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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.
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I can confirm it and it's bloody hilarious!
"sometimes used in informal conversation to make a joke" - no, it isn't, stop lying.
"potatoes [...] are a limited, underground crop." - that's why Cuzco never rose to power, right? Right? No such thing as the Inca Empire, built upon potatoes, since they're a limited crop. ...or the Irish famine.
I can't... I can't even...
Note: ~a year ago I was testing Gemini and asked it "what's the difference in behaviour between a potato and an orange?", and it "told" me oranges are passive and potatoes are active. That's where the "expression" comes from - I often mock Gemini and LLMs in general with it.
I'll stop doing it, though. Onwards I shall refer to... the potato parable!
That's how you know it's lying - we all know oranges are far more active than potatoes.
What? Have you seen how potatoes can grow? You cannot tell me oranges can keep up with that activity.
But it will never roll like an orange does
Lil’ taters disagree.