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minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 days agoCultural memes and internet memes are not the same thing. This is neither.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 days agoLiterally any shared idea is a meme. We have an actual original definition to refer to. It’s Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, and it’s very comparable to general “message” in information theory. “Internet memes” fit into his definition exactly.
minus-squareFree_Opinions@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·5 days agoIf everything is a meme then nothing is a meme. Internet meme means a picture that is funny, ironic or relateable. This is none of those. This is a screenshot of an political opinion.
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 days agoYou’re missing the point. Meme isn’t something you gatekeep. It’s simply a term for any arbitrary amount of idea. Everything is a meme. Your argument is like saying “nothing has mass if you call everything mass”.
Cultural memes and internet memes are not the same thing. This is neither.
Literally any shared idea is a meme.
We have an actual original definition to refer to. It’s Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene, and it’s very comparable to general “message” in information theory. “Internet memes” fit into his definition exactly.
If everything is a meme then nothing is a meme.
Internet meme means a picture that is funny, ironic or relateable. This is none of those. This is a screenshot of an political opinion.
You’re missing the point. Meme isn’t something you gatekeep. It’s simply a term for any arbitrary amount of idea. Everything is a meme.
Your argument is like saying “nothing has mass if you call everything mass”.