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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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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

In Hebrew, the word for "stone" is male-sounding while grammatically female, and the word for "rock" is female-sounding while grammatically male, you know, for simplicity.

[–] wetsoggybread@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

If you're not sure just guess femminine, that seema to be the case more often than not

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Me who don't want to assume someone's gender: starts speaking Chinese (because "他" is a gender neutral pronoun)

More reasons why Latin based language sucks. We should make Chinese the lingua franca of the world... 😉

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