serious moments.
Anyway, I didn’t know this meme until a few years ago and it always makes me sad. It’s dumb, I know.
I’m super sensitive to negativity, which is why I was always a lurker in reddit, I always got shat on whenever I shared anything, to the point that I’d just delete my account and hide from the internet for a while.
Because there may be people who have yet to experience this meme: https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
Too bad there’s so much link rot in there. I still don’t get it tbh.
Here’s a link with the actual pictures instead of the amp bullshit.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lossTL;DR: light-hearted comic has a sad moment and people lose their shit
