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Post memes here.

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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[–] Qwel@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You will be understood, it will just give people a small pause.

Sometimes it may cause confusion, like "the phone (he) went through the washing machine (she) and now <she/he> is broken" changes meaning if you get the pronoun wrong. But then if you are used to disambiguate thIs kind of situation - and you have to in english - it shouldn't happen too often

[–] underreacting@literature.cafe 3 points 2 weeks ago

Good to know! I'll just not let any phones into any washing machines while traveling, to avoid grammatical confusion. I'll wash my phone when I get home instead.