• Victor
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    210 months ago

    Huh. That’s not how I grew up with the term.

    E.g. “it’s become a meme at this point” doesn’t make sense if it refers to an instance, as well as it does referring to the concept of the joke.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      Why not both? In English, every word is a noun, a verb and an adjective, each with 28 1/2 meanings, anyway.

      • Victor
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        210 months ago

        lol, I mean, sure. Let me rephrase: am I the only one who remembers the word meme to originally mean only the conceptual joke format rather than a specific sample of the joke format?

        That’s probably better. (?) 😁

        • @AA5B
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          210 months ago

          Pepperidge Farms remembers ….

          • Victor
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            210 months ago

            Pretty much exactly the vibe I was going for, haha