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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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It was explained that in mirrors, we see ourselves directly and distort our self perception based on our state of mind (beautify or uglify).
Cameras on the other hand don't give a shit and show more or less what it is objectively... Unless its user fucks it up in some way.
We also see ourselves inversed in a mirror, and are more used to that representation of ourselves, which makes it easier to be critical of the true-oriented image from a camera.
The picture we have of ourselves in the mirror is at odds with the version that others see.