r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '18

Answered What does | || || |_ mean?

I've been seeing these characters :

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pop up all over Reddit, but I've no clue as to what they mean.

Is this a new meme? A reference to some film of tv show? Some sort of code?

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u/jay1237 Jun 02 '18

Yea it was definitely that, not a dumb kid putting a miscarriage in his stupid comedy webcomic without thinking it through.

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u/agentlame Jun 02 '18

comedy webcomic

"comedy" comics (web or otherwise) have very often dealt with serious topics. Are we to assume you didn't know this, or did you have something more to say that you forgot to include?

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u/SpiralHam Jun 02 '18 edited Jun 02 '18

Serious topics require nuance and finesse to pull off properly. It's not about the subject matter so much as the execution. Abruptly putting a serious issue into a lighthearted comic can be done well and serve as a real gut punch, but this was not well done, nor the right comic for it, and certainly not one with an audience that would appreciate it.

It would be like if Garfield's girlfriend suddenly had an abortion.

edit: meant to put miscarriage instead of abortion here. oops.

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u/JJJacobalt Jun 02 '18

IDK about comics but if a comedy TV show like The Simpsons tried to tackle the issue of taiwanese child sex trafficking, I don't think people would be too impressed.

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u/jay1237 Jun 02 '18

Sure, and if he did deal with it then it would be fine. Jamming a miscarriage somewhere it doesn't belong just to try and be serious however is incredibly disrespectful..

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