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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.


Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 123 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Oof acknowledges someone’s feelings, and bruh expresses empathy. These sentiments are important and often overlooked. You don’t have to always launch into your own story. Simply acknowledging and empathizing is a powerful way to build social bonds.

Also brevity is the soul of wit, so oof and bruh might qualify as the greatest things anyone has ever said in history.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

nice to see a reasonable take on this

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] texture@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Yes, not every talk is a conversation! Maybe I just want to vent and not to hear.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

In an in person conversation, that's definitely true. Not so much online though.

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[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 39 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I bring you: broof

contributes confusion to the conversation

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 month ago

Which in turn was a nickname for Ooferson Bruholomew.

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Boof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into one's rectum.

Broof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into your bro's rectum.

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 24 points 1 month ago

Me when the next generation comes up with slang and I don't like it:

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Showing empathy is a valuable contribution.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Not only that, but acknowledging you heard the one speaking in a quick, unobstrusive, uninterrupting way.

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[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Me being equally useless with "oof bruh".

[–] blx@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Equally useless? More like twice as useless, you mean!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Teach me your ways, master

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[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago
[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backchannel_(linguistics)

"I acknowledge that I could interject my own thoughts here, but choose not to. Please continue with that topic, I am interested."

Of course, doesn't work as well in online forums.

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago
[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 10 points 1 month ago
[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago
[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago
[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

You called?

[–] SkyeLight@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two "classic" complaints between M/F partners.

Men tended to think that women were "always changing their minds", because the men interpreted the women's nods and interjections as agreement instead of "I'm listening to you".

And women tended to think that men "weren't listening to them" because men never provided this feedback.

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[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

That’s crazy, wow

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Damn.

Shit.

That is whack.

[–] Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The way yanks use bro or bruh is like glass in my ear. Its so boorish and stupid sounding.

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bros never heard about phatic expressions💀

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago
[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago
[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Literally nobody: POV: Bruh, not cool.

[–] Una@europe.pub 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Oof, bruh, same..

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I probably didn't want to have the conversation in the first place, now you want me to contribute to it too?

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago
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