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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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[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I love seeing English only speakers make fun of German and French, while technically English is German and French's inbread son.

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Your typo has me crumbling. 🥖

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

Are you in pain?

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 3 points 4 months ago

It has me hungry, like I want to pretguette now. Or it is baguzel?

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Old English was like a less-complicated German. It was the Norman French who fucked it up. Never forget 1066.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The Normans just spoke French, it's everybody else who fucked it up by going halfsies about it!