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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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[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There was a wave of "sleepy baby animals collapsing in sleep together" on Spez's site until someone figured out most of them were "sleepy" because they were drugged.

[–] Ifera@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Just like a lot of animal rescue videos. Horrible, heartbreaking animal abuse, staged to look like an act of heroism.

I used to watch those videos on YT a lot, until I suddenly pieced it together, that two cats had the very same markings, and figured out what their scam was, I felt so disgusted I ended up making a massive rant and telling every person I knew for months.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

next you'll tell me people don't always tell the truth on the internet or to not always believe what you read in the newspaper