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.
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.
Posted here for more context for others:
Cyanide and Happiness took a direct quote from the author on how they actually view miscarriage
Don’t forget to mention his hypocritical views on miscarriage when bringing it up too.
Oh I knew about the stuff explained in the first comment but not about the followup stuff. Please continue.
Wow it was much harder to find this time for some reason.
Found Cyanide and Happiness’ comic which verbatim quoted the author of Loss to point out his hypocrisy at least:
https://explosm.net/comics/dave-tim-actually-said-this
not Loss.jpg 😭
and i just realized the image is loss.jpg but with headphones.
Its hearing protection, kinda the opposite of headphones. Tbf, they can look similar
Oh its not called headphones but hearing protection?
Yes, headphones play music etc