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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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[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 1 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

A doctor can still use he/she though, right?

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 25 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 23 minutes ago

Because having words for describing a person's body is useful in the medical profession.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago
[–] bystander@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

In Chinese, verbally the world for he, she, and it are all the same pronunciation. It is only differentiated in writing.

[–] stray@pawb.social 1 points 20 minutes ago

The written form was neutral until Western influence inspired the creation of a female version, replacing the first radical "person" with "woman".

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