You keep saying that, but you haven’t explained the difference yet.
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I’m so confused… It’s like you wanted a separate definition of “internet news article” because these often have click-bait titles, unlike (most) TV or newspaper articles.
It’s the same thing. Just the medium is different.
But there already is a “more specific term” - “internet meme”. It’s a meme that (mostly) originates/spreads over the Internet. Job done.
All three definitions you provided are well within Dawkins’ definition.
By some definitions some viral videos would count, if they’re viral because they’re funny. By those definitions, if they’re viral because they’re critical news like the George Floyd murder, they’re not memes because they’re not humorous.
The reason for their spread is irrelevant. The fact that it’s “a piece of culture that is spreading” is what makes it a meme.
What made image macros into internet memes was people taking the same macro and using different text
Again, this is well within the definition of “meme”.
My definition is not necessarily “right”, but I like it.
You’re arguing that “Internet meme” should be it’s own thing, when it fits perfectly well within the overarching definition of “meme”.
A meme (/miːm/ ⓘ; MEEM)[1][2][3] 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.[4] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme. Supporters of the concept regard memes as cultural analogues to genes in that they self-replicate, mutate, and respond to selective pressures.[5]
A “viral video” is practically the definition of a meme.
Akhchually, they were called “memes” since 1976. It’s just that the word didn’t get popular with them damn kids.
1·8 days agoThis is exactly why I love PowerShell.
Need the [DateTime] object from 10 years ago? No biggie, just chuck
(Get-Date).AddYears(-10)down your console.Need it in a specific timezone? That one’s trickier, but since PowerShell can do .Net, run this:
$TargetDateTime = (Get-Date).AddYears(-10) $TargetTimeZone = "India Standard Time" $tz = [TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById($TargetTimeZone) $utcOffset = $tz.GetUtcOffset($TargetDateTime) [DateTimeOffset]::new($TargetDateTime.Ticks, $utcOffset)And you get a DateTimeOffset object, which is this beauty:
DateTime : 25/08/2015 23:15:14 UtcDateTime : 25/08/2015 17:45:14 LocalDateTime : 25/08/2015 19:45:14 Date : 25/08/2015 00:00:00 Day : 25 DayOfWeek : Tuesday DayOfYear : 237 Hour : 23 Millisecond : 421 Microsecond : 428 Nanosecond : 600 Minute : 15 Month : 8 Offset : 05:30:00 TotalOffsetMinutes : 330 Second : 14 Ticks : 635761413144214286 UtcTicks : 635761215144214286 TimeOfDay : 23:15:14.4214286 Year : 2015DateTimeis the time in your target timezone,UtcDateTimeis, well, the UTC time, andLocalDateTimeis the time on host you ran the commands on.
Answer is probably the same as before AI: build a portfolio on GitHub
You really think that using GitHub falls in the usual vibecoding toolbox? As in: would they even know where/how to look?
But hey to add my two cents: I think that fear is marketable, so women are over fed on paranoia.
This is the case with literally everything.
Used to hear about “no-go zones” in Stockholm in my local news a lot, areas where even the Swedish police were afraid to go in to. Then a friend of mine moved to Stockholm and started going to “the worst no-go zone” every weekend to get fresh produce. The only time he felt in danger was when he stumbled upon a drunk countryman.
That makes people fun?
Yes, talking to people about something deeper than “lol, look at this meme” is fun.
I think you should take a look at yourself before you call a generation that is experiencing the highest cost of living in modern history, boring.
WTF does one have to do with the other…? Are you suggesting that people have zero interests outside of social media because of high cost of living?
You do realise that libraries are free? That getting a used guitar will cost you all of $50? That getting a pencil and a notebook to start drawing will be, what, $5? Oh yeah, you can even get a pencil for free at an Ikea.
My God… All the “pro life” movements make so much more sense now! They actually don’t care about the women, they only want the children around. And worse off the children, the better for them!
Wouldn’t that be nano-retiring? I’m nano-retiring a couple of times a day when going to the toilet!
And then micro-retire for the weekend?
Effectively it was a failed kamikaze.
OK, let’s break them down.
“Image”, “video” and “GIF” are the same thing - an image. It’s just moving in some cases.
So we’re left with “humorous, amusing or interesting form of expression that relies on images and text, and spreads across the Internet”.
“Humorous, amusing or interesting” can be skipped, because if it “spreads across the Internet” means there’s a reason for it. For that matter, the reason could be that people feel angry or infuriated, and a lot of others. So let’s just skip these altogether and just leave the fact that it’s spreading.
We’re left with “a form of expression that relies on images and text, and spreads across the Internet”.
Where “a form of expression that relies on images and text” is “an idea”.
So, your “unique” definition of “Internet meme” is just: “an idea that spreads across the Internet”.
Which is to say: it’s a meme. The method of spreading is irrelevant, the important bit is the spread itself. Doesn’t matter if it’s by word of mouth, newspapers, TV broadcasts, radio, or the Internet, it’s just the transportation method.