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    4 months ago

    A meme is just something funny that you share, so anything someone finds funny and posts online or shares with one friend is sharing memes.

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      4 months ago

      A meme is just something funny that you share

      By the technical definition, it doesn’t even have to be funny, it only needs to be quickly sharable

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        4 months ago

        Usually you wouldn’t share something that wasn’t funny/amusing though, there is that whole angle of sharing horrific stuff for shits and giggle though… so yeah it really doesn’t matter.

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          Usually yes, but, at least in programming, “data is code, code is data” is a meme, in the sense that it’s sharable. And it’s not exactly funny, it’s just an idea.

          But yeah, meme is used for intense-based jokes because it’s the norm

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        4 months ago

        What are chain email jokes than the OG meme? If you take a picture of the joke and share it, you just memed it. Share it vocally, and yeah it’s not then.

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          4 months ago

          What if you write it again? And I meant that it doesn’t seem right even though it technically mighr be.

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            4 months ago

            I agree, but also, how’s that different than copying/pasting, which is a short hop to a screen grab. So it’s an either all or nothing thing I think unfortunately.

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              4 months ago

              No I agree on all or nothing, I’m just saying I’d go with nothing