this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2025
172 points (81.6% liked)
Memes
12802 readers
1035 users here now
Post memes here.
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.
- Wait at least 2 months before reposting
- No explicitly political content (about political figures, political events, elections and so on), !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca can be better place for that
- Use NSFW marking accordingly
Laittakaa meemejä tänne.
- Odota ainakin 2 kuukautta ennen meemin postaamista uudelleen
- Ei selkeän poliittista sisältöä (poliitikoista, poliittisista tapahtumista, vaaleista jne) parempi paikka esim. !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
- Merkitse K18-sisältö tarpeen mukaan
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Other than the dude who literally coined the term?
As in like, the definition of a meme? What the hell definition are you using?
Yeah I thought the literal definition of a meme is an idea that gets shared
I don't maybe the way people use the word, like every other fucking word.
My guy, that is how everyone else uses the word.
Again, what definition are you using, because the rest of us are entirely in the dark about what you mean
Haha funny images that follow an established template. You think most even know who Dawkins is?
What a stupid take; I don't know who coined the term "coffee," does that mean I don't know what coffee is?
And yeah sorry to inform you dude, but you are the only one incorrectly thinking that meme means "funny image."
What you're describing is an image macro, a specific type of meme.
And honestly taking it further, it is the templates used themselves that are mematic, not the individual images themselves, if we wanna get real pedantic about it.
Meme does not, and has never, been "funny images that follow a template" any more than "music" is "down tuned guitar riffs over blast beats." That is just a singular example of the greater form.
Now you are just being willfully obtuse to protect your ego. Go look up the difference between descriptive and prescriptive.
Image doesn't show for me.
And I'm well aware of the difference, I'm saying that you are perceiving how people have been using the term wrong. People say meme when talking about image macros the same way people say fruit when talking about apples; it applies because the thing being discussed is an example of the field but it is not the whole of the field.
It is okay to be wrong. People will respect you more if you simply say "wow, I guess I didn't realize that."
That's a terrible definition for the word, way too narrow. The actual use of the word meme in modern language is much broader than that. Here is a list of trending memes that don't fit your definition:
67
Blue egg yolk speedruns
Butterface contest girl
Abraham Lincoln virus
Blue Collar SpongeBob
Heavyweight Susie