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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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It's sort of apt by mistake, but it's still stupid (sopuli.xyz)

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sounds cool though

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

According to Wikipedia, the Neandertal (the valley) was named after 17th century priest and composer Joachim Neander. Where does the "new man" come in?

[–] youstolemyname 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Neanderthal#Etymology

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Alright, that explains.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Right, so I seem to have gotten it wrong on his name. It was Neander (New Man in greek) rather than Neumann (New Man in german), but I should also have specified in the meme that the name means New Man.