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  • SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    A meme is just something funny that you share, so anything someone finds funny and posts online or shares with one friend is sharing memes.

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      A meme is just something funny that you share

      By the technical definition, it doesn’t even have to be funny, it only needs to be quickly sharable

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        2 months ago

        Usually you wouldn’t share something that wasn’t funny/amusing though, there is that whole angle of sharing horrific stuff for shits and giggle though… so yeah it really doesn’t matter.

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          Usually yes, but, at least in programming, “data is code, code is data” is a meme, in the sense that it’s sharable. And it’s not exactly funny, it’s just an idea.

          But yeah, meme is used for intense-based jokes because it’s the norm