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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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[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

When you say "blow up" do you mean the tube would literally explode, it would burn through phosphors, a circuit board would let the magic smoke out, or something else?

I remember configuring mode lines in X. Luckily, I never found out the hard way what happened if you got it wrong.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Literally blow up the tube in the worst cases.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Interesting, TIL!