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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.


Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A lot of place names in English speaking countries are just names of natural or man-made features, but the etymology isn't obvious. Like Portsmouth or Waterford are pretty understandable, but -don, -den, -ton (valley, hill, farm) are all just things.

The Eyebrow's pretty cool though. Japan's also got some good ones, like Thousand Leaves, Oak (just oak), or (loosely translated) Noodle Hill. They like numbers too, like Eight Door or Lake Twelve. There's even a Silent Hill, but it's not too silent these days with almost 700,000 people there.

[–] lemonmelon 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Noodle Hill.

Ah, yes, Ramenfuji!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That's Mr. Ramenfuji to you-- no melons no lemon!

The actual place is Morioka if you were curious.