Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAre we using Richard Dawkin's definition of memes here? Is this the meme pool?lemmygrad.mlimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10
arrow-up129arrow-down1imageAre we using Richard Dawkin's definition of memes here? Is this the meme pool?lemmygrad.mlCyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI always have and that throws people off in conversations but I don’t really care. If someone is using the colloquial meaning then they’ve already wasted my time so I get to waste theirs.
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoNot sure it’s fair to assume everyone has the same definition of the word just because it’s the one you prefer Language evolves over time and meanings change
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agomemes are a waste of time. that assumption goes both ways.
I always have and that throws people off in conversations but I don’t really care. If someone is using the colloquial meaning then they’ve already wasted my time so I get to waste theirs.
Not sure it’s fair to assume everyone has the same definition of the word just because it’s the one you prefer
Language evolves over time and meanings change
memes are a waste of time.
that assumption goes both ways.
Then why are you on a meme community?