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I'm here for memes, not snappy Xitter, 4Chan, reddit or similarly sourced screenshots of texts (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

because context is a part of language whether you like it or not

The irony of this reasoning is that the things spread as memes you do not think should be called memes because they are not "intended to be funny" are called memes by a vast majority of people on the internet. Making them memes, whether you like it or not.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    You're presuming most people regard text on a selfie as a meme.

    I'm convinced the majority of people think a meme is a recurring image format with humerous intent (more or less).

    For what its worth, I'm of the opinion that words are not prescribed, words are defined by their use.

    This may seem contradictory, until you realise that you can't just let every definition of a word be equal and valid.

    If my definition of a meme was a blue towel, which was shared by ten other people, then asking you to fetch my meme (blue towel) is moronic.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    if you actually read the comment, I didnt say that anything was not a meme. what I said was that the person I was replying to was ignoring the other meaning of the word which, because of context, is clearly the relevant meaning in this case.

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