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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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[–] SurfinBird@lemmy.ca 173 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Oof acknowledges someone’s feelings, and bruh expresses empathy. These sentiments are important and often overlooked. You don’t have to always launch into your own story. Simply acknowledging and empathizing is a powerful way to build social bonds.

Also brevity is the soul of wit, so oof and bruh might qualify as the greatest things anyone has ever said in history.

[–] texture@lemmy.world 56 points 1 week ago (2 children)

nice to see a reasonable take on this

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Yes, not every talk is a conversation! Maybe I just want to vent and not to hear.

[–] CidVicious@piefed.zip 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does bruh express empathy? I've always read bruh as "bruh what are you doing" in a lot of contexts. But I can't really say it's something I use much.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Context is key. It can express empathy, or disappointment, or awe.

Context is always key.

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[–] WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I think it depends on how you pronounce it and context. I'm used to hearing a shorter bruh with a look attached to it as a question for "what are you doing?" vs a longer bruh like "bruuuuuuh" as empathizing like "that's rough".

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[–] FloatingAlong@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Winter_Oven@piefed.social 51 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I bring you: broof

contributes confusion to the conversation

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 week ago

Which in turn was a nickname for Ooferson Bruholomew.

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Boof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into one's rectum.

Broof: To abuse any licit or illicit substance via insertion into your bro's rectum.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't that when Kavanaugh sticks a beer bong up his ass?

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[–] SoupBrick@pawb.social 38 points 1 week ago

Me when the next generation comes up with slang and I don't like it:

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Showing empathy is a valuable contribution.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Not only that, but acknowledging you heard the one speaking in a quick, unobstrusive, uninterrupting way.

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[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Me being equally useless with "oof bruh".

[–] blx@piefed.zip 11 points 1 week ago

Equally useless? More like twice as useless, you mean!

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Teach me your ways, master

[–] itkovian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's easy. But you had to have been dropped on your head when you were a baby

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My friends mom dropped plates on his head when he was kid. Does that count?

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[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backchannel_(linguistics)

"I acknowledge that I could interject my own thoughts here, but choose not to. Please continue with that topic, I am interested."

Of course, doesn't work as well in online forums.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

That’s crazy, wow

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[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago
[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago
[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

You called?

[–] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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bros never heard about phatic expressions💀

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago
[–] Bruhh@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago
[–] SkyeLight@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two "classic" complaints between M/F partners.

Men tended to think that women were "always changing their minds", because the men interpreted the women's nods and interjections as agreement instead of "I'm listening to you".

And women tended to think that men "weren't listening to them" because men never provided this feedback.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 week ago
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[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Damn.

Shit.

That is whack.

[–] Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The way yanks use bro or bruh is like glass in my ear. Its so boorish and stupid sounding.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Literally nobody:

POV: Bruh, not cool.

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Oof, bruh, same..

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