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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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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 81 points 2 days ago (9 children)

This fails because the first one reads as "soldier" to most people, I'd say the vast majority of native English speakers would think "soldier", not that he's a Navy Seal. Especially because My first thought for a Navy Seal would be coming out of the ocean in a wet suit.

[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

your mother was an image macro and your father smelt of magic the gathering

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