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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
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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."