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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This isn't a meme. This is a comic.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

Now that’s a meme!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Comic instead of meme? That's a paddling!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A meme (/miːm/; MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. (Source: Wikipedia, though other dictionaries say similar.)

I think by a broad definition it still counts. But by a broad definition, Rock-Paper-Scissors is a meme.

I know this is pedantic, but defining what is and is not a meme is actually a pretty interesting problem. It's a basic unit of data that's shared and replicated among thinking minds. It's our currency of culture.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah we all know he's enjoying it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's a foreplay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ha! This one is pretty good.