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[–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago (4 children)

Because the definition of meme

The Oxford Dictionary's definition of a meme you meant to say.

For example, Jana Zündel (german article), a german meme researcher, stated that a meme always includes a recontextualisation. The Wiki page lists key characteristics such as intertextuality and cultural evolution.

There is a screenshot from reddit posted here earlier today, do you think that's a meme? Can you take it, put it in a new context and have it keep its original context as a reference so that the new post would create a new idea building on the context? Or is it just a random story, maybe funny to some?

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Great, you made a meme out of a screenshot. Yet, the screenshot is not a meme, it's a ranfom story.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    It's interesting you took that post because I thought it was a great example of how the language of memes changes with platforms. As the text at the top is just a classic Meme header but twitterified.

    To give an example:

    For me both of these images are equivalent. They are both memes. Are they not? Its just one is using an older "In your face" style.

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