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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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[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find this about a lot of old tech. Like precisely etching a piece of vinyl in such a way that it vibrates just right to get the music you want vs bouncing a laser off a reflective disc to read a bunch of 0s and 1s.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 11 months ago

We went from the end-product achieving something through great complexity, to the end-product being made with great complexity so it could active something simply.