Because it was completely out of place, was a major tonal whiplash, and didn’t really have much explanation (other than the obvious) at the time to the readers who were mainly terminally online nerds before that was as much of a thing. Add in the toxicity of the forums and the existing B^U meme, (making fun of his inability to make that many facial expressions) and this was pretty much inevitable.
I get that he needed to express the grief (and I’ve been there too), but sometimes the choices we make to deal with it aren’t the best ones to make.
This makes it seem as though this has persisted because of him and not because people on the internet constantly want to punch down while thinking they’re punching up. People mock it because it makes them feel better about their own failures.
Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mildly funny Penny Arcade knock off but the creator ventured into more serious themes. That turned out to be unpopular so he did a miscarriage powered 180 and became immortal.
It always felt pretty narcissistic and self-important, that’s what I found off-putting with it at least. It’s clear that it held a very high opinion of itself.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss
I only recently became aware of this. I had seen the original comic a long time ago. Still do not understand why people mock it.
Because it was completely out of place, was a major tonal whiplash, and didn’t really have much explanation (other than the obvious) at the time to the readers who were mainly terminally online nerds before that was as much of a thing. Add in the toxicity of the forums and the existing B^U meme, (making fun of his inability to make that many facial expressions) and this was pretty much inevitable.
I get that he needed to express the grief (and I’ve been there too), but sometimes the choices we make to deal with it aren’t the best ones to make.
This makes it seem as though this has persisted because of him and not because people on the internet constantly want to punch down while thinking they’re punching up. People mock it because it makes them feel better about their own failures.
Nothing quite like a mob circle jerking over someone’s grief for years on end to get a good lol out.
deleted by creator
Nah it’s just a fun thing
Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mildly funny Penny Arcade knock off but the creator ventured into more serious themes. That turned out to be unpopular so he did a miscarriage powered 180 and became immortal.
That strip hit surprisingly hard.
Michael Jackson mpreg
It always felt pretty narcissistic and self-important, that’s what I found off-putting with it at least. It’s clear that it held a very high opinion of itself.