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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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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah same here. There’s something else going on here. It’s not toys and video games. We had GI Joe, every action figure had a gun or rifle. We had fake guns in the toy aisles. They looked real af. That was totally normal.

I hate to say, but the one thing we didn’t have… was the internet 😕

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wealth disparity was better by like a factor of 10 back then.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are we saying wealth disparity is a factor in these shootings?

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

Yes. More wealth means happier family units that spend more time together. Obviously it’s not 100%, but the statistical trend is there.