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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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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Left Napster running."

JFC that's a mind melt. I forgot that we used to "leave things on" to let them do stuff like download music. "On" was not the default. Now, everything is on all the time and I hadn't realized until this moment how much I was attuned to that. I want to go back.