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whole·some meme hōl-səm\mēm
A meme that promotes health or well-being of body, mind, and/or soul.

A meme that is pure of heart, devoid of corruption or malice, modest, stable, virtuous, and all-around sweet and compassionate.

A meme that conveys support, positivity, compassion, understanding, love, affection, and genuine friendship by re-contextualizing classic meme formats, and using them to display warmth and empathy.

A meme with no snark or sarcasm that displays genuine human emotion and subverts a generally negative meme to be more positive.

Definition of a meme/memetics A way of describing cultural information being shared.

An element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non genetic means, especially imitation.

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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's an anti prom? Do you get your virginity certified on that day or something?

[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My wife was part of a group that ran one for a bit at a science fiction convention in the 80s. The concept was for "those men and women in fandom who did not get to attend their prom as teens." In many cases, it was because they were unpopular nerds as teens, in military families, health issues, and so on. "Let's run a prom like we wanted to have." So instead of some boring "popular kid celebration" most proms were, it was just a bunch of nerdy fun men and women who dressed up in costumes, drank, and hung out.

[–] klemptor@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

That sounds legit amazing

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 12 points 1 year ago

There was a place near me that did an "emo homecoming dance" event and I'm still sad we had a scheduling conflict and couldn't go

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's an event meticulously crafted to exactly counteract prom so that the end result is absolutely nothing happening.

[–] cam_i_am@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What happens if the two events collide? Do they annihilate each other? Does the resulting explosion destroy the whole city?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The events DO collide, annihilating each other without collateral damage. That's the intention, at least.

A badly calculated anti-prom usually only causes minor irregularities though, such as people switching to preferring tea over coffee and vice versa for a few months.

Starbucks hate it, but Pickwick and Yogi Tea love it.

[–] SnipingNinja 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the SCP but not really vibes of this.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

SCP? Secretly Cuddling Proctologists? Scorecard Compilation Prognosis? Sullen Count Prepares?

[–] SnipingNinja 2 points 1 year ago

Secure, Contain, Protect but this one is not actually supposed to be known by the expanded acronym, it's an internet culture thing I guess.