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Memes.... (Original Post) Sugarcoated Nov 2014 OP
kinda hard to forget this one..... irisblue Nov 2014 #1
o rly? OriginalGeek Nov 2014 #2
What you just did there Electric Monk Nov 2014 #3
Interesting story... pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #4
Professor Oak Jamaal510 Nov 2014 #5
What do you meme? kairos12 Nov 2014 #6
 

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts)
3. What you just did there
Thu Nov 13, 2014, 01:09 AM
Nov 2014
Memes were never intended to be the primary source of information on any subject


^^ That's a meme ^^

It doesn't have to be on top of a cute picture.

meme
mēm/
noun
noun: meme; plural noun: memes

an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.
a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

Origin
1970s: from Greek mimēma ‘that which is imitated,’ on the pattern of gene .
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