Is there a fundamental internet meme that has had such a major impact that it would have notable repercussions if it had somehow disappeared?

  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I sometimes think back to when Loss was first posted. I was a teenager hanging out on Shacknews and Somethingawful. The memes started pouring out, people couldn’t stop mocking it. Seemed kinda cruel to me, obviously the author was trying to share something personal and painful with his audience. But the internet was a cruel place. People just didn’t give a fuck.

    I remember thinking it’ll blow over before too long. Boy howdy did I underestimate the internet.

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      1 year ago

      To be honest i discovered this meme no so long ago, but i feel like the message and resilience of it is kind of universal. Everyone understand whats’s its essence, everyone can relate. I never though i would be the one to bring it up anywhere, but here i am, posting it, years after the original. And its still relevant!