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• ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The vast majority of posts on this community are internet memes that don’t fit that definition.

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  • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Wait, do you mean the definition of the community or Dawkins’ meme definition?

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  • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    How come they don’t?

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    • ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      When speaking of memes, most people think of internet memes. The likes of which this and every other meme community is full of. That’s not what Dawkins means by a meme. What he means by meme is a cultural analog to genes. A trait that passes from person to person as an idea or behavior. Shaking hands would an example of such meme.

      Internet meme on the other hand generally comes in the form of a picture which is funny, ironic or relateable.

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      • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        It’s not just traits according to Dawkins. It’s also ideas or more broadly, information.

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      • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Yes, but it’s still also a meme in the Dawkins’ sense of the word, isn’t it? Or would it be classified as a memetic complex? I think it’s probably simple enough to be cathegorised as a meme.

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