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Why is this so common on Lemmy? It is not a meme to post a screenshot comment section. It might be funny but it isn't a meme (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A meme is just something funny that you share, so anything someone finds funny and posts online or shares with one friend is sharing memes.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A meme is just something ~~funny~~ that you share

By the technical definition, it doesn't even have to be funny, it only needs to be quickly sharable

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Usually you wouldn’t share something that wasn’t funny/amusing though, there is that whole angle of sharing horrific stuff for shits and giggle though… so yeah it really doesn’t matter.

[–] owsei@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Usually yes, but, at least in programming, "data is code, code is data" is a meme, in the sense that it's sharable. And it's not exactly funny, it's just an idea.

But yeah, meme is used for intense-based jokes because it's the norm

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems wrong to consider regular jokes as internet memes

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What are chain email jokes than the OG meme? If you take a picture of the joke and share it, you just memed it. Share it vocally, and yeah it’s not then.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What if you write it again? And I meant that it doesn't seem right even though it technically mighr be.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree, but also, how’s that different than copying/pasting, which is a short hop to a screen grab. So it’s an either all or nothing thing I think unfortunately.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee -1 points 2 months ago

No I agree on all or nothing, I'm just saying I'd go with nothing