That’s mostly true, except memes are ideas, more specifically ideas that spread by being repeated or imitated.
I know the definition very well both reading and hearing Richard Dawkins who coined and defined the term, explaining what a meme really is. And the idea is that memes can spread and evolve a bit like genes, which could be said to have been the case here if the meme had been changed to use the drawing u/Appoxo made.
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Funny why I’m downvoted for describing what a meme actually is???
God people are either stupid or vengeful here!!
The meaning of a meme can change separately from the image itself. That’s what makes it a recognizable concept distinct from the image in the first place.
Memes are conceptual not literal
That’s mostly true, except memes are ideas, more specifically ideas that spread by being repeated or imitated.
I know the definition very well both reading and hearing Richard Dawkins who coined and defined the term, explaining what a meme really is. And the idea is that memes can spread and evolve a bit like genes, which could be said to have been the case here if the meme had been changed to use the drawing u/Appoxo made.
Edit:
Funny why I’m downvoted for describing what a meme actually is???
God people are either stupid or vengeful here!!
The meaning of a meme can change separately from the image itself. That’s what makes it a recognizable concept distinct from the image in the first place.