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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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[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don’t forget blackface thing mon

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I've heard it argued that Jynx was a parody of Harajuku fashion, which really only kicks the racism down one more step

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

No... The original is not debatable if you know how racist Japanese artists depict black people.

That's just some weeb cope and as you mention even then it isn't even good at it.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago