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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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A simpler time (infosec.pub)

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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Calvin Coolidge Jr. died from sepsis in 1924. He was playing tennis and got a blister on his foot, it was infected and there were no meds to stop the infection.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Coolidge Jr got the blister playing tennis barefoot, and probably ignored it until the ensuing staph infection was well underway. People of that time (1924) who paid attention to their little injuries - wash with soap and water, hit it with some alcohol, cover it (i.e. don't keep going barefoot on it) didn't tend to die from them.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 2 points 11 hours ago

Tennis: Not even once.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Bob Marley died from gangrene following a football injury on his toe.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I assume he had 'reasons' not to go to a doctor?

I used to work in the American medical system and I can speak for hours about all the abuses and stupid mistakes Western medicine can make. But I can do even more on how people hurt themselves by not going to doctors.

There was a fellow who had arm apin and went to a chiropractor. Heart attack.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Marley rejected his doctors' advice to have his toe amputated, which would have hindered his performing career, citing religious beliefs.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

He was perfectly entitled to make that decision?

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Peg Leg Bates.

Famous one legged dancer Marley would almost certainly ahve heard of.

https://youtu.be/NXesFCMwys0

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Rastafarianism has a taboo against body modifications.