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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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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I need to understand everything, memes included

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

sociology, while fun, is i think, the closest thing there is to hell on earth.

Nihilism is the brain child of philosophy. Same for anti-natalism. Sometimes it's fun though, others it's just a fucking mess.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

Nihilism is the brain child of philosophy

But so is existentialism, absurdism, cynicism, and whatever Nietzsche was on about, which all refute nihilism.