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Post memes here.
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.
- Wait at least 2 months before reposting
- No explicitly political content (about political figures, political events, elections and so on), !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca can be better place for that
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Laittakaa meemejä tänne.
- Odota ainakin 2 kuukautta ennen meemin postaamista uudelleen
- Ei selkeän poliittista sisältöä (poliitikoista, poliittisista tapahtumista, vaaleista jne) parempi paikka esim. !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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Our parents felt like independent adults trading their time and energy for a life worth living, the felt that way because they could.
It's hard to grow up with no ability to have agency in our lives like our parents had.
Most millennials and younger are literally living paycheck to paycheck and unable to escape that pit. There is basically no financial or social independence possible, so it's hard to feel like an actualized, independent, autonomous adult.
We are at the end of post WWII prosperity