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Agschmid

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3. Why arent you going to bother to explain what a meme is?
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:28 AM
Mar 2016

Here I'll do it for you:

Internet meme (/ˈmiːm/ meem) is an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person via the Internet.[1] Some notable examples include posting a photo of people lying down in public places (called "planking&quot and uploading a short video of people dancing to the Harlem Shake.

A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture".[2] An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, website, or hashtag. It may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. They may relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures, often created or spread on various websites, or by Usenet boards and other such early-internet communications facilities. Fads and sensations tend to grow rapidly on the Internet, because the instant communication facilitates word-of-mouth transmission.


So yah that's a meme... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme
No. Agschmid Mar 2016 #1
It's not a meme. vintx Mar 2016 #2
Why arent you going to bother to explain what a meme is? Agschmid Mar 2016 #3
Showing examples of who HRC is beholden to vintx Mar 2016 #4
But that's the way you are doing it, and it's easy to dismiss. Agschmid Mar 2016 #7
How is it easy to dismiss? nt vintx Mar 2016 #8
Because it's a meme, just like my formation gifs on my signature line... Agschmid Mar 2016 #9
I guess everyone else saw this image everywhere? vintx Mar 2016 #10
Is this a meme too? vintx Mar 2016 #12
Yes. Agschmid Mar 2016 #15
This crap has been posted at least 5000 times in the last 9 months. leftofcool Mar 2016 #5
Some of us have a problem with private prisons. vintx Mar 2016 #6
the devotees of the Anointed One never see anything unethical in what she does. hobbit709 Mar 2016 #11
Right? vintx Mar 2016 #14
Are you down with the prison industry? NWCorona Mar 2016 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author PonyUp Mar 2016 #13
I wouldn't call 12 replies... "Hitting a nerve" Agschmid Mar 2016 #16
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2016 #17
Thanks for saying... vintx Mar 2016 #19
Dillon, Read and Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits: Part II (Catherine Austin Fitts) bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #18
Thanks! nt vintx Mar 2016 #20
K&R#20 + another DU thread, this one from 2006, that is valuable today for those that love the truth bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #22
Kick... bobthedrummer Mar 2016 #23
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