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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] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ehh, they were developed in different ways using completely different reference points

[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

C and K use different reference points too, yet you called them laterally the same.

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

They have a lot more in common than Celsius and Fahrenheit, which are only related because they are both measures of temperature.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That depends how you count “a lot more in common”. The reference points for zero is much closer for C and F. People commonly use in everyday life C and F, but not K. Should I continue?