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[–] 26 points 9 months ago (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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