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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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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

How is this a meme?

Edit: aha! As senae linked me Below it is an established meme, just a relatively obscure one that I never encountered before.

I really was asking, btw. While I am fond of a bit of good spirited pedantry, it ain't like I'm a meme master :)

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I mean, it is if you were aware of the relevant Instagram trend that was popular for three-four months in 2016

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Lemmy is thirsty for content. Not very discriminate right now.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

All it takes is a random picture now.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 9 points 11 months ago

Welcome back to r/funny

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

That's why I asked lol. Most of them, I can either tell it's just a funny picture and move on, or otherwise accept that fact. But this kinda looked like a format of some kind, like it had some underlying awareness assumed, which meant OP was likely "memeing in good faith" and I just didn't know what the meme was.