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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I thought memes were supposed to be funny. This is just sad.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I thought memes were supposed to be funny.

Whoever told you that is your enemy

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Agreed. I know that the original poster isn’t siding with the Herzlians, but this is still in questionable taste.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I think it was Charlie Chaplin who said that the best jokes make you first laugh and then cry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

If only we could do something about it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

But also accurate

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Memes are idea viruses.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not viruses as such, at least according to the inventor of the term, rather they are already part of our inheritable structure, our DNA (so to speak) seeking new ways to be inherited.

We are our memes.