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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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[–] Norgur@kbin.social 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Very well, sir. I will send the documentation for your life unsurance and a copy of your will to xXUltr4k1ll0rsl4y0rXx@hotmail.com and to your wife at sweetiecutiepony@freenet.com"

[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm guessing life unsurance would just be euthanasia. Or would they pay you if you survived for longer than expected?

[–] Norgur@kbin.social -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Redex68@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I was joking because you wrote "unsurance" instead of "insurance"

[–] Damage@feddit.it 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I now have a name@surname.net email, and I feel like a boss everytime I give it to someone

[–] dan@upvote.au 11 points 2 years ago

This is the way. It's way more professional than a freemail account (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, etc)

[–] beigeoat@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

I also got myself a surname.me domain for this reason. Now I feel like a boss.

p.s. I'm also a bit scared if the .me domain could be called of by the country,. since it's not a genericTLD, controlled by Montenegro.

[–] ryry1985@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My last name ends in "us", so I have my last name as my full domain (a .us top level). Pretty proud of myself for figuring that out. 😆

[–] thomas@lemmy.douwes.co.uk 4 points 2 years ago

same, I feel lucky to have such an uncommon surname because I easily got the domain lol. there was a short version with the last two letters as the TLD but that was already taken sadly

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My last name is too common and shared by some large companies to get anywhere close to it as a domain name.

I got -net.com, which is still cool I guess.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is your last name “Incorporated”?

[–] kluevo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

me, recognizing this problem at 16, and spending literally like a week coming up with the perfect username

[–] aeki@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 years ago

Your example is pretty amazing, I have seen your username everywhere, assuming it's all the same person.

Meanwhile I have a different one per account. Not even trying to hide my identity, I just can't decide. This is also why I don't have tattoos.

[–] 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you telling me that xxXProGamer360NoScopeXxx isn't a good username?

[–] influence1123@psychedelia.ink 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How did you get my work email?

[–] Polydextrous@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Goddamn this makes me feel old. When I was 12, N64/PlayStation 1 were the dominant systems

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When I was 12, I had to write my own games in BASIC

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Laughs in machine code

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When I was 12, the NES was the dominant system.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

I was on a conference call with this guy I work with an HR. We had to go on a work trip together and she was getting out contact info for the flight.

She wanted our personal emails due to work email limitations. I just give the first initial last name thing.

The guy I worked with paused for a moment and said…”Iliketurtles” haha I’m pretty sure he made an adult email after that.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I've been using the same email address for 21 years so far

[–] YashaB@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Mine's 23 and has a silly name, but it is the key to basically everything by now.

[–] oyenyaaow@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

I got first catch at gmail when it was brand new, a common nickname without any numbers?, never gonna let go of my username.

[–] bappity@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

me picking the username madbrony when I was 12 on an account I CAN'T CHANGE 😭

[–] Quills@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] bappity@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Quills@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, yeah da pones!

[–] Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

Rotvomit reporting for duty!

[–] andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago
[–] Skaryon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I did create another one I use for grown up stuff but I still use a very old email that ends in 'rulez'

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

It was Anarchy9999@hotmail.com and I stopped using it about 20 years ago because I forgot the password.

[–] Neoncamouflage@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm so glad I made it out of this situation with one I legitimately like

[–] techbits@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SadTrain@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

The_cool_one_1.

Fun fact, I was not cool

[–] Jmr@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

I'm just glad I started using the internet when my regular name was still available at the popular mail providers back then. Young folks now are pretty much forced to throw in their middle name, nickname, birth year or whatever...

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can't even remember my first email address. Not the handle or the server. I only remember as far back as Hotmail, which was like the 4th or 5th email I had. Mostly because my Microsoft login still uses that one.