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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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[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Look, I'm a 4th year med student in my 30's. I know what I'm about. My undergraduate degree is in History and I worked in IT and sysadmin for a couple years before I went back to school to go into medicine.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh i didn't mean it in a negative way, quite the contrary

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I didn't take it as a negative! Just expressing that you're right on the mark about my username being quite relevant.

[–] RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well I guess we've got the gremlin part right too 😂

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

When explaining why I need to go into Emergency Medicine as a specialty I tell people that I'm a naturally nocturnal basement-dwelling gremlin with weapons-grade ADHD.

It usually gets a laugh.

(For context, most ERs are in the hospital basement)