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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Boomers in their 20s were also hoping that WW3 wouldn't start tomorrow.

[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Welllll... Neither the US nor the Soviet Union had complete lunatics running the country at the time.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that the multiverse exist and we're the 1% of timelines that the cold war didnt go hot.

Imagine Stannislav Petrov tripping on a banana peel and ending up in the hospital instead of going to work and monitoring for nukes, or if Vasily Arkhipov suddenly develops caustrophobia right before that submarine mission to Cuba.

[–] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I think that the multiverse exist and we're the 1% of timelines that the cold war didnt go hot.

Some of the most powerful people of the world work hard to get us closer.