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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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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 75 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The US still has a lot of lead pipes and I think that kind of explains a lot.

[–] weker01@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Many parts of Europe also do. What's your point?

[–] EatYouWell@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Europe actually has about 3x more households with lead pipes (per capita) than the US

[–] arin@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Everything and anything for the corporations to profit and squeeze every ounce of economic power out of the people.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

because they're safe.
running water covers them with a layer of stuff