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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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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 175 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Oof acknowledges someone’s feelings, and bruh expresses empathy. These sentiments are important and often overlooked. You don’t have to always launch into your own story. Simply acknowledging and empathizing is a powerful way to build social bonds.

Also brevity is the soul of wit, so oof and bruh might qualify as the greatest things anyone has ever said in history.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

nice to see a reasonable take on this

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] texture@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, not every talk is a conversation! Maybe I just want to vent and not to hear.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

In an in person conversation, that's definitely true. Not so much online though.

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[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 62 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 51 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I bring you: broof

contributes confusion to the conversation

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 10 points 2 weeks ago

Which in turn was a nickname for Ooferson Bruholomew.

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[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Boof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into one's rectum.

Broof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into your bro's rectum.

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 38 points 2 weeks ago

Me when the next generation comes up with slang and I don't like it:

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Showing empathy is a valuable contribution.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Not only that, but acknowledging you heard the one speaking in a quick, unobstrusive, uninterrupting way.

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[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Me being equally useless with "oof bruh".

[–] blx@piefed.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Equally useless? More like twice as useless, you mean!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Teach me your ways, master

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's easy. But you had to have been dropped on your head when you were a baby

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My friends mom dropped plates on his head when he was kid. Does that count?

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backchannel_(linguistics)

"I acknowledge that I could interject my own thoughts here, but choose not to. Please continue with that topic, I am interested."

Of course, doesn't work as well in online forums.

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago
[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

That’s crazy, wow

[–] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 15 points 2 weeks ago
[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago
[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

You called?

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

bros never heard about phatic expressions💀

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago
[–] SkyeLight@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two "classic" complaints between M/F partners.

Men tended to think that women were "always changing their minds", because the men interpreted the women's nods and interjections as agreement instead of "I'm listening to you".

And women tended to think that men "weren't listening to them" because men never provided this feedback.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 10 points 2 weeks ago
[–] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Una@europe.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Damn.

Shit.

That is whack.

[–] Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

The way yanks use bro or bruh is like glass in my ear. Its so boorish and stupid sounding.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oof, bruh, same..

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Literally nobody:

POV: Bruh, not cool.

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