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[–] ximtor@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Since when do random low quality social media posts qualify as "meme"?-_-

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

A meme is a "self-propagating" unit of culture.

OP saw this and was compelled to share it. It's culturally relevant, as it speaks (perhaps satirically, perhaps seriously) about an aspect of human (more specifically: western online) culture.

It's a meme. I don't like it any more than you do but it IS definitionally a meme.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

That's why I tell people to loosen up when they complain that the format is being misused. If it works, it works. It is evolution. I don't like the look of snails any less than the rest of the general population do, but snails evolved the way they did because it works.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

90% of "memes" nowadays aren't memes.