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
The comic strip format could be characterized as a memetic style of communication that has spread by imitation from person to person.
I'd say that it only "becomes a meme" once it's being shared around with small modifications, but when you see a comic for the first time then you might not know if that has happened already or not?
Originally, no, this wouldn't have qualified as a meme, but now it pretty much just means "any image that's shared online for the purpose of entertainment".
The definition is very vague now. And it definitely applies to any humorous images being spread using social media. And comics fall into that category.
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whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 69 pts · 2y
I don't plan to have a kid, so could someone explain it to me?
edit: when it's a parent..,.
CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 2y
Glad you got there. And look it took you significant less time than the guy in the meme
ripcord@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Wait, is any image now a meme? This isn't a comic strip, in Comic Strips?
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
Always has been. A meme is a self replicating unit of information. The meme exclusionists are just engaged in historical revisionism.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
By most definitions, comic strips inherently qualify as memes so yeah, this is both.
ElderReflections@kbin.run · 6 pts · 2y
But then like, isn't everything a meme? .. then nothing is a meme... woaaahhh
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Not really, no.
The comic strip format could be characterized as a memetic style of communication that has spread by imitation from person to person.
Such is not true of ferns, for example.
Kelly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
The idea of ferns, as a decorative plant, is most definitely a meme.
However you are right that ferns, as a lifeform, fall under the category of genes.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Actually, ferns are a social construct.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You MAY be thinking of femmes 😁
nexguy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Sick meme
otter@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
A lot of comic strips do end up as memes
I'd say that it only "becomes a meme" once it's being shared around with small modifications, but when you see a comic for the first time then you might not know if that has happened already or not?
Edit, it's now a meme
samus12345@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Originally, no, this wouldn't have qualified as a meme, but now it pretty much just means "any image that's shared online for the purpose of entertainment".
abfarid@startrek.website · 0 pts · 2y
The definition is very vague now. And it definitely applies to any humorous images being spread using social media. And comics fall into that category.
underisk@lemmy.ml · 23 pts · 2y
Congratulations on your child.
Thediehlio@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 2y
I thought it became a dad joke when it was full groan...
FiskFisk33@startrek.website · 5 pts · 2y
Oh my god thats so bad! but also so good!
CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
This is absolutely the best dad joke I have seen so far
nifty@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I love that his face shows he’s thinking hard about it till he gets it
Edit why blue tie for wedding?
Maven@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 2y
I think it's black
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 2y
Y'all are grayblind
nifty@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
So what color do you see?
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Gray, duh
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Not blue.
nifty@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I know I know, stop mocking me with your perfect color perception
/jk