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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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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh no, nuclear is so scary, we have to warn our possible descendants 100,000 years in the future even if all cultural continuity is lost because we care so much for the distant future.

Even if it isn't that relatively impactful these kinds of monuments are still really cool and whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, these monuments are pretty... rad

[–] starchylemming@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

👈👈👈 😎😎😎 👉👉 ☢️

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding

Some of those "experts" proposed genetically engineering a bioluminescent breed of dogs to detect when radiation is nearby, and making viral pop songs about "when the dog starts glowing, run very far away"...

I think some of them got a little too imaginative. Sometimes you think so abstractly that you miss the obvious.

For instance, Carl Sagan suggested we simply mark them with a skull and crossbones, which every organism with an endoskeleton can recognize as a symbol for "death" and thus "danger."

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

you fool,, you absolute buffoon,,,, they're cats
hahaha, i will remember this,, for posterity, this is the original(?) version:

whatever experts in culturally independent communication they are getting to do it totally deserve the funding

Some of those "experts" proposed genetically engineering a bioluminescent breed of dogs to detect when radiation is nearby, and making viral pop songs about "when the dog starts glowing, run very far away"...

I think some of them got a little too imaginative. Sometimes you think so abstractly that you miss the obvious.

For instance, Carl Sagan suggested we simply mark them with a skull and crossbones, which every organism with an endoskeleton can recognize as a symbol for "death" and thus "danger."

ahahahahaa, you did not check your sources, you fool!! ahaahahaha!!!

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd be worried people would end up thinking that is where all the pirated media is buried

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Riiight, because "skull = death" is a social construct, but "jolly roger = pirates" is totally a universal constant that transcends time and culture...