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# Meme-A-Thon
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:01, archived)
# I've always wondered...
...why are they called memes? Like themes I guess but where does the m come from?
(Erdos, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:02, archived)
#
meme (n)
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
(I helped save b3ta! JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:04, archived)
# Doesn't explain the origin of the word though.
Or does it?
(microsaulxp, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:21, archived)
# nope.
froM onE Mind to anothEr?
(microsaulxp, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:24, archived)
# memes
are like mimes, they sound like what they are
(dahtcalmer I'm pretty sure I forgot my password, 11 years ago, Wed 31 Mar 2004, 17:21, archived)