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e. An Internet meme, or simply meme (/ miːm /, MEEM), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms, such as YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.
Shitposting. In Internet culture, shitposting or trashposting is the act of using an online forum or social media page to post content that is of "aggressively, ironically, and trollishly poor quality". [1] Shitposts are generally intentionally designed to derail discussions or cause the biggest reaction with the least effort.
Social justice warrior. Social justice warrior (SJW) is a pejorative term and internet meme mostly used for an individual who promotes socially progressive, left-wing or liberal views, including feminism, civil rights, gay and transgender rights, and multiculturalism. [7] The accusation that somebody is an SJW carries implications that they are ...
Sigma male (or simply sigma) is a term in internet slang used most often to describe the archetype of a male who is a "lone wolf". [1][2] While the name is a product of manosphere message boards in the 2010s, the term has gained widespread prominence within internet culture, and since the early 2020s, has become an internet meme. [3]
[3] [4] [5] Its use in a discussion related to the election of Donald Trump as US president in 2016, on the US television show Black-ish, [6] led to widespread discussion in the media of the "old trope". [7] A 2004 study in Basic and Applied Social Psychology listed the phrase as a "common [claim of] innocence by association". [8]
Horrocks said social media is “a double-edged sword, and like any tool can be used for good and can also be used for evil. “For the campaign, we share a lot of what we’re doing out in the ...
The phrase as it appears in the introduction to Zero Wing. " All your base are belong to us " is an Internet meme based on a poorly translated phrase from the opening cutscene of the Japanese video game Zero Wing. The phrase first appeared on the European release of the 1991 Sega Mega Drive / Genesis port of the 1989 Japanese arcade game.
A revision of a Wikipedia article shows a troll vandalizing an article on Wikipedia by replacing content with an insult. In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online [1] (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life.