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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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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aside from the house, who the hell is going to pay the electric bill.
Does every damn light in the place need to be on?

[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And this is pre-LED bulb days. They didn't even have compact florescents. Imagine the power bill from incandescent bulbs running for several days.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

It was winter in this. The indoors lights are functionally small space heaters, granted electric heating is comparatively expensive.