• Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
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    8 months ago

    I think his meme is meant for something in a broader sense, it’s basically mean an idea that spread via imitation, and we human learn and advance mostly due to this imitation.

    Edit:ohh i see what you mean now, and yes i agree.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      8 months ago

      absolutely correct, nevertheless it applied to this niche scenario basically from the beginning

      as such, the internet meme became the most poignant example of the term, but i would never say that internet memes are definitive of the term itself.