this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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[–] kleenbhole@lemy.lol 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Meme has come to mean cartoon. Your usage is no different.

Meme doesn't NOT originally mean cartoon, it just means a viral idea.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Richard Dawkins, is it you?

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbt 7 points 1 year ago

The gods are memes. Ideas that have reproduced and evolved to secure their own existence, so much so that they can accurately be said to have their own agency, as forces directing the will of society. This proves the existence of gods.

[–] AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'd argue that the "modern meme" of photo with caption are just a modification of demotivational posters