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Post memes here.
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.
- Wait at least 2 months before reposting
- No explicitly political content (about political figures, political events, elections and so on), !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca can be better place for that
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- Odota ainakin 2 kuukautta ennen meemin postaamista uudelleen
- Ei selkeän poliittista sisältöä (poliitikoista, poliittisista tapahtumista, vaaleista jne) parempi paikka esim. !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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Not around here. We named towns after terms from native tribes who were kicked out of the area.
Also after wildlife we killed and nature we destroyed to build it.
Michigan?
Wisconsin, but it applies to a lot of the Midwest and Plains and... Kinda everywhere in the US.
Could be a lot of places. Washington is full of them, too.
And Chicago was named with a native word that describes a local onion or something
That sounds offensive
It's fine. Ayn Rand said it's OK because they're not real people or something.