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WELL, I don't think the word has lost it's meaning if you were on a serious topic or something about it. Or if someone is harassing you online.
 
Logiedan said:
WELL, I don't think the word has lost it's meaning if you were on a serious topic or something about it. Or if someone is harassing you online.
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I want to click the link but then again I'm scared something will pop up and say "You've been raped!"
 
I have never heard the word meme.
 
Eh, I looked it up and heres what I got :3

A meme (pronounced /ˈmiːm/, rhyming with "cream"[1]) is a postulated unit of cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals or other imitable phenomena. (The word is a blend of "gene" and the Greek word μιμητισμός (/mɪmetɪsmos/) for "something imitated".)[2] Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes, in that they self-replicate and respond to selective pressures.[3]
The British scientist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in The Selfish Gene (1976)[1][4] as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. Examples of memes given in the book included melodies, catch-phrases, fashion, and the technology of building arches.[5]
Meme-theorists contend that memes evolve by natural selection (in a manner analogous to that of biological evolution) through the processes of variation, mutation, competition, and inheritance influencing an individual meme's reproductive success. Memes spread through the behaviors that they generate in their hosts. Memes that propagate less prolifically may become extinct, while others may survive, spread, and (for better or for worse) mutate. Theorists point out that memes which replicate the most effectively spread best, and some memes may replicate effectively even when they prove detrimental to the welfare of their hosts.[6]
A field of study called memetics[7] arose in the 1990s to explore the concepts and transmission of memes in terms of an evolutionary model. Criticism from a variety of fronts has challenged the notion that scholarship can examine memes empirically. Some commentators[who?] question the idea that one can meaningfully categorize culture in terms of discrete units.
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Oh, okay I get it know thanks dude.
 
Pixy's right, he's well experienced.
I just linked you to a website called 'knowyourmeme' and it explains about the origin of the Pedobear meme. If you want to go to a website that will ensue a little hilarity, go to this link. ;]
I swear to god, it's not freaking rickroll.
 
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Logiedan said:
Pixy's right, he's well experienced.
I just linked you to a website called 'knowyourmeme' and it explains about the origin of the Pedobear meme. If you want to go to a website that will ensue a little hilarity, go to this link. ;]
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They played that song at the mall and then my brother screamed "YOU FAIL" at me....
 
Yes, that is true I hear that a lot.
 
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