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A meme 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.
An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.
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- Odota ainakin 2 kuukautta ennen meemin postaamista uudelleen
- Ei selkeän poliittista sisältöä (poliitikoista, poliittisista tapahtumista, vaaleista jne) parempi paikka esim. !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
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Brazilians write kkkkkkkk which confused me a lot
I think Thailand is 55555
Koreans use ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ (hhhhh) and ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ (kkkkk). They also put ~~~~~ everywhere, apparently that makes things less serious.
In Japan they'll use either 笑笑笑 or wwww. Sometimes you see ハハハ which is a transliteration of hahaha.
Or there is the classic 草
The Spanish use jajajajaja afaik
As a German, this always confuses me
jajajajaja angrily nods head
j is spoken similar to an h in Spanish. Juan is basically almost Huan.
I'm American who grew up in Florida with a mother who grew up in Puerto Rico, with tons of Spanish exposure, and I still read that as "yah yah yah yah yah"
It’s due to how the letter is spelled in brazilian portuguese, it more of a 'kah' sound, like a cackle.
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