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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's basically straight from Richard Dawkins, who literally invented the term like 50 years ago.

A meme is to ~~information~~ ideas what a gene is to genetic information.

Edit: my word choice was bugging me.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

50 years ago the internet wasn't even a thing. Also that dude is yet another old guy.

It is lazy to just post a screenshot. At least convert it into a actual meme. There are plenty of templates that would work.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Aren’t we using that old guy’s term?

See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend: