VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAm I the only person who doesn't like memes?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareAm I the only person who doesn't like memes?VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareSemperverus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoPeople were snipping out pieces of newspaper and sending them to eachother in the post as jokes, as soon as newspapers became a thing. People used to have silly paintings commissioned to send to eachother too. Memes are the DNA of the soul, friend.
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThat is literally what it is though. The name meme was chosen because it’s supposed to be the cultural equivalent of a gene.
minus-squareIlluminostro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s literally graffiti. It’s lazy, and it’s lowbrow. I don’t care if you don’t like that.
People were snipping out pieces of newspaper and sending them to eachother in the post as jokes, as soon as newspapers became a thing. People used to have silly paintings commissioned to send to eachother too.
Memes are the DNA of the soul, friend.
No.
That is literally what it is though. The name meme was chosen because it’s supposed to be the cultural equivalent of a gene.
It’s literally graffiti. It’s lazy, and it’s lowbrow. I don’t care if you don’t like that.