The flower bouquet at the end convinced me this is unto itself another comic making a loss reference while making fun of the concept of the comic "loss"
Seen this comic before, but this is first time I saw that it was loss.
Sorry 😣 I hate loss comics, but unfortunately the most appropriate way to convey that is through loss comics I guess
Any more and someone will accidentally create a meta-black hole.
I was going to say they missed out by not formatting this like Loss, then I looked closer.
Haha yeah that's a solid plan for the first time in a long time ago and I think it was a good idea to go to the same place if you guys are going to be a part of the job.
Did you hit the first suggested word on your phone over and over?
Hey I just got home from work and I have to go to the store and get a hold of you and I will be there in about an hour to be a little late to get the car back from the house and I can get it from you and I will be there around 10 or so if you want to come over and get it
Maybe it's just me, but I don't find a comic about miscarriage turned into a meme funny.
You really need to (a) have followed the comic fifteen years ago when it was relevant or (b) seen the HBomberGuy recap video to understand it.
But the TL;DR; of the original joke is that the webcomic was this incel tier whiny gamer wall-of-text throw away web comic. But it managed to produce a singular momentary deeply moving piece of real art.
Imagine flipping through Ben Garrison comics for five years and then - literally right after a panel of Joe Biden firing a giant turd labeled TAX HIKES into AOC's mouth, Garrison decides to produce a fully rendered pointelist abstract on par with Starry Night. Or catching Charlie Kirk doing this hypnotic interpretive dance evoking the pain experienced by a young girl falling out of love with her first boyfriend. Or Bill Maher cutting from some panel rant about millennials to do Moonlight Sonata.
It was such an incredible jarring shift in tone and quality, and one that vanished as quickly as it appeared. It wasn't based on any kind of real life event, just a moment of deep personal drama the author felt the need to explore in an otherwise totally superficial piece of navel gazing bullshit.
In some sense, it was self commentary. The idea of a better piece of art, dead before it was even born. Known but not seen or heard or felt, saving in the soul.
One word to describe what could have been.
Loss.
Everything that came after is just jokes referencing the absurd unanticipated masterpiece.
It's also funny to me that the author was such a smug-ass
type and now all anyone remembers of his formerly super popular webcomic is the very poorly done miscarriage drama.I also remember that time he made a racist joke and tried to awkwardly edit it out, though
all anyone remembers of his formerly super popular webcomic is the very poorly done miscarriage drama
I mean, I consider that comic the unintentional high point of his career. He had a following, but was always sorta mid-tier. His technique was decent but never great and I don't think he ever brought into the professional industry.
But Loss was a genuine powerful piece of work. If he's going to be remembered for anything, it should be that.
Imagine flipping through Ben Garrison comics for five years and then - literally right after a panel of Joe Biden firing a giant turd labeled TAX HIKES into AOC's mouth, Garrison decides to produce a fully rendered pointelist abstract on par with Starry Night.
Not sure if this is a reference or not, but check out Garrison's cubism abstract paintings.
no, I don't think he did. he just realized childrearing was going to be a drag on the comic and he needed a way to deal with the "problem"
no I think he keeps her in the story. it's the baby getting fridged.
You really need to (a) have followed the comic fifteen years ago when it was relevant
I'm going to lie down in this comfy coffin now.
I've been an internet forum lurker for well on 20-25 years. I see stupid "is this loss" posts every so often. I don't get it and I never will.
:angry Abe Simpson yelling at cloud:
It's just a neat little shibboleth for terminally online nerds. There isn't a real joke anymore - like originally it was mocking a terrible webcomic, but at this point the joke is that you recognise the webcomic. It's a more intricate and creative version of the game
It's for posts that fit the following criteria(parentheses are how it relates to the original comic, cw: it has implications of miscarriage):
-4 panels
-first panel has one person(Dude rushing to the hospital)
-second panel has two people(Dude talking to the nurse)
-third panel has two people(Dude talking to the doctor)
-fourth panel has a person standing and a person laying down(dude seeing his wife in the hospital bed)
You can replace the people with objects or shapes as long as they vaguely resemble a human silhouette.
It's sort of like a pun with a slightly elaborate setup, except instead of playing with the patterns in words it's playing with patterns in images. Basically, the joke is that it's an elaborate setup for a very stupid payoff.
Just one of those things that was funny exactly once and people outside the loop will mimic it forever so that they feel included
