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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] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that "fish" could be spelled "ghoti", That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Vsauce had a video about this! (CW: YouTube shorts, don't scroll down...)