Science Memes @mander.xyz fossilesque @mander.xyz 11 mo. ago

Seasonal Affective Disorder

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My friend sent this and I am filled with rage

So you Lost your mind?
- Loss is hard to bear.
Getting tired of the loss resurgence but this was inspired. Kudos my friend
- I will never be tired of it... Maybe...
- Loss resurgence?
  
  Edit: nevermind. I got it now.
- Is there an angry upvote on Lemmy yet?
- The internet has proven to be very clever with its "loss" memes. I keep seeing innovative and/or fun applications of it before I ever feel they're getting stale.
i'm at a loss for words
Loss is just this generation's "The Game", change my mind.
- The fuck, I lost, AGAIN!
  
  That's twice now, today.
  
  I was unprepared. I lost The Game too.
- Unlike the game, loss has no escape
  
  I do not care what the creator of The Game says, he lost ownership of it years ago, society decides when it's over and it's not, so you just lost the game...
  
  Rack em up again boys!
  
  OMG thank you. I'm free. I'm finally free!!
  
  What was the game?
I don’t understand this.
- There's a comic, titled "Loss", which is infamous, because it's incredibly fucking depressive. People don't enjoy being reminded of it. And so, of course, it has become an internet culture / meme thing to do precisely that, but in a sneaky way.
  
  In particular, the comic has 4 panels and an arrangement of characters in a certain, recognizable pattern. So, over time, it's been reduced ad absurdum to just this pattern.
  
  Well, and in the meme above, it becomes apparent that it's replicating the Loss pattern, when that fourth panel has the DNA flipped on its side. So, the joke is that we have the pattern-seeking brain for recognizing Loss.
  
  If I recall correctly, it's not infamous for being super depressing but because it used to be a light hearted web comic (CTRL+ALT+DEL) about nerds doing nerd stuff and then the author decided to go into this weird dramatic arch of an ongoing love story that just didn't really fit into the whole thing. The "Loss" strip was the overly dramatic peak of this arch and I think at this point people were already making fun of it. While the topic certainly is pretty depressing, it was more the fact that this whole thing was rather cringeworthy and over the top that started the whole meme.
  
  And so, of course, it has become an internet culture / meme thing to do precisely that, but in a sneaky way.
  
  MFW I realize that Loss is just Rick-rolling the latest generation.
  
  I think a good way to introduce people to the loss format is to show them the original vs the two-stick version, and then show the derivatives. It's golden and still makes me laugh!
  
  There's a comic, titled "Loss",
  
  Sonofa...
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
  
  Oh my god the Indiana Jones one is perfect
- https://mander.xyz/post/6740637
- Loss
I really like this one, because there's two jokes in it. One is that our pattern seeking brain allowed us to study evolution, our genome, etc. And the other is the Loss pattern meme, which I didn't even notice at first.
- Thank you!
  
  You're welcome!
Damn you.
fossilesque@mander.xyz did you just post two loss memes back to back?

thank
- Fight me.
  
  In response to this comment, I went to find the previous post, then came back here to say, noice.
FUCK 🤦‍♂️
While pattern-seeking will indeed help you to avoid predators (and connect imagery to extremely over-memed webcomics), it's also useful for so much more!
- it's also useful for so much more!
  
  Like seeing ghosts when you tune an old TV to static!
  
  And seeing Jesus in a tortilla!
I don't get it
They're not the only one filled with rage.
I hate you_but _not _really
- Not bad
We didn't lose a chromosome. Two of our ancestors' chromosomes fused to make human chromosome 2.

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