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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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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Oh ffs we’re calling the word “manual” a micro aggression now?

sorry, did my comment trigger you? 🙄

nobody called anything a microaggression or said anything about the non-abbreviated word manual; jokes based on the UNIX's abbreviation of it being homonymous with the common noun man have existed since the man command was created.