Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 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-square14fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up13arrow-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@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThe Oxford dictionary is made by a bunch of old English nerds. They couldn’t find a meme if it was glued to a telephone pole
minus-squareconciselyverbose@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·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 linux@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·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-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAren’t we using that old guy’s term? See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend:
The Oxford dictionary is made by a bunch of old English nerds. They couldn’t find a meme if it was glued to a telephone pole
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.
Aren’t we using that old guy’s term?
See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend: