• Sunforged@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    You got my meme response now you get my academic reply.

    A meme is a remix of an existing idea/joke/image. Unless you are creating something new whole cloth it could be considered a meme. Even though the term hadn’t been coined, what Mark was doing with 3/4 of those autographs was altering the context of the card image, thus he did create memes.

    Now get off my lawn.

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      1 year ago

      Actually the term was coined all the way back in the 70s, by Richard Dawkins in his book The Selfish Gene.

      It means a cultural gene. It’s a piece of culture that is so pervasive it can be said to be a part of the genetic code of the society. Examples are the smiley face, tic tac toe or other simple common games, that S thing we all drew as kids, etc.

      Not all jokes are memes, and not all memes are jokes.

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        1 year ago

        It bugs me when people call any stupid little picture or comic a meme. It also bugs me when people say they are making a meme. One does not simply “make” a meme. It must become a meme on its own. Now if you’ll excuse me I’ve got some clouds to yell at.