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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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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 48 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

They need to start calling it "long term game rental"

[–] Erusset@slrpnk.net 31 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, it should be listed as purchasing anymore, since you dont own it

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Or -- hear me out -- the distributors should be criminally prosecuted for fraud and theft for having represented it as a sale and then reneging on it/stealing it back from the buyers.

It should be a sale and should remain a sale. But the terms need to be enforced.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Yes that is my favorite way of handling it

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 5 points 2 hours ago

they saw what Blockbuster's was doing with their physical games and then said "hold my beer"