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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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[–] Afaithfulnihilist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Silimar, I had a teacher ask us to write down the first animal that came to mind and I wrote, "wolf spider" because to an 8 year old, there are few more bad ass sounding animals.

She said "really? That's the First animal you think of?" Eye roll

Me: looks down at doodles of giant spiders battling tanks that shoot lightning, "it's the only animal I'm thinking of right now..."

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

I guess compared to the other examples at least she didn't try and persuade you it wasn't an animal, just a bit crap at embracing a child's natural enthusiasm and kind of immediately killing their sense of enquiry by making it in to an experience of being judged.