This is a legitimate question: what is a meme? Is it anything with viral potential? Is it only images with superimposed text? Does it require user generated meaning??? Help, I'm in a huge argument with my friend

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Anonymous Wed Nov 30 00:11:21 2016 No.8781591 [Reply] [Original]

This is a legitimate question: what is a meme? Is it anything with viral potential? Is it only images with superimposed text? Does it require user generated meaning??? Help, I'm in a huge argument with my friend

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 30 00:16:23 2016 No.8781604 >>8781591 >Help, I'm in a huge argument with my friend so you came here instead of google or wiki? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 30 00:20:57 2016 No.8781620 >>8781591 help helper is a meme

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 30 00:27:27 2016 No.8781635 File: 156 KB, 319x310, Bary tangy.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8781591 Better ask the experts, Mr Frog >>>/s4s/

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 30 13:03:20 2016 No.8783172 >>8781591 What makes an idea memetic, as opposed to just viral, is its penchant for mutation as it spreads.

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