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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Infographics have always been memes. They're inherently meant to be memetic in nature. What they intend to do is literally what the word "meme" means.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

By that loose definition political parties are memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yer mum is a meme.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can see how they'd sound like the same thing to a person who is functionally illiterate.