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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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[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Not around here. We named towns after terms from native tribes who were kicked out of the area.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

And Chicago was named with a native word that describes a local onion or something

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago

Also after wildlife we killed and nature we destroyed to build it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

It's fine. Ayn Rand said it's OK because they're not real people or something.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin, but it applies to a lot of the Midwest and Plains and... Kinda everywhere in the US.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Could be a lot of places. Washington is full of them, too.