VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 17 days agoUS gives money to Israel which then funds AIPAC who then funds corporations who take money from citizens? Is that right?lemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1670arrow-down111
arrow-up1659arrow-down1imageUS gives money to Israel which then funds AIPAC who then funds corporations who take money from citizens? Is that right?lemmy.imagisphe.reVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 17 days agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·17 days agoI 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. 😅
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·16 days agoThat’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”.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 days agoI understand all that, I just don’t see how this qualifies, still. It’s just a great rebuttal, that’s all. What’s the “cultural idea” here? Care to explain?
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. 😅
That’s not what a meme is.
Memes existed long before the internet, and long before people butchered the term to just mean “hurt durr funny internet picture”.
I understand all that, I just don’t see how this qualifies, still. It’s just a great rebuttal, that’s all. What’s the “cultural idea” here? Care to explain?