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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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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I mean, species are an idea humans made up. See dogs versus dingos.

But it turns out words can mean things?

The problem with idiot bigots is that they're just making mouth noises. The same jackholes who insist men are men and that's that will also have ten thousand fears about random activities and affiliations that make them "less of a man." Pick a lane, fuckwad.

On the other hand - English has only two sets of gendered pronouns. The third choice is not gendered. You don't get to substitute a bad Scrabble hand. Nobody gets their own pronouns... because that's not what pronouns do. Those are just nouns. If it has to be written on a nametag, write your damn name. The parts of speech referring to "yonder rando" are deliberately limited, for cases where you don't know anything about someone beyond looking at them, and don't really need to.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yonder Rando is my next D&D character

[–] Compactor9679@lemm.ee -2 points 10 months ago

My gender is God :)

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Username checks out

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wow, never heard that one before.

The best part in this case is having to guess which part you're performatively sneering over. I'm betting it's because your mouth noises were called out as innately hypocritical. Oh - no doubt. You are an outright bastard spitting anti-trans hatred in a variety of threads. What a winner. Get out.

[–] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought they said it in a supportive way

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

Nobody ever says it in a supportive way.