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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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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Here's the thing. You said a "bigfoot is a yeti."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies yeti I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls bigfoot a yeti.

[–] eddanja@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

And that's when the fight started...

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Obviously we were talking about culinary classification, not biological

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Where do wookies fall into all this?

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago

Certainly not Endor, if you want any of it to make sense.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 2 days ago

Wow, are we at the slurs stage already?

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's okay to admit when you're wrong, you know?

Shut up. Shouldn't you be transporting people or something?

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago
[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

What happened? Bigfoot discussions, duh.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Whatever happens on the patio, stays on the patio...

Exactly, and we're never gonna get that stuff off the concrete. Mystery solved.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Turns out, if you say his name three times...