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Says someone that never makes OC.

This is the only well articulated rebuttal I have gotten so thank you for that. I still disagree on the usage of pervasive in the definition especially in the context of internet memes. A meme is culture spread person to person and while traditional memes such as the ones you listed are defined by their longevity, internet memes are often flash in the pan or incredibly niche.

Is it a meme now?

Is it a meme now?

Is it a meme now?

Is it a meme now?

Is it a meme now?

I don't think you understand what the concept of mutation/remix is then. "A horrified Luke sees his family killed" and then writing over it something cheeky about newfound freedom vastly alters (mutates) how the image is interpreted. "Selectice Pressures" could be something like a topical joke based on current events, in this case it's the fact that he was signing cards at a convention, so the fan boy joke was informed by that situation.

A meme doesn't need a multitude of variations to be considered a meme, that's just going viral. It also doesn’t need to be a photoshopped image, changing the text is creation of a new meme, think advice animals. Simply changing how the image is received by a viewer is enough to be a meme, it's nothing more complicated than that.

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. 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. In popular language, a meme may refer to an Internet meme, typically an image, that is remixed, copied, and circulated in a shared cultural experience online.

Per Wikipedia, emphasis on what I consider the relevant bits. What way do you use it?

Wew. Lots of Lucas and Disney fanbois it looks like based on the vitriol.

You got my meme response now you get my academic reply.

A meme is a remix of an existing idea/joke/image. Unless you are creating something new whole cloth it could be considered a meme. Even though the term hadn't been coined, what Mark was doing with 3/4 of those autographs was altering the context of the card image, thus he did create memes.

Now get off my lawn.

Inspired.

"UpLem obviously."

• @SupraMario@lemmy.world probably

You Mark Hamill got 200 upvotes in under an hour.

I'm just a dirty reposter in this scenario.

MFW a post doesn't get enough upvotes.