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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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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 12 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I was gonna say that I have to sometimes refer to it as "RJ45” port, because we actually also work with differently shaped Ethernet ports. Then I decided to look up, if that's specifically the name of the plug or of the port as well.

And Wikipedia is immediately like, oh yeah, the scrubs refer to it as "RJ45", when it was really named after the "RJ45S" standard. But that standard actually describes a specific, obsolete wiring configuration of what's really an 8P8C connector.

Never change, Wikipedia. 🙃

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I've always thought of it as Ethernet is the protocol, maybe even the cable (but Cat5/6 would be more accurate for this), while RJ45 is the plastic connector at the end of the cable. You could have a telephone use an RJ45 connector, but it wouldn't be an ethernet port it's being plugged into. Unless it's an IP phone and it actually does used ethernet protocols and cables I guess.

But yeah if you're using different connectors I guess you'd have to specify it's an RJ45 ethernet port. But I've never seen an ethernet port use anything other than RJ45, so if someone is just saying "ethernet port" we can probably assume it's RJ45.

[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Ethernet over coaxial cables with BNC connectors were a thing until the late 90s. At least at my place. Nowadays we are transitioning to Ethernet over optical fiber that comes with quite a variety of different connectors.

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My internet hole is loose from repeated insertions

[–] rbn@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How did you manage that with a mini aux connector?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Pussy8 data cables will do that.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure around these parts we call it the

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(More fun and more holes over at funhole@lemmy.sdf.org & unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org)

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey! Someone put a bunch of counterfeit pants in my Internet hole!

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You wouldn't download pants.

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

What the rest of the box looks like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbyYGrswtg

[–] Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

Internet hold*

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

I'm currently reading though ways to DIY an internet hole into my car hole. Now I see the folly of searching for articles using terms like rj45 keystone and garage.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I haven’t heard that in a long time, most people just say iHole now.

[–] Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

And technically wrong

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

is this racist

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Laughing at a funny mistranslation: not racist.

“All Chinese people are stupid, they can’t even spell Ethernet”: racist.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it shows a lot of implicit biases by using that label.

Ethernet doesn't always mean Internet, it has other uses too! It's a whole specification. It can power a LAN party or even deliver power!

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

No, we're talking about internet holes. It's a World Wide Phenomenon.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 day ago

Oh hey it's my nickname from college :3