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[โ€“] rainwall@piefed.social 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Why not? A meme is piece of culture that transmits akin to a gene. It just uses media as its medium instead of living tissue.

It may not be a "good meme" if its not propigated by others, but its still a meme.

Then you disagree with the above definition saying "[...] that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users [...]", I'd rather use a definition that excludes basic Twitter screenshots, but I'm not dying on this hill.

... at least,