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[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

the beautiful thing about language memes is that you see them in the wild constantly, I see phrases and structures I participated in shaping all the time in mainstream culture, if only they knew.

also, image macros are not memes if you think otherwise go touch grass ...

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

well, if we're going by the original definition of meme as a concept or idea that spreads and mutates like a social version of a gene through a population (Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, 1976), then unfortunately image macros are indeed a form of meme.

also, that's not an image macro. a macro is shorthand; image macros are memetic images, e.g. they have a culturally understood meaning that requires no extra context after learning of it, optionally with attached text that plays off of that cultural understanding. examples of image macros are "foul bachelor frog", "good guy ~~joe~~greg", "hide the pain harold", "this is fine", "all the things", and so on. a comic that sets up a scenario is not shorthand, unless it's "loss" or "sweet bro and hella jeff".

Edit: yes, i'm fun at parties.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Edit: yes, i'm fun at parties.

You get invited to parties?

[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago

i mean i don't go

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Since when are image macros not memes

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 3 points 2 weeks ago

Millhouse is not a meme is a meme