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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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[–] Drekaridill@lemmy.wtf 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I boy in my class brought gum to school which wasn't allowed. There were many questions on assignments later about Paul and his increasingly unlikely amount of gum.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Paul and his gum-laundering operation.

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY APPLES ERIC?!" "EAT TWELVE APPLES AT LUNCH! SHOW US YOUR APPLE EATING SKILLS ERIC."

[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that's a very nordic name you have, erik eriksson

[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

My last name is Bocephus-Escobar. I come from a long line of orchard farmers and competitive apple eaters.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 2 months ago

Growing up with a foreign name for my region this never happened :[

[–] Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

my full name would often come up, i have two very common names.

[–] Tower@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Javi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So is Anna but with less effort.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

N has entered the chat

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I can’t believe Bobby is still alive. Dude basically drank heroin from a firehose.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

He seems confused about it too

[–] fonji@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

In case someone else doesn't know and is curious like me:

This is Bobby Liebling from the doom metal band Pentagram.

[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 4 points 2 months ago

Once sat with a kid in class that had to read the text that had his name on it.

It was something along the lines of “nobody is nice to me, they call me names,…”

To top it off => he was in fact the kid that everyone picked on. I do hope that teacher was clueless otherwise that was cruel.

[–] a_jeering_serpent@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Dr. Teeth has not aged well at all

[–] WillFord27@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Kid named finger: