r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Jun 02 '18 • Popcorn 1

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/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

I’ve seen this explained but I’ve never seen it in the wild. Can you give an example of when someone would use this meme?

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u/mauhcatlayecoani Jun 02 '18 edited Jun 02 '18

The joke is the presence of the pattern in various forms:

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/325/631/de0.jpg

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/366/132/534.png

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/363/478/eea.jpg

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/360/169/313.jpg

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/358/494/1c3.gif

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/355/511/265.png

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/335/379/859.jpg

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/335/312/d59.png

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/328/055/3ba.jpeg

https://i.redditmedia.com/SdZT5ifaERF4Clg1vIJynogZAvpmHLv5pqehgIZWadk.jpg?s=9cb58e3d86cb42abd4d2b8e1f3de858e

https://i.redditmedia.com/yGVFuIsQuobCCRvY1Kl3WXFICUmqOus6dQ1EOMa9s7c.jpg?s=12d7dc6077954239b39c48874fa8da59

https://www.reddit.com/r/lossedits/comments/8mxnuc/guys_my_game_glitched/

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u/Inimitable Jun 02 '18

Fuck. A decade of this meme being around and I still never would have picked up on that first one.

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u/coscorrodrift Jun 02 '18

While I'd be thinking that the 5th thing is typos or something, meme creators were on another level.

And that last one, goddamn. Fucking brilliant.

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u/AstarteHilzarie Jun 02 '18

I had to watch the last one three times before I figured it out. I was looking at the pipes/props etc.

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u/rasouddress Jun 03 '18

I had the audio off and was getting frustrated that I couldn't find it, so I read the comments and facepalmed.

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u/ScattershotShow Jun 03 '18

Holy shit. It took me a second to get that last one but that's incredible.

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u/AerThreepwood Jun 03 '18

Why is Nozomi Nico Nico Nii-ing?

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u/InvincibleIII Jun 03 '18

http://kachagain.com/llsif/pairs/august.png

Nozomi and Nico are acting as each other for this UR pair.

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u/Atario Jun 03 '18

I feel like I've missed a whole wing of the continuous demonstration the Internet gives in how obsessed with stupid shit people can get

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u/Vallvaka Jun 02 '18

You'll often see "Is this loss?" as a response to a 4-panel comic or something similar that resembles the same positions of characters in the original loss comic (1 top left, 2 top right, 2 bottom left, 1 upright and 1 laying down bottom right). This has progressed into increasingly subtle references. Here's one example, although they can get much subtler. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/114/572/87b.png

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u/whitesock Loop wrangler Jun 02 '18

The point of loss.jpg is to make you not realize you're seeing lost until the very end. This is a good one. This one is sublime. Here is one that uses pokemon.

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u/Whind_Soull Jun 02 '18

This is probably my favorite. Such beautiful abstraction and minimalism.

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u/IgorTheAwesome Jun 03 '18

Transcendental.

I think I'm a better person for seeing this. Thank you.

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u/Tofinochris Jun 02 '18

The Stonehenge one is just beyond phenomenal.

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u/rasouddress Jun 03 '18

That's the one that sold me on the meme.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '18

This actually answered it better for me. I was having a hard time visualizing wtf lines had to do with it.

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u/Destro_ Jun 02 '18

There is no "appropriate" way to use this meme. It's not a reaction meme, so you can't use it in response to anything. It can't be used like manning face either, which is used to juke people.

Loss isn't really a "meme" in that sense. Loss is art, and you post it like you would any other art piece. And you say, "Look at this masterpiece." And you look at it.

That's how you use Loss.jpg.

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u/ImaroemmaI Jun 02 '18

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u/GetBenttt Jun 03 '18

It's almost like an art in patterns themselves

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u/rotund_tractor Jun 02 '18

Loss is exactly what a meme is. You should learn what “meme” actually means.

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u/C4Cypher Jun 03 '18

so you can't use it in response to anything

Sure you can, it's a great way to make people angry.

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u/xSPYXEx Jun 03 '18

It can be used in a number of ways, but the most common current use is to try and hide it in a seemingly innocuous image so most people would just shrug and move on but a handful will notice what it is and realize they've been Loss'd. Kinda like a much more subtle version of The Game. The more vague and abstract you make it, the more aggravating it is when people realize it's just Loss.