LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAre you in this meme?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down19
arrow-up1318arrow-down1imageAre you in this meme?piefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneLadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoA meme is just a thought that can be transferred and propagate within a population. It’s the thought-equivalent of a gene. Probably one of the only useful things that Richard Dawkins contributed to society.
minus-squarejahtnamas [sie/hir]@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoi think a lot about the usage of “memes” in MGR:Revengence which seems purely comedic in the current vernacular but if you try to remember the original definition it starts to just make sense instead. ETA: added context via link
minus-squaremirshafie@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI can’t believe that I haven’t seen the “We are all pawns controlled by something greater” meme before.
minus-squareKichae@wanderingadventure.partylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agomirshafie@europe.pub Yes, and… is this propagating anywhere in any meaningful way?
A meme is just a thought that can be transferred and propagate within a population. It’s the thought-equivalent of a gene.
Probably one of the only useful things that Richard Dawkins contributed to society.
i think a lot about the usage of “memes” in MGR:Revengence which seems purely comedic in the current vernacular but if you try to remember the original definition it starts to just make sense instead.
ETA: added context via link
I can’t believe that I haven’t seen the “We are all pawns controlled by something greater” meme before.
mirshafie@europe.pub Yes, and… is this propagating anywhere in any meaningful way?