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orbdragon

Looking for a story (Loss)

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My Google-fu has never let me down so profoundly - I'm looking for the shitpost that ends in the Loss meme. I think it's "1 2 2 50" in binary but I'm having the worst time finding it. I'm afraid I don't remember much of the story proper as the meme overshadowed it, but any help would be appreciated!

Posted Aug 10, 2019, 2:59 PM UTC

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It was a tumblr response to a writing prompt. And it used Morse code and Roman numerals instead of binary.

Here ya go.

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orbdragonOP•

Was that reposted in HFY? If not, then that wouldn't be what I'm looking for as I wouldn't have seen it. That's clever, but I think the reference wasn't spelled out so clearly.

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Ah, I see. Yeah, I’m not sure which post you’re looking for, hope you find it though.

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xloHolx•

It was

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slice_of_piThe Ancient One•

Maybe im an idiot, but I read that and I don't get it.

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Mithre•

Do you know the loss meme? Basically, people have distilled it down to the format:
I II
II L
which represents how people were standing in the original comic. Looking at that, all the symbols in the meme are also roman numerals, namely 1, 2, 2, 50.

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slice_of_piThe Ancient One•

No, apparently I completely missed out on that meme. Thanks!

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RealJraydel1•

Shouldve said "I'm at a loss"

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orbdragonOP•

Aaaargh, missed opportunity!

I know Plucium would know, as I'm absolutely certain they'd have posted a comment on it because I'm quite sure this meme/pun battle going on is why it was posted in the first place

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