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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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[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was born that year. My friends have kids now.

[–] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait, so you do or do not remember the excitement of going from 14.4 to 33.6 for dialup?

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Not a clue what that even means, although my dad started a phone booth company in 1998 ...

[–] WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a wild time to invest in phone booths!

Real answer is dialup modem speeds. Doubled our download (in my case, from 10 minutes per mb to 5 minutes!)

Oh yes it was, serious financial troubles followed

[–] blibla@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

i jave never used a phone booth and i listebed to hybrid theory in school

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I remember a Commodore 64 with a 300 baud modem. 1200 was luxury.