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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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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The difference is that's trying to be stupid and funny. Rowling is just, I don't know, lazy, or uncreative, or racist. One, or multiple, of those at least.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cho Chang. is so fucking wild that her editor didn't go, "Wtf?"

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago

That was the age of "if you point out racism, you're the real racist".

[–] vrek@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

It's not a direct connection to Rowling but I was just pointing out another example.