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Dawkins, in A Devil's Chaplain, expanded his definition of meme by saying there are actually two different types of memetic processes (controversial and informative). The first is a type of cultural idea, action, or expression, which does have high variance; for instance, a student of his who had inherited some of the mannerisms of Wittgenstein .
A meme (/ m iː m / ⓘ; MEEM) [1] [2] [3] 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. [4]
The phenomenon of dank memes sprouted a subculture called the "meme market", satirising Wall Street and applying the associated jargon (such as "stocks") to internet memes. Originally started on Reddit as /r/MemeEconomy, users jokingly "buy" or "sell" shares in a meme reflecting opinion on its potential popularity.
Pepe the Frog (/ ˈ p ɛ p eɪ / PEP-ay) is a comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie.Designed as a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body, Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 comic Boy's Club. [2]
A Twitter user's meme prompted social media users to weigh in on whether they feel Netflix has too many "unnecessary gay characters." Controversial meme sparks conversation about LGBTQ+ ...
The original image of Barbra Streisand's cliff-top residence in Malibu, California, which she attempted to suppress in 2003. The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information.
Pedro Pascal eating a sandwich . 2023 was the year the internet fell even more in love with actor Pedro Pascal. Pascal, in one of many memes he inspired this year, eats a sandwich peacefully.
The very concept of memes themselves has been referred to as "the Metameme". [1] Ideological tolerance and the rhetorical device of metaphor clearly fit this framing. [1] Regarding the former, one may usefully expand: A meta-meme which confers resistance to a wide variety of memes (and their sociotypes), without conferring meme-allergies.