Wow, I’m impressed you’ve been able to avoid Loss for so long.
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RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 1 week agoI didn’t get it either, so I tried googling “Loss”.
I think it’s to do with this thing. Specifically the alignment of the little pins in the DVI port seem to be the same as for the “minimalist version of Loss” thing mentioned there on the wiki.
I have a hazy recollection of that comic from way back yonder, and it causing some sort of a hassle. Apparently the minimalist version is some meme, now? Or always has been?
samus12345@lemm.ee 1 week ago
smeenz@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
I’ve also never seen it before now …
fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Me neither. I’m not sure how that makes me feel.
RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
I never really followed ctrl+alt+del, which is prolly part of the reason. Only heard about the drama that specific comic strip caused second hand.
LycanGalen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yep, this. In a couple places on the image at least. Thank you for connecting the lines and dots.
To answer your question, the loss meme started almost immediately after the original comic was released. It ebbs and flows in popularity, but seems to be something the internet can’t let go of. Lemmy has a particular fetish for it.
from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I imagine that it is a particular crowd that is present on lemmy that holds on to this one, as I have not seen a Loss meme since 2011. Probably older americans working in tech is my best guess; especially those who consumed web comics from back in the day.
LycanGalen@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Fair. I certainly had to resurrect WTH loss meant when I joined Lemmy. I was more thinking the Venn diagram of people still clinging to Loss, and people on Lemmy is probably not a perfect circle. But who knows.
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Thank you for this context. I was truly at a loss.