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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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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Whenever we visit the UK we set the GPS units to metric. I have no feel for what, "In 140 yards, turn right", means. So having directions in metric while the street signs are in Imperial actually works best.

[–] IronDonkey 14 points 1 year ago

I have no feel for what, "In 140 yards, turn right", means.

"In a bit less than 140 meters, turn right."

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

Those 300, 200, 100 yard countdown signs before a motorway exit ( /// // / ) might actually be 100 metres away from each other