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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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[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Something tells me that there are more people/New Yorker interactions than people/shark interactions.

[–] will_a113@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Florida it’s about 50-50

[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

EY! I’m swimming’ ova here!

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

something like the case numbers? But hey, in both cases not all of those bites were fatal. ;-)

[–] Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

How many sharks are bitten by New Yorkers each year?

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

I’m a New Yorker who ate fermented shark in Iceland. So at least one.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

This…this is the question I want answered.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Just stay away from Bitin' Steve down on 14th and you should be fine.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Consensually, right?

Right?

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just last week, my friend was eaten by a wild New Yorker. Rest in peace Sam Widge...

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Of course they bite if you pet 'em wrong! By that I mean, New Yorkers need a hit on the head and sharks need a gentle snoot boop :3

[–] JackLSauce@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That's 12.8 billion bites for NYC alone (the population is 8 million there, right? I can't be bothered to check)

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I get renewed appreciation for this photo every time I see it. I’d love to know the context. Did they tell the kids that the bunny has rabies or something?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

This is all the context that "know your meme" gives:

The photo was taken in early 2015 by Camera Shy, a professional photography service based in Utah that specializes in family portraits. The image first appeared online when Camera Shy posted it to their Facebook[1] page on March 14th, 2015, with the caption "And sometimes bunny sessions go like this…" (shown below, left).

On March 16th, Imgur[2] user RockiesInOctober posted the photo with the caption, "My kids during our family pictures this past weekend." Later that day, they linked that image to the Reddit community /r/photoshopbattles.[3] As of 2021, the post received more than 3,000 upvotes, and multiple users created altered versions of the image in the following years (examples seen below, center and right).

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm so proud of my state. Look, tourists, you'll be fine, just don't get in someone's way, and for the love of god, don't stay in someone's way. We're busy. Move to the side or you're gonna get bit, and ain't Noone gonna have sympathy.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago