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[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

MacOS updates became free in 2012, the word "meme" is from 1972.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The word meme originated with Richard Dawkins' 1976 book The Selfish Gene.

Thanks for making me look it up. I only heard about the book/concept in the 90's.

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting. Wikipedia "meme" article says it originated from the book in 1976 while "internet meme" says it's from 1972.

[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well spotted. The latter entry has no references so I corrected it. Now both say 1976. The world is now 0.00000000000000000000000000000000001% better informed.