this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Something shareable that aims to inspire laughs, discourse, or thought, I’d say. Really broad, nowadays.

Term’s been around since 1972 per Wiki.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks, appreciate someone consolidating my understanding of it

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Hey, is therea word for

memesis

or is it collapsed under

mimesis

? I'm curious about this and have actually posted an interrogation on this notion previously

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Memesis might be a new invention of yours :)