What exactly is a meme? I know it's not the captioned pictures so what is it?
>>517720
A meme is a self-perpetuating idea.
>>517720
A meme is the idea
Like foul bachelor frog
Each captioned picture isn't a meme, the concept of fbf is the meme
>>517720
You mean besides being the worst terminology that ever happened to the internet?
I really think more than 50% of the people who spam memes don't even know what it means.
Giving inside jokes and trends a special name has inadvertently caused many people to treat them like something special and unique to the internet, putting them up on a pedestal.
Here is a definition of what a meme is according to the Frequently Answered Questions site of 4chan.
>>What is a "meme"?
>A meme is basically an idea that is easily transferable from one mind to another. Think "catchphrases." Memes are created when a large group of users come to identify with a particular image or slogan. Their continued [mis]use will bring about the destruction of the universe.
The last part really worries me. I don't want the universe to be destroyed. I'm currently still living inside this universe, and I do have a fondness for living in general, so I would be quite distraught if the universe were to be destroyed just because many people used memes wrong.
>>517836
the universe will be destroyed at some point anyway, it's inevitable.
>>517838
Can't we stop entropy by stopping everyone from memeing incorrectly?
>>517836
>Their continued [mis]use will bring about the destruction of the universe.
Holy shit was moot actually that smart? I gotta give him credit for that.
Being self-aware of memetic trends (especially as a proof of experience, and "having the in-knowledge") is the cause of all our problems in life.
>>517841
you might be on to something there lad
Well according to /tv/ everything is a meme.
>>517873
So /tv/ is causing the destruction of the universe? Those madmen.
>>517884
they're doing their best to unravel the fabric of reality
Test
>>517720
Something invented by the king of fedoras
>>517973
If I'd known his invention of the word "meme" was going to destroy the internet one day I never would have stopped believing in god.
>>517975
It's too late now
