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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 234 points 2 days ago (39 children)

Take a balloon.

Blow it upto about 50mm

Make a couple dots around it

Blow it up a little more.

Now there's distance between the dots.

Imagine an ant walking between the dots. That ant is going at the speed of light (as fast as it can go) relative to the dots.

Now as it walks between the dots, blow the balloon up really big

The dots aren't moving, they're stuck to the surface of the balloon. The balloon itself is expanding. The ant is going at the speed of ant-light, but now the dots are all "moving away" faster than the ant can walk.

The speed of the ant hasn't changed, the space the ant is traveling has changed. And faster than the ant can move, because the balloon isn't limited by the same things the ant is.

[–] Ichiro_kun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Didn't get it but saving this so when i grow older I'll see it again and think for the logic behind it.. 🗿

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