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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

I really thought meme originated from the French meme, meaning self. I thought ppl used it like me_irl, moi meme. I'm realizing this is based on nothing and I might have totally made it up.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 21 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

imo the actual etymology is weirder

it was invented by richard dawkins in the selfish gene in the 1970s

it's used to describe an "idea-gene"; something that spreads and mutates not through biological means but through communication

like a mind-virus

hence why it sounds like a portmanteau of "memory" and "gene"

[–] sznowicki@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Damn am i the only one who knows that meme comes from "culture gene"?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

The more you learn 🤓!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

"Même" by itself means "same", "c'est la même chose" "it's the same thing", with moi (moi-même) it's "myself". "Self" by itself (feels weird to say that) would be translated as "soi".

[–] Zykino@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Zykino@programming.dev 1 points 7 hours ago

Au secours c'est trop bizarre à lire "moimoi".

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Ah, true, sorry!