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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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Poor Data... (⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠)

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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The actual scene

And I would just like to say: yes, if you are offended, your feelings are valid. Whether people respect them or not is a different story. You're not entitled to respect for your feelings, but on the other hand, you're also not entitled to be a dick about people's feelings and claim you're just being rational and logical.

When you mock people for being offended and emotional, you are also being emotional: you're feeling very, very smug.

I also find it rather... interesting... that this comic reframes Dr Pulaski as the offended party, rather than Data, as it was in the original. I do sure wonder if there's anything about Dr Pulaski that a certain segment of the population would identify as emotional and irrational.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

well put on all points. Was trying to recall when Pulaski was anything but super-doc professional.

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This changes nothing. I could write a post and say it's "but a post". Write a book and say it's "but a book". Make a film and say "tis but a film". In fact, a meme is the perfect hiding place for any ideology. It is the carrier pigeon of thought. That is, in short, the purpose of memes.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and they've weaponized memes and 'jokes' and 'it's just a gag' to spread fascism and misogyny. so it's not just a meme or a joke, it's a subtle attempt to move the window of people accepting those shitty things. they think they're clever.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago
[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The things you mentioned carry significantly more weight.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honey, posts, books, and films are filled to the brim with memes. They are meme delivery vehicles. They exist only to spread memes.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Bruh literally doesn't know what a meme is

[–] Ataraxia@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tis a poorly crafted shite meme.

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nah, just gonna block you so I don't see more of your shitposts.

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I also find it rather... interesting... that this comic reframes Dr Pulaski as the offended party, rather than Data, as it was in the original. I do sure wonder if there's anything about Dr Pulaski that a certain segment of the population would identify as emotional and irrational.

The other party in the discussion is a robot

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He is an android with a positronic network, that has displayed on numerous occasions the capacity to feel. The linked video is one example.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does OP or general audience of the meme know this?

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do they need to? In the image, he just appears to be a human dressed weirdly.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

If you don't know any further context you'd think the other person is an unemotional robot, which works for the meme.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the actual scene they're coming to an understanding about his name.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

The great Daytah vs Daa-ta debate huh

[–] moog@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

owned snowflake big mad ooga booga offended woke libtard ooga booga

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 4 points 1 year ago

Omegalul pepe NPC musk energy

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hey I just got a 4 day ban from news at lemmyworld because I said the BT in LGBT meant Bluetooth. Did someone really get offended and think I thought that Bi Sexual and Trans people are actually computer hardware? It was such an obviously dumb joke that being so dumb was the joke.

[–] HerrLewakaas@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago

That's... I'm at a loss for words

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

That's the sort of Reddit energy I've been missing

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Moderation on .world is really something else. Not even the most rabid subreddits were that bad.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Data. The name is pronounced Data.

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav 6 points 1 year ago

I only see one Datum in the picture

[–] Takeshidude 8 points 1 year ago

This is slander against Dr. Pulowski

[–] dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

That's a Facebook tier meme. Beyond this it is making up an adversary and belittling them, which is not really a sign of maturity.