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I hate it when people just say that a meme is "a repost" and refuse to elaborate (lemmy.ml)

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[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Memes are reposts! That's their defining characteristic! They become memes by being reposted! If they didn't get reposted, they would not be memes!

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Memes are in fact iterative so the more reposts we have, the more weird new memes we get. ‘S wild.