• Gormadt
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        38 months ago

        Not only is it a great origin, that’s a fantastic article on it

        Thank you so much for sharing

      • Gormadt
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        58 months ago

        Correct

        So basically what I’m saying is that there’s a lot of people gatekeeping what a meme is without understanding what a meme is

        Or if they’re referring to the first of the definitions in the screenshot I shared, not understanding that different people can find things humorous

        The biggest meme of all is our spoken languages

    • @kleenbhole@lemy.lol
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      8 months ago

      I didn’t say they weren’t. I just reject the notion that proper definitions aren’t gatekeeping. I’m not joining the above argument. I understand the definition is based on usage and the usage has changed. Most humans are morons and don’t know how to use words properly so they let language change over time.