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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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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 27 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

[off topic?]

Back in the day, Orson Wells was one of the best paid actors on radio. In those days, shows would broadcast live twice a night, once for the East Coast and then again for the West. Wells like to book two shows a night, but had troulbe getting from studio to studio quickly enough.

He discovered that there were a lot of rules for operating an ambulance, but no where in the rules did it say that the ambulance had to be carrying an actual patient, or going to get one.

Wells had his own private ambulance carrying him from studio to studio.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I recall a story about assholes in Turkey doing the same thing, and as a result other drivers got into the habit of blocking ambulances to spite them.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 17 hours ago

Apparently, rich folks in Moscow can buy a special license to run with lights&sirens. Same result.