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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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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The forks? The pepper shapes? What am I supposed to be looking at?

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Well, my experience was that at first, I didn't see the forks at all. (That is to say I didn't recognize them as "forks". Or even as "things".) The forks looked like some blurry, nