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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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[–] yaroto98@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With fewer people smoking, the price of cigs sure didn't drop.

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now that... That is interesting man. I've never thought about that.

But WHY?!

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Most of the cost is production and taxes. If demand falls, production resources (land etc) are diverted to more profitable crops. This makes supply fall until prices reach a new equilibrium.

Taxes then add a fixed offset to that.