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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Following the whole "bike cuck" fiasco, Shen managed to make the most out of the negative response, [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 first by remaking the comic]] [[OldShame only to call himself out for his stupidity]] while promoting net neutrality in the process, and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/1210707080992186368 another comic years later]] where he was ''reunited'' with his bike for Christmas. In general, the backlash also caused him to heavily tone down the self-discouraging tone in favor of more experimental, overall more upbeat humor.
%%It kind of seems like he's sided with the latter pretty well and has shifted gears, can this really be still an ongoing issue? * BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
* FoeYayShipping: Shen/Life is a thing. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really]]. There are people out there who ship an AuthorAvatar with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ''Life itself''.
* FriendlyFandoms: Usually with ''Webcomic/SarahsScribbles'', also a webcomic about relatable young millennial problems.
* MemeticLoser: The comic's protagonist/narrative is often negatively viewed as being an embodiment of self-pitying/"NeverMyFault" views.
* MemeticMutation:
** In general, the comic is a very popular source of meme templates, thanks to the heavy use of {{Expo Label}}s making it easy to turn one metaphor into another for almost any situation.
** Parodying Shen's work as repetitive self-pitying comics where the protagonist easily gives up in front of problems. Including his portrayal of "Life" as the villain.
** "Missed the Point", where an optimistic man tries to convince an angry man to be more positive and express what he likes, only to become angry and violent himself when he doesn't like his reply.
** "All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to take a bug outside gently, but squashes it in his fist when it says something he hates.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". After having public breakdowns, Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Following the whole "bike cuck" fiasco, Shen managed to make the most out of the negative response, [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 first by remaking the comic]] [[OldShame only to call himself out for his stupidity]] while promoting net neutrality in the process, and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/1210707080992186368 another comic years later]] where he was ''reunited'' with his bike for Christmas. In general, the backlash also caused him to heavily tone down the self-discouraging tone in favor of more experimental, overall more upbeat humor.
%%It kind of seems like he's sided with the latter pretty well and has shifted gears, can this really be still an ongoing issue? * BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
* FoeYayShipping: Shen/Life is a thing. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really]]. There are people out there who ship an AuthorAvatar with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ''Life itself''.
* FriendlyFandoms: Usually with ''Webcomic/SarahsScribbles'', also a webcomic about relatable young millennial problems.
* MemeticLoser: The comic's protagonist/narrative is often negatively viewed as being an embodiment of self-pitying/"NeverMyFault" views.
* MemeticMutation:
** In general, the comic is a very popular source of meme templates, thanks to the heavy use of {{Expo Label}}s making it easy to turn one metaphor into another for almost any situation.
** Parodying Shen's work as repetitive self-pitying comics where the protagonist easily gives up in front of problems. Including his portrayal of "Life" as the villain.
** "Missed the Point", where an optimistic man tries to convince an angry man to be more positive and express what he likes, only to become angry and violent himself when he doesn't like his reply.
** "All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to take a bug outside gently, but squashes it in his fist when it says something he hates.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". After having public breakdowns, Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Following the whole "bike cuck" fiasco, Shen managed to make the most out of the negative response, [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 first by remaking the comic]] [[OldShame only to call himself out for his stupidity]] while promoting net neutrality in the process, and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/1210707080992186368 another comic years later]] where he was ''reunited'' with his bike for Christmas. In general, the backlash also caused him to heavily tone down the self-discouraging tone in favor of more experimental, overall more upbeat humor.
%%It kind of seems like he's sided with the latter pretty well and has shifted gears, can this really be still an ongoing issue? * BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
* FoeYayShipping: Shen/Life is a thing. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really]]. There are people out there who ship an AuthorAvatar with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of ''Life itself''.
* FriendlyFandoms: Usually with ''Webcomic/SarahsScribbles'', also a webcomic about relatable young millennial problems.
* MemeticLoser: The comic's protagonist/narrative is often negatively viewed as being an embodiment of self-pitying/"NeverMyFault" views.
* MemeticMutation:
** In general, the comic is a very popular source of meme templates, thanks to the heavy use of {{Expo Label}}s making it easy to turn one metaphor into another for almost any situation.
** Parodying Shen's work as repetitive self-pitying comics where the protagonist easily gives up in front of problems. Including his portrayal of "Life" as the villain.
** "Missed the Point", where an optimistic man tries to convince an angry man to be more positive and express what he likes, only to become angry and violent himself when he doesn't like his reply.
