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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 11 months 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 11 months ago

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