• mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      17·
      24 hours ago

      Loss is the title of this specific comic strip of the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del:

      It’s notable because the webcomic was basically just a weekly comedy sketch. It had a few ongoing story arcs involving the main characters, but it was always upbeat and funny. Characters may be in bad situations, but they had some sort of one liner or punchline for it.

      So this wordless strip about a miscarriage was a drastic change in tone. At best, it’s simply an awkward tone shift with zero warning. But at worst, it’s an attempt to start a conversation about an extremely difficult subject, in a setting that is entirely inappropriate. It would be like going to a college house party and trying to solemnly raise awareness for pancreatic cancer. At best, people will think you’re an awkward killjoy.

      The fans of the webcomic quickly started memeing about Loss, and posting remakes/demakes of it. It eventually got reduced into the version we know today: the 1, 2, 2, L format. It became a sort of rickroll for the people who recognize it.

    • Agent641@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 day ago

      It’s a comic episode, made by a once popular comedy comic strip writer, which describes his partners miscarriage. He runs into the hospital ( I ) talks to a person at the reception ( I i ), talks to the doctor ( I I ), and then sees his partner lying in a hospital bed ( I _ ). A very private bit of information monetized in poor taste for millions of readers. Also it was unfunny and uninteresting. Completely unnessecary. Everyone hated him for it. Comic strip was called Penny something, I think.