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minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoPretty sure meme has always meant the concept of “a concept that is understood visually and spreads that way” and has been modified colloquially online to mean what we see it now. To that end memes changed the meme of meme.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoNot necessarily visual, the great edgelord used meme to mean “cultural behaviour passed through information” , and he used it to shit on religion. I’m not joking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion#Religion_and_morality
Pretty sure meme has always meant the concept of “a concept that is understood visually and spreads that way” and has been modified colloquially online to mean what we see it now.
To that end memes changed the meme of meme.
Not necessarily visual, the great edgelord used meme to mean “cultural behaviour passed through information” , and he used it to shit on religion.
I’m not joking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Delusion#Religion_and_morality