Losslikes

Losslikesrefers to simulacrum imagememesin which the central joke involves recognizing a shape or pattern from another piece of pop culture in an unexpected context. The name comes from the infamouswebcomic Loss, whose four panels became so iconic that internet users took to making minimal and obscure interpretations representing the general "I II II I_" shape of the comic. After a flood of minimalist Loss edits in the mid to late 2010s, other recognizable shapes and patterns similarly became memes. Losslikes tend to form around infamous images and are meant to frustrate the viewer upon realizing what the pattern symbolizes.