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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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I love the origin of it.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-word-meme/
Not only is it a great origin, that's a fantastic article on it
Thank you so much for sharing
Literally all the things here including comments are memes.
Correct
So basically what I'm saying is that there's a lot of people gatekeeping what a meme is without understanding what a meme is
Or if they're referring to the first of the definitions in the screenshot I shared, not understanding that different people can find things humorous
The biggest meme of all is our spoken languages
I didn't say they weren't. I just reject the notion that proper definitions aren't gatekeeping. I'm not joining the above argument. I understand the definition is based on usage and the usage has changed. Most humans are morons and don't know how to use words properly so they let language change over time.