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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.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 29 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Gender was invented by Big Bathroom to sell more toilets!

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

I wish I had big bathroom at home

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago
[–] SpookyUnderwear@eviltoast.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you can't trust Big Bathroom, who can you trust?

[–] Kuba@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

By having more genders, wouldn't Big Bathroom profit more?

[–] CJOtheReal@ani.social 2 points 11 months ago
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 26 points 11 months ago (3 children)

There are plenty of trans individuals who'd disagree with that. Gender is a made-up concept the same way that 'birds' are a made-up concept - they're a human categorization of actual phenomena.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

Humans just can’t resist categorizing things with fuzzy borders. Just ask any biologists about taxonomy and you’ll see what I mean.

[–] Katrisia@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

And there are trans people who believe gender is a social construct too, though. It is an open debate.

[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think this is the point. Maybe? Sorting stuff in categories is a human hobby even if the reality doesn't give a shit about categories. See cladistics: we paste labels on beings and say this a species, this is a genus, and we have to arbitrarily choose when a group is neither one or the other, because life didn't evolve following human rules.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Species, as an example, are far from strict and static categories, but such categories are still standard in academia because even in a field as precision-oriented as academic and scientific studies, they ARE still useful reflections of real phenomena.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

You can have desires for different things and you can even be attracted to the same gender but creating a new gender is silly. You can be male or female and dress and act how you want for the most part. Gender doesn't need to define you and can be black and white just like your hair color. You are you, not your gender.

Anyway my option isn't meant to offend. If I've upset you I am sorry but I've just seen a lot of the more wild LGBQ+ be a bit to flamboyant in "gender".

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

100% agree but can never get my point across this nicely then I get banned for a few days

[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a you issue tbh we should all be a bit Kinder don't you agree?

[–] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Why do you say that? It's your kind of response that makes me scared to expose my ignorance through fear of being mischaracterised as hateful. So I just live in ignorance, keep my head down and don't learn about other people's perspectives. I'm pretty confident I don't offend anyone...but mostly because I avoid any conversation that involves anything even remotely in this sphear just to ensure I don't accidentally cause offence.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

From my experience people who struggle to find there sexual identity tend to get offended easily when you ask basic questions. I honestly don't know much so my questions are out of arrogance.

[–] Draconic_NEO@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

Yep and I never understood the idea, it just seemed weird to me. People always said to me that you can just feel your gender but I don't feel a gender or know what it would feel like. That's how I found out about being Agender, well it was after I found out about being AroAce and I wondered if the A- prefix could apply to gender, and it does.

[–] SnuggleSnail@ani.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t get the gender conversation. Before you discuss, define what gender means. After you defined it, it should be clear how many types there are or can exist.

If you can’t decide on one definition, then make up several. „Genders A“, „Genders B“, …

It should be very simple.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sex is biology, gender is sociology.

It is the spectrum between feminine and masculine, where we as a society decide which traits fall where. This changes per culture.

[–] SnuggleSnail@ani.social 2 points 11 months ago

If it changes by culture, then each culture will have their own definition. So if we ask a Texan Redneck and a Swedish Librarian, we will get two very different answers. But they both might be right in their culture.

Culture does not have borders. You and your neighbour have different cultures. So I believe this is nothing you can argue about, unless you specify a definition first. It does not have to be a global definition, it does not have to apply to all people, it doesn’t even have to make sense.

The definition will make it possible to discuss the topic. When the definition is precise, it will be a very short discussion. The interesting part is coming up with that definition and figuring out what aspects you want to include and what you deem not relevant.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Right now it's mine. Y'all can wait patiently for your turn I promise not to hog it

^the^ ^gender^ ^officially^ ^belongs^ ^to^ ^the^ ^state;^ ^I^ ^have^ ^merely^ ^checked^ ^it^ ^out^ ^from^ ^the^ ^tool-share^ ^library^ ^and^ ^must^ ^return^ ^it^ ^in^ ^undamaged^ ^condition^

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

@hellfire103 What if genders actually have us instead?

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

@petrescatraian@libranet.de Now we're asking the real questions

[–] SeedyOne@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Politics aside, how the hell is this same picture in my Top Six Hour feed seven times in five groups I don't subscribe to? Impressive spam-job.

[–] Pilokyoma@mujico.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I'm sorry but not. There is no scientific evidence that says that homosexuality is defined in a genetic way.

It is a sin of the branch of lust, such as masturbation and pornography.

Although they also affect the traumas caused by childhood.

If we include the terrible, spread of pornography and the normalization of disorderly sexuality, the violence and the lack of logic of the Protestants, and add it to the usual justification, with faucences, as a type of self protection(Fake)

::: Extra Spoiler In my personal opinion, probably homosexuality confuses with friendship with a friend's desire. Change my mind :::

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago

Dang, I didn't think I'd ever see this on lemmy.

[–] enitoni 4 points 11 months ago

With all due respect, from the bottom of my homosexual heart, fuck you.

[–] essellburns 2 points 11 months ago

Not going to engage with your points since there's no evidence to support them, only a belief system, there's nothing to debate there.

I will point out that the meme is about gender and you're talking about sexuality.

These are separate concepts. My belief system is that people should understand these basic ideas before engaging in discussions or debate on these topics.