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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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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It would be interesting to see a timeline of when certain features became standard. For example, pushing a button to start a car instead of turning a key. That still seems new to me, even though I've driven some cars with that feature that were old enough to be falling apart.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My car is a 2023 and has a turn-key ignition, so pushbutton ignition wasn't completely standard yet at that point.

Edit: Clarity

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's a gradual process. I'm a bit surprised that in 2023 it wasn't yet universal. I'm just saying that that feature probably first appeared between 2000 and 2010, so maybe even a quarter century ago, but it still seems new.