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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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[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 26 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

What is the deal with the double commas?

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 31 points 4 hours ago (3 children)
[–] 0ops@piefed.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

Nothin but net, bravo

[–] vinsombra@lemmy.world 37 points 5 hours ago

Dogs are not great at grammar and punctuation. They are still good dogs.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago

You really can’t judge a dog for not knowing about ellipses for pauses.

Plus, repeated commas pause your text-to-speech AI longer than periods or ellipses.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I don't use commas like that, but I wonder if they use commas like I use periods.

One comma means slight pause, natural speaking tone. It's still one continuous sentence.

But when I use three periods...it indicates...akward pauses...

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They didn't mention having cheese once, I doubt they're French. Maybe Belgian.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago

Different pause length than ... maybe