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An Internet meme, or simply meme ( / miːm /, MEEM ), is a cultural item (such as an idea, behaviour, or style) that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations. Characteristics of memes include their susceptibility to ...
A meme ( / miːm /; MEEM) [1] [2] [3] 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. [4] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to ...
Pepe the Frog ( / ˈpɛpeɪ / PEP-ay) is a comic character and Internet meme created by cartoonist Matt Furie. Designed as a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body, Pepe originated in Furie's 2005 comic Boy's Club. [2] The character became an Internet meme when his popularity steadily grew across websites such as Myspace, Gaia Online ...
Distracted boyfriend is an Internet meme based on a 2015 stock photograph by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem. Social media users started using the image as a meme at the start of 2017, and it went viral in August 2017 as a way to depict different forms of disloyalty. The meme has inspired various spin-offs and received critical acclaim.
In 2016, the concept was revived in a 4chan post by an anonymous user who initiated the NPC meme, titled "Are you an NPC?", detailing the behaviour of individuals acting similarly to non-player characters in video games by repeatedly using phrases such as "JUST BE YOURSELF", [13] and ended the post with the following description of people the NPC meme intends to depict.
Wojak. Original, generic appearance of Wojak. Wojak (from Polish wojak [ˈvɔjak], loosely 'soldier' or 'fighter'), also known as Feels Guy, is an Internet meme that is, in its original form, a simple, black-outlined cartoon drawing of a bald man with a wistful expression. The meme subsequently grew in popularity on 4chan, where the character ...
"You wouldn't screenshot an NFT" is a variant of the "You wouldn't steal a car" meme that satirizes non-fungible tokens, [19] based on the idea that the ease of making digital copies of the work of art associated with an NFT undermines the value of purchasing the NFT.
Doge (meme) Doge ( usually / doʊdʒ / DOHJ, / doʊɡ / DOHG or / doʊʒ / DOHZH) is an Internet meme that became popular in 2013. The meme consists of a picture of a Shiba Inu dog, accompanied by multicolored text in Comic Sans font in the foreground. The text, representing a kind of internal monologue, is deliberately written in a form of ...