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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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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 13 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Kinda, but both are performative maximalism done within a subcultural framework done as both a means to express identity and to have an opportunity to be as flashy and showy as they'd like. The people who go all out for Halloween are a different variant of it.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

But that applies to many things so calling it drag, to classify the whole group, doesn't really make sense.