The lost meme. Since I brought it up on e621 I would assume everyone has heard of it. Originated from a webcomic, the lost meme mainly consist of:
1. a vertical object
2. two vertical objects
3. two vertical objects with noticeable differences when compared to 2.
4. one vertical object and a horizontal object

One thing I don't understand is that memes are supposed to be absurd, like the ugandan knuckles have the absurd quote of "Do you know De Way?", or the we are number one meme have absurd characters. This meme, however, is the most "BASIC　BITCH" meme I've ever come across, the meme can not mutate much, and the original version is not that special either, it's just your same old "sad soap opera" cliché where the couple suffers from miscarriage(or some other fatal disease). Where is the joke and what is absurd about it?

http://knowyourmeme.com/news/heres-to-loss-the-internets-greatest-meme

.....its loss, not lost

This would have been better posted as a blip..

CLICKBAIT

Point?

theultra said:
it's just your same old "sad soap opera" cliché where the couple suffers from miscarriage(or some other fatal disease). Where is the joke and what is absurd about it?

It started as a comedic gaming webcomic, then turned extremely dark without any warning. Imagine that same scene happening in Garfield or Family Circus, that's how out of place it felt.

Some folks found such a sudden shift in mood funny, while some found it offensive. Fans of the comic were mostly in the latter camp, since they didn't read it for serious content.

One thing I don't understand is that memes are supposed to be absurd, like the ugandan knuckles have the absurd quote of "Do you know De Way?", or the we are number one meme have absurd characters. This meme, however, is the most "BASIC　BITCH" meme I've ever come across, the meme can not mutate much, and the original version is not that special either, it's just your same old "sad soap opera" cliché where the couple suffers from miscarriage(or some other fatal disease). Where is the joke and what is absurd about it?

Well, here's the thing. You misunderstand what a meme is.

A meme is not absurd, or even a joke.

A meme is an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture. It's intent is to convey a particular theme, meaning or phenomenon.

It's based on the same word that means 'to imitate' that brought us "mime"..

Memes include things like catch phrases, melodies, and fashion. Bellbottoms are a meme. Ahnold saying "I'll be back" is a meme. Tony the tiger talking about how Frosted flakes are Grrrrreat! is a meme.

An *internet meme* is basically an upclose and intense version of this, because when I retweet it, or post it to youtube, it's exposed to potentially millions of people if the right person rebloggles it. Or to drop it back to the real world... It's like a celebrity wearing a particular fashion and people around the world going "oh, that looks neat! I want to wear that."

They are *often* funny, but not exclusively.

Slenderman, for example, is the most popular entry on know your meme. I'd argue that Slenderman--generaly-- is intended to be scary over funny, and isn't really absurd except in the way that all creatures of horror are absurd.

Number 2 is Doge. Such format. Very concern. Much funny, v. cute. .... but not so much absurd. After all Doge-speak is an evolution of "I can has cheeseburger"-era cat-speak, and doge-speak has evolved to doggo-speak. (Doge-speak "concern" or "so concern" becomes "doing me a concern!" in doggo) ... it can be funny and absurd, but by nature, it's not.

Three is ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) <-- this. What's it about? I don't know. I literally don't know. This is absurd. Near as I can tell, people jsut.. posted it. alot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

4 is the "forever alone" face. Which is part of the rage comic-era. Absurd? not really. Funny? It can be. it's meant to communicate an idea-- Just like No/ 6's Trollface, and no. 9's "me gusta"

Loss, as a meme, is not so much about the comic, which, Yeah: Genjar pretty much nails... but it's about the fact that it can be distilled down to | || || |_ and it's recognizeable.

it's like hiding the illuminati symbol. It's like any number of other "when you see it" memes over the years. It's a "wait.. is that... ffffff" moment

post #1551275 post #1506474 post #1395214

It's absurd in that those lines MEAN something. it's absurd in that we can see a pattern in chocolate chips, or in a tiger's stripes. it's a pattern to mimic, like those avengers memes. Like Caramel dansen, like SO many other memes out there. Like that guy sprinkling salt, or the man with too many limes.

Memes don't make sense. They're part of a learned language between people on the internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3pLDrZQTf8

Thanks, doc.

Munkelzahn said:
CLICKBAIT

Listen here you 'lil shit, here's 10 reasons YOU are clickbait. Click the link to find out more.

https://e621.net/post/show/763969

This was utter clickbait. I still can't even figure out WTF this whole thread is supposed to be about.

CCoyote said:
This was utter clickbait. I still can't even figure out WTF this whole thread is supposed to be about.

It was supposed to be a thread about a particular meme, it is now a thread about the definition of a meme and clickbait rage.

MyNameIsOver20charac said:
It was supposed to be a thread about a particular meme, it is now a thread about the definition of a meme and clickbait rage.

I can't understand this meme because I can't find where the joke is, so SnowWolf basically answered the question for me, my bad :/

is this loss :thinking: