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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.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've found, as I've gotten older, that my desire to believe things that are true is far from universal. It's mind boggling to me that people willingly delude themselves for a hit of dopamine or whatever, while they slowly lose the ability to tell the difference between reality and fiction

Oh man I've noticed zero difference. Religion, a thousand times religion.