FFXIV: ARR MEMES

[lololink]

Then memes are a myth.

meme = reuse the same thing a lot ( it come from the french word même which means Same ). Same phrase, or same image etc...

[Cristal]

meme = reuse the same thing a lot ( it come from the french word même which means Same ). Same phrase, or same image etc...

Well... not exactly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

The word "meme" was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, as an attempt to explain the way cultural information spreads; Internet memes are a subset of this general meme concept specific to the culture and environment of the Internet.

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'.

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”.

And “meme” in French is “mème”.

[lololink]

Well... not exactly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme





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”.

And “meme” in French is “mème”.

It's better to quote the man directly ( http://www.todayifoundout.com/index....me-comes-from/ )

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

[Edli]

More hilarious than the memes are the people complaining in a thread they can easily just ignore.

[Kuroyasha]

More hilarious than the memes are the people complaining in a thread they can easily just ignore.

Made me laugh out loud

[NyneAlexander]

[ChriZirhC]

I can so relate to this xD

[Drax100]

So...this might be sacrilege...but I had too! I'm sorry! XD

The REAL destroyer of Eorzea...Louisoix Leveilleur...



(P.S. ...he tooted)

[Enkidoh]

Some of my really old 1.0 memes from the original thread (I did these back between 1.0's shutdown and the start of beta testing to stave off withdrawal symptoms - it didn't work )







Note the last one wasn't making fun of this thread by the way, I made it for another long gone thread on the old forum.

[meJojo]

I can feel other things dropping looking at that face.