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US gives money to Israel which then funds AIPAC who then funds corporations who take money from citizens? Is that right? (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 43 points 2 months ago* (16 children)

This is a great retort. But does this belong in this community? Is this a meme?

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  • [–] 19 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Do you not consider this a meme? If I may ask, why not?

    Frankly, I have trouble defining what a 'meme' really is. Traditionally, a meme is an idea of some sort that spreads through a culture. A more modern definition would be:

    An amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media

    So personally I would say this post a meme and thus belongs here. However, I don't know if Webster's definition is really what posters here, and more importantly the mods here, would use.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (10 children)

    Good point. Technically it is, it's just not funny.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Memes don't always need to be funny.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (5 children)

    Still though, is this even a meme at all?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Meme: an idea, behavior, style, or piece of media that spreads from person to person within a culture, often via imitation or rapid online sharing.

    Yeah I think this would count.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (2 children)

    I personally think that definition is too broad, as a person who grew up with the memes taking form, and the internet taking shape.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    The term was first defined in the 70s. Memes are not a new thing that took form with the internet, nor are they limited to the internet at all.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I don't see how this is a meme. It shares the similarity of being an image posted to the internet, but I don't know if that qualifies. 😅

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    That’s not what a meme is.

    Meme: an idea, behavior, style, or piece of media that spreads from person to person within a culture, often via imitation or rapid online sharing.

    Memes existed long before the internet, and long before people butchered the term to just mean “hurt durr funny internet picture”.

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