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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A meme is just "A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another."

Anything can be a meme. I mean, the entire first Shrek movie was a meme, just like the bee movie.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

in the Dawkins sense, sure. But the "meme" in "internet meme" has a more specific meaning.