Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoAre we using Richard Dawkin's definition of memes here? Is this the meme pool?imagemessage-square11 fedilinkarrow-up134cross-posted to: memes@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up134imageAre we using Richard Dawkin's definition of memes here? Is this the meme pool?Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square11 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mlhexbear3·10 months 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. linkfedilink
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eehexbear2·10 months 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 linkfedilink
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mlhexbear2·10 months agomemes are a waste of time. that assumption goes both ways. linkfedilink
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eehexbear1·10 months agoThen why are you on a meme community? linkfedilink
minus-squareJoYo@lemmy.mlhexbear2·10 months agowhy are you taking comments literally in a meme community? it was a fucking joke. linkfedilink
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?
why are you taking comments literally in a meme community?
it was a fucking joke.