• Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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    9 days ago

    I mean… It is a meme.

    I feel like everyone is forgetting that memes are any idea that spreads like a virus, and not just .webms of tweets with the phrase “nobody:” at the top

    • mika_mika@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      It’s offensive (for me) to consider the “nobody:” posts memes.

      Likewise, expressions are not memes either.

      I will gatekeep this, and if you think that’s wrong, just think of it like I’m making gatekeeping a meme.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Likewise, expressions are not memes either.

        It’s ok to have an opinion, even when you’re objectively wrong. A meme is just ‘a unit of cultural transmission’, and image macros and funny pictures are all memes, just like phrases or dances are as well.