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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] sir_pronoun@lemmy.world 149 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And here I thought DVI offered lossless signal transmission

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 28 points 1 week ago

Well done now get out

[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Also in the larger pin array

[–] jenny_ball@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have even more questions now

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[–] notsure@fedia.io 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they even did it twice to drive the point home....jeez

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Took a bit for the first, missed the other one. Damn.

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 week ago
[–] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Ah ty for the clue

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah I got it when I realized there's no such thing as DVI-L haha

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I appreciate the quality of this image. The joke would've been conoletely loss if it had been a shitty jpeg

[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Just wait for a couple of more reposts

[–] soupguy@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

What am I supposed to.... You sneaky bastard.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 21 points 1 week ago

I need to cut down on my internet consumption.

[–] Copythis@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

It's loss isn't it....

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This cant be

This is AI generated for sure

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Yep. The warbled surface defects are a dead giveaway

[–] yozul@beehaw.org 1 points 1 week ago

I dunno, it could be, but at some point it becomes easier to just photoshop something than to try and talk an AI into replicating some hyper-specific arrangement of tiny elements of a picture.

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[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago
[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AnAverageSnoot@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I didn't get it either, so I tried googling "Loss".

I think it's to do with this thing. Specifically the alignment of the little pins in the DVI port seem to be the same as for the "minimalist version of Loss" thing mentioned there on the wiki.

I have a hazy recollection of that comic from way back yonder, and it causing some sort of a hassle. Apparently the minimalist version is some meme, now? Or always has been?

[–] AstralPath@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Thank you for this context. I was truly at a loss.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow, I'm impressed you've been able to avoid Loss for so long.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've also never seen it before now ...

Me neither. I'm not sure how that makes me feel.

[–] RiceMunk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

I never really followed ctrl+alt+del, which is prolly part of the reason. Only heard about the drama that specific comic strip caused second hand.

[–] LycanGalen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yep, this. In a couple places on the image at least. Thank you for connecting the lines and dots.

To answer your question, the loss meme started almost immediately after the original comic was released. It ebbs and flows in popularity, but seems to be something the internet can't let go of. Lemmy has a particular fetish for it.

[–] from_D4rkness@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I imagine that it is a particular crowd that is present on lemmy that holds on to this one, as I have not seen a Loss meme since 2011. Probably older americans working in tech is my best guess; especially those who consumed web comics from back in the day.

[–] LycanGalen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Fair. I certainly had to resurrect WTH loss meant when I joined Lemmy. I was more thinking the Venn diagram of people still clinging to Loss, and people on Lemmy is probably not a perfect circle. But who knows.

[–] DiaDeLosMuertos@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

It's about Loss mate. ( I have no idea either. )

[–] lol_idk@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I there's a loss in signal during game play, you lose the game

[–] Focal@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago
[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

deep inhale ... slow exhale Give me strength.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I love loss memes, keep em coming

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 7 points 1 week ago

Oh that's why that plug often lost connection

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I hate you.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

DVI-L chef's kiss

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] TBi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Zoom in on the left hand end of the connector.

[–] TBi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

DVI-L? I feel stupid that I’m missing something obvious!