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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.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m gonna need an explanation for this one

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
[–] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, but the Swedes store theirs in a box.

[–] Boingboing@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Thats Finland.

[–] TheSpermWhale@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

Religious makeup

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 4 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

Its eyeliner and evil spirits warding talismans.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

So it is indeed makeup and jewelry.