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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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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

To be fair, they did used to be called water trucks (the ones they carried the water with them). The modern Fire Engine is just an evolution of the pump truck (the ones that took water from a nearby river or lake).

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also the fire engine belongs to the fire department. The water department is a different thing.

[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Fire department when the water department shows up

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

wack when was this?

Keep this one away from sperm whales..