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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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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (5 children)

He is 13 and his wiki page has an early life section. ☠️

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Gronk

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

an American youth football player

So, a 13-year-old with brain damage.

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Baby Gronk is an actual person? I thought it was people making fun of baby yoda with a silly name.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

to be fair, it doesn't have many sections at all, so this checks out 😄

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Madden San Miguel
June 4, 2012 (age 12) Frisco, Texas, U.S.

Theres a lot to unpack from lil Gronks info there.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

12yo and already have a "controversies" section on the wiki page.

I mean, good? Make mistakes. Be a kid. It's just kinda fucked it's all being documented for posterity

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If this isn't a sign of the decline in Wikipedia I don't know what is. Like it's not even his channel it's his dad's.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why would that be a sign of wikipedia's decline?

Should they not document a famous figure? It doesn't matter whether it's ridiculous or not, value judgement is not an encyclopedia's place to do

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He's not a famous figure, he's a child being exploited by his dad, and even on the page itself there's nothing actually notable about the kid himself. It's mostly salacious "controversy" about his gross no-name dad.

And actually encyclopaedias generally and Wikipedia particularly engage in value judgement all the time. Who is or isn't a notable public figure, what is or isn't a reliable source, etc.

Nothing about this child merits a Wikipedia entry. Maybe Encyclopedia Dramatica or Kiwi Farms or something else for the bottom feeders, but not a site that's supposed to be for general human knowledge. GTFO with that.