this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this not a meme? I thought this counted. Lmk if it doesn't belong.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If you wanna get technically, according to Richard Dawkins, author of The Selfish Gene (1976) which first coined the term "meme", a meme is "a unit of culture—such as “tunes, ideas, catch‐phrases, clothes fashions, ways of making pots or building arches.” 

So yes, your post would count as a meme, but so would pegging

[–] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 8 months ago

(˵ ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°˵)ノ⌒♡*:・。.

[–] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

To be honest, pegging has given birth to some real dank memes.