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minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 个月前Also the original (and more useful) definition is “a gene, but for ideas”. This is an idea that more people should consider, so it qualifies anyways.
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前Cultural memes and internet memes are not the same thing. This is neither.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 个月前Literally any shared idea is a meme. We have an actual original definition to refer to. It’s Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, and it’s very comparable to general “message” in information theory. “Internet memes” fit into his definition exactly.
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 个月前If everything is a meme then nothing is a meme. Internet meme means a picture that is funny, ironic or relateable. This is none of those. This is a screenshot of an political opinion.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 个月前You’re missing the point. Meme isn’t something you gatekeep. It’s simply a term for any arbitrary amount of idea. Everything is a meme. Your argument is like saying “nothing has mass if you call everything mass”.
minus-squareLog in | Sign up@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 个月前Advice : Tap in Sidebar, click Block community. This is literally a whole community devoted to the kind of things you want to not call memes: Microblog Memes !microblogmemes@lemmy.world 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
Also the original (and more useful) definition is “a gene, but for ideas”. This is an idea that more people should consider, so it qualifies anyways.
Cultural memes and internet memes are not the same thing. This is neither.
Literally any shared idea is a meme.
We have an actual original definition to refer to. It’s Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, and it’s very comparable to general “message” in information theory. “Internet memes” fit into his definition exactly.
If everything is a meme then nothing is a meme.
Internet meme means a picture that is funny, ironic or relateable. This is none of those. This is a screenshot of an political opinion.
You’re missing the point. Meme isn’t something you gatekeep. It’s simply a term for any arbitrary amount of idea. Everything is a meme.
Your argument is like saying “nothing has mass if you call everything mass”.
Advice : Tap in Sidebar, click Block community. This is literally a whole community devoted to the kind of things you want to not call memes:
Microblog Memes !microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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