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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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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Just realized there will come a day (probably already has) where people can't hear this image.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can't, what is it supposed to sound like?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 63 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Internet used to be better

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Before money ruined it all.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... you thought harlem shake was better?

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IMO, not specifically Harlem shake, no, but Harlem shake was a product of the Internet in its prime.

IDK if that makes any sense

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I agree. It was bolder (for its time), it was carefree, and it had the thrill of exploring new territory. I miss Vine goddamn it.

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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah. Takes me back to Sixth Form this does

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can't read that without imagining a very extended boss fight.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

unfortunately sixth form is much more boring than that

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[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah when I said the day had probably already arrived, I wasn't prepared to face that cold reality

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Nor I, dearest user... nor I...

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Or, more accurately, COHN LOH TEhRRORIhTAHH

I'm impressed I can still hear it lol

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[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ahh I can't believe people are nostalgic for the Harlem shake lol

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm going to be saying the same about Skibidi Toilet in 10 years.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm not even sure what that means. I'm familiar with Harlem shake, but skibidi toilet?

The Internet is a weird place. I love it here.

Okay so.

Skibidi toilet is -- or started out as -- a Source Filmmaker Youtube poop. The first few videos were some heads popping out of toilets kind of nope.avi style while, if you'll pardon the double entendre, scat singing.

This somehow got spun up into a multi-part war drama. I must reiterate: Somehow. The word "skibidi" has entered the iPad kid generation's lexicon as either a nonsense word, a word meaning "nonsense" or I think I've heard it used the way Bill & Ted would use the word "bogus".

[–] oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Thank you for the whole playlist that's probably never worth watching!

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh. Gmod brain rot.

There's an interesting underlying message that I'm not sure is intentional, but yeah. Bunch of skibidi toilet "fun times" against the monitoring state engaged in war.

To me that says the only place where you're unmonitored in on the shitter, which is accurate given how much of a walled Garden we, the "adults" put together for kids doing remote learning by locked down Chromebooks during COVID. Seems like the youth putting these together were expressing their frustration with basically having no freedom to express themselves or even explore and have fun during the lockdown because of all the restrictions in place; not just the restrictions related to COVID, but all of the restrictions that parents and teachers had the opportunity to enforce very strictly partly due to COVID lockdowns.

It's a fascinating artistic statement from a pre-AI "art" era of only a few years ago.

10/10. Would skibidi again.

The further you get into it, the more intentional it is.

Excellent analysis, by the way. Goes to show that art will be art no matter how much us geezers disapprove.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wait until people come up with other, older things to be nostalgic about. Like Shoop da Whoop or Ronald McDonald Insanity. Peak 2000's internet brainrot.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I'M A CHARGIN' MAH LAZAR!

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[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Skibidi toilet at 0°C...

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago

Harlem Shake

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