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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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[–] So_zetta_slowpoke 63 points 8 months ago (12 children)

I'll stop doing this when we make a new punctuation that conveys my need for people to like me lol

[–] deweydecibel 17 points 8 months ago (11 children)

We did, they're called emojis.

Gen z seems to have figured that out, too. They use emojis like punctuations, in much the same way we use lol. I was annoyed by it at first but I got used to.

[–] aulin 1 points 8 months ago

What? Are we out of sync? As a millennial I use a lot of emoji, and gen z'ers almost don't use any, and tell me it's cringe to use them.

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