c/memes · by Bartlebad@lemmy.ml · 3yBefore they were even called memes... NSFW-3 points · 5 comments · view on lemmy.world
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Richard Dawkins coined the term in 1976
plsletmelogin@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Yes, but prior to meme becoming the term to refer to these pictures, they were largely known as image macros on /b/, which is the home of the cock mongler.
Bartlebad@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Exactly right. Image macros, demotivational posters, or whatever else they were called back then are now all memes.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
All image macros are memes, but not all memes are image macros.
Bartlebad@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
I...didn't say they were?