I can feel other things dropping looking at that face.
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meme how we know it should be a picture, with a STROKED IMPACT FONT (not a font that has impact, but the actual trademarked impact font) line of text across the top, bottom, or both.
>this thread
http://i.imgur.com/QtAABRw.jpg
Sure am glad my signature is fulfilling its purpose.
Yeah! Bring back the meme thread, wether it's good or bad or both. Finally something else than the same old on these boards!
https://i.imgflip.com/a2o52.jpg
Well... not exactly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wikipedia EN
TL;DR: “meme” comes from Richard Dawkins who abbreviated “mimeme” (imitated thing) because it was close to “gene” and can also be related to “memory” or the French word “même”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Dawkins
And “meme” in French is “mème”.
It's better to quote the man directly ( http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....me-comes-from/ )
Quote:
We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. ‘Mimeme’ comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like ‘gene’. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘memory’, or to the French word même. It should be pronounced to rhyme with ‘cream