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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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[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 13 points 2 years ago (12 children)

The reason people tend to walk when talking on the phone is because they are subconsciously looking for the person talking. That's what the title means

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 17 points 2 years ago (11 children)

That might be one reason that happens, but I highly doubt it's the sole or even main contributing factor. How could this even be proven? Some light googling returned zero scientific studies and one clickbaity article with no sources.

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com -3 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It makes sense evolutionarily speaking imo

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

A lot of things make "sense" evolutionarily speaking that are wrong

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