** "All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to take a bug outside gently, but squashes it in his fist when it says something he hates.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". After having public breakdowns, Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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* BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Following the whole "bike cuck" fiasco, Shen managed to make the most out of the negative response, [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 first by remaking the comic]] [[OldShame only to call himself out for his stupidity]] while promoting net neutrality in the process, and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/1210707080992186368 another comic years later]] where he was ''reunited'' with his bike for Christmas. In general, the backlash also caused him to heavily tone down the self-discouraging tone in favor of more experimental, overall more upbeat humor.
&&* BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
&&* BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". After having public breakdowns, Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". Shen has since taken the meme in stride, for what it's worth, and it motivated him to heavily tone down the amount of self-pitying in his work.
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* InternetBackdraft: Got it especially bad after the "stolen bike" comic. It didn't help when he interacted with [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment some controversial people]] on Twitter, which made him go on public breakdowns. This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus, though he eventually soon recover and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 even poke fun at his own comic with another]].
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* InternetBackdraft: Got it especially bad after the "stolen bike" comic. It didn't help when he interacted with [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment some controversial people]] on Twitter, which made him go on public breakdowns. This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus, though he eventually soon recover and [[https://twitter.com/shenanigansen/status/933490302735626241 even poke fun at his own comic with another]].
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike {{cuck|old}}". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
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* PeripheryHatedom: This webcomic is infamous for being representative of the "relatable webcomic" genre, often accused by detractors of being cheaply easy to make, glorifying FirstWorldProblems, self-pitying and a narcissistic lack of responsability.
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* InternetBackdraft: Got it especially bad after the "stolen bike" comic. It didn't help when he interacted with [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment some controversial people]] on Twitter, which made him go on public breakdowns.
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* PeripheryHatedom: This webcomic is infamous for being representative of the "relatable webcomic" genre, often accused by detractors of being cheaply easy to make, glorifying FirstWorldProblems, self-pitying and egocentric a narcissistic lack of responsability.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and HeartwarmingMoment in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". {{cuck|old}}". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.hiatus.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The "Fly to the Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments in which in the ending Shen names all of his creations, making them real.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, which and Shen got nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
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** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen got nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This which upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Fly to the Heavens arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and HeartwarmingMoment in which in the ending Shen unames all of his creations making them real.
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* BrokenBase: Many fans read the comic for the "relatable" gags, while others find them cliché/enabling and prefer Shen's more experimental stuff. Shen himself has admitted the "relatable" gags are the ones with the most success and he wishes he could go out of the mold more often.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome:Fly The "Fly to the Heavens Heavens" arc in which Life and Shen fight. Also serves as a major TearJerker and HeartwarmingMoment in which in the ending Shen unames names all of his creations creations, making them real.
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** "All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to treat a bug gently, but squashes it in his fist when it says something he hates.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, Shen being accused of being a doormat and a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen has been nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, Shen being accused of being a doormat and a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen has been nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
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** "All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to treat take a bug outside gently, but squashes it in his fist when it says something he hates.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shenhas been got nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
** "My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, with Shen being accused of being a doormat and having a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen
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*MemeticLoser: The comic's protagonist/narrative is often negatively viewed as being an embodiment of self-pitying/"NeverMyFault" views.
*MemeticMutation:
**Parodying Shen's work as repetitive self-pitying comics where the protagonist easily gives up in front of problems. Including his portrayal of "Life" as the villain.
**"Missed the Point", where an optimistic man tries to convince an angry man to be more positive and express what he likes, only to become angry and violent himself when he doesn't like his reply.
**"All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to treat a bug gently, but squashes it in his first when it says something he hates.
**"My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, Shen being accused of being a doormat and a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen has been nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
*MemeticLoser: The comic's protagonist/narrative is often negatively viewed as being an embodiment of self-pitying/"NeverMyFault" views.
*MemeticMutation:
**Parodying Shen's work as repetitive self-pitying comics where the protagonist easily gives up in front of problems. Including his portrayal of "Life" as the villain.
**"Missed the Point", where an optimistic man tries to convince an angry man to be more positive and express what he likes, only to become angry and violent himself when he doesn't like his reply.
**"All life is precious", where the protagonist first decides to treat a bug gently, but squashes it in his first when it says something he hates.
**"My bike got stolen recently" is possibly the biggest meme of all. One comic has Shen's avatar finding out his bike got stolen, and after some soul-searching, he decides to take it positively because the thief was at least happy to have his bike. The comic got shared and widely criticized, Shen being accused of being a doormat and a self-destructive view on life. It received ''tons'' of parodies and mockery, and Shen has been nicknamed "bike [[{{Cuckold}} cuck]]". This upset Shen enough to make him go on a hiatus.
