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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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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 49 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m gonna need an explanation for this one

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 44 points 7 months ago

Indian Moms apply ‘mascara’ (actually it is kohl) to baby’s eyes and a black dot on baby’s face to protect from evil eye.

[–] IsoSpandy@lemm.ee 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-Cu4Nn5Tw4yuZyy08kIcUGTlB2iZoEp_gbgv7-PambKemS4ZrgIT8nXUu&s=10

Those who are curious. This how every Indian kid looks till the age of 3 approx. We ar given kajal, nazar tika and tabiz combo pack at birth.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)
[–] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 7 months ago

Bro when I was a kid I was so ugly other kids would invite me over to scare the evil spirits away.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No, but the Swedes store theirs in a box.

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Thats Finland.

[–] TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago

Religious makeup

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 7 months ago

@IsoSpandy in Romania not really, but when you baptize them the priests are like yeah, drown that shit right there!

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My completely spitballed and made up take is that perhaps in indian media "newborns" are shown with makeup and jewelry?

Mind you I have done exactly zero research on this

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Its eyeliner and evil spirits warding talismans.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

So it is indeed makeup and jewelry.