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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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[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

no rules, no sens, only disdain

L'Académie Française existed since the 18th century to make the language too complex "for the common and the women"

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Is that when they decided to make counting past 70 complicated?

[–] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's actually older than French itself - a relic from Gaulish.

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 day ago

no, I'm afraid I could not shift the blame on this one. Particularly when french speakers in Switzerland and Belgium show alternatives for a long time

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago

That's four goddamn numbers in a row!