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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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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 37 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I think the thing I miss most about the old internet was the fact that many people just produced things without worrying about getting paid all the time. Websites were basic but fun, people uploaded funny videos just for laughs, and sites like Reddit were hardly heard of.

[–] Thwompthwomp@lemmy.world 13 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 42 minutes ago)

The internet was also a place you went to, and you could actually turn it off or walk away from. Now it’s everywhere and stitched into our entire lives.

[–] endless_nameless@lemmy.world 5 points 18 minutes ago

I still write and release open source software projects despite full well knowing they will likely have 0 users and that AI could replicate it in 1% the time I took. Doesn't matter. I do it cause programming is what I love to do. I think it's really sad that a lot of people have forgotten that's the purpose of doing this kind of stuff. It's not like we were ever gonna see a cent for it anyways. One of my projects was downloaded about 8000 times. That's nice. Too bad it's a project I discontinued because I no longer use it. No refunds!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 26 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's a store where there's a pickpocket in every aisle, all the products are cheap fakes and the registers are programmed to cheat.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 50 minutes ago

But line goes up. It goes up!