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Edited by bastage: 5/10/2016 12:31:56 AM
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What is a "meme"?

I often hear people talking about "memes", dank memes, and all that jazz. I see a lot of fuss over this word, but I just don't get it. I've never heard of this word before. So tell me, Offtopic: What is a "meme"?

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  • [quote]A meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem) is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture". A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[/quote]

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