Possibly linux to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agoWhy 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 memelemmy.zipimagemessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down186file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-down1imageWhy 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 memelemmy.zipPossibly linux to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@conciselyverboselink23•edit-22 months agoThat’s basically straight from Richard Dawkins, who literally invented the term like 50 years ago. A meme is to information ideas what a gene is to genetic information. Edit: my word choice was bugging me.
minus-squarePossibly linuxOPlinkfedilinkEnglish-29•edit-22 months ago50 years ago the internet wasn’t even a thing. Also that dude is yet another old guy. It is lazy to just post a screenshot. At least convert it into a actual meme. There are plenty of templates that would work.
minus-square@brbpostinglinkEnglish8•2 months agoAren’t we using that old guy’s term? See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend:
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•edit-22 months agoWhat if I told you that your post isn’t a meme, that memes are supposed to have banner text or footer text. Just having a picture with text on isn’t a meme, so your post doesn’t belong in [email protected]?
That’s basically straight from Richard Dawkins, who literally invented the term like 50 years ago.
A meme is to
informationideas what a gene is to genetic information.Edit: my word choice was bugging me.
50 years ago the internet wasn’t even a thing. Also that dude is yet another old guy.
It is lazy to just post a screenshot. At least convert it into a actual meme. There are plenty of templates that would work.
So you’re just a troll, cool.
Aren’t we using that old guy’s term?
See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend:
Temba, his arms wide.
What if I told you that your post isn’t a meme, that memes are supposed to have banner text or footer text. Just having a picture with text on isn’t a meme, so your post doesn’t belong in [email protected]?