Why is this so common on Lemmy? It is not a meme to post a screenshot comment section. It might be funny but it isn't a meme

Possibly linux@lemmy.zip · edit-2 4 个月前

Why is this so common on Lemmy? It is not a meme to post a screenshot comment section. It might be funny but it isn't a meme

conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 4 个月前

That’s basically straight from Richard Dawkins, who literally invented the term like 50 years ago.

A meme is to ~~information~~ ideas what a gene is to genetic information.

Edit: my word choice was bugging me.

Possibly linux@lemmy.zip · edit-2 4 个月前

50 years ago the internet wasn’t even a thing. Also that dude is yet another old guy.

It is lazy to just post a screenshot. At least convert it into a actual meme. There are plenty of templates that would work.

conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works · 4 个月前

So you’re just a troll, cool.

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 4 个月前

Aren’t we using that old guy’s term?

See where you’re coming from, this is easy to defend:

RuBisCO@slrpnk.net · 4 个月前

Temba, his arms wide.

davidagain@lemmy.world · edit-2 4 个月前

What if I told you that your post isn’t a meme, that memes are supposed to have banner text or footer text. Just having a picture with text on isn’t a meme, so your post doesn’t belong in !memes@lemmy.world?