Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
Be nice.
No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

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I would wonder. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What is a meme?

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

By Dawknin's original definition (cultural) memes are ideas, behaviors, styles, or practices that spread within a culture by imitation (Greek mimema, meaning "imitated") and carry symbolic meaning. Some examples would be the "Keep Calm And Carry On" posters during WW2, the concept of the "American Dream" or toasting with glasses.

However in this context we're talking about internet memes which is not synonymous with cultural memes. An internet meme is a picture or video that is funny, ironic, or relateable.