Why is this so common on Lemmy? It is not a meme to post a screenshot comment section. It might be funny but it isn't a meme - eviltoast

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  • owsei@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    A meme is just something funny that you share

    By the technical definition, it doesn’t even have to be funny, it only needs to be quickly sharable

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      4 months ago

      Usually you wouldn’t share something that wasn’t funny/amusing though, there is that whole angle of sharing horrific stuff for shits and giggle though… so yeah it really doesn’t matter.

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        4 months ago

        Usually yes, but, at least in programming, “data is code, code is data” is a meme, in the sense that it’s sharable. And it’s not exactly funny, it’s just an idea.

        But yeah, meme is used for intense-based jokes because it’s the norm