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A meme 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.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

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I am myself and myself is bad at fitting in (i.imgur.com)

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Lazlo bayne - I'm no superman

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[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I think that there’s a comfy middle ground between giving into every horrible trait you have to the detriment of everyone around you, and molding yourself into a character just to please everyone around you.

Learning how to “Be yourself” just means learning how to take your core personality and cultivate it into being your own person that also knows how to get along well with society at large.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

This is definitely true. My litmus test is simply empathy. If I were them, would I want to have a stranger (me) do this thing I'm about to do? If the answer is no, then I don't do it.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I think it's simpler than that. If you need to pretend to be a different person so others will accept you, then you'll spend your life pretending to be something you're not. If you just be yourself, then anyone who accepts you is accepting the real you rather than a false front you put on.

Note that there's a difference between pretending to be what you're not vs changing yourself into something different.