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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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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does the real Thomas actually even count as stop motion? I don’t recall a single frame-by-frame in that entire show.

[–] atocci@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It was more like a narration over a model train set

[–] f314@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Narration by Ringo Starr, no less!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Which sounds like the most random narration by a celebrity, until you realize that Leonard Nemoy did narration for a video game where you use a microphone to talk to a fish.

No, I'm not making a joke. That's real. That happened.

[–] P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 month ago

Buy another Dreamcast.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's live-action with model trains on sets, with narration over it. No stop-motion involved.