Splatoon 3 Locker is 'Loss' Reference

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An eagle-eyed Splatoon 3 player has correctly recognized a reference to the iconic meme 'Loss' in one of the game's lockers. New to the series, Splatoon 3 introduces lockers as a way of sharing a player's personality with others, allowing them to fill and cover it with weapons, gear, and decorations to their heart's content.

Splatoon 3 lockers seem to already be a hit, with many unique and funny designs reaching social media. However, this particular locker is hiding a reference in plain sight, created with squid stickers.

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The Splatoon 3 meme was shared on Reddit with fellow fans by user UwU1408, who simply asked, «is this...» a shortened version of how most people refer to the meme, with «Is this loss?» The screenshot from the game shows the inside of a locker door covered in squid stickers. However, there's a pattern here: it follows the original comic's four panel setup, with one squid by itself, then three iterations of two squids each, with the one squid standing and the other lying down in the final panel. Anyone who wasn't familiar with the tragedy-inspired meme likely wouldn't recognize it as one at all, but this particular meme has been broken down so much since its origination that it's often referenced with nothing but lines.

The 'Loss' meme being referenced here originated with the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del, which was primarily a webcomic about video games. However, the creator surprised his readers when he tried to take the comic down a serious path, creating a comic in which no dialogue is spoken, but the main character can be seen running through a hospital to find his girlfriend who had just had a miscarriage. Despite the serious nature of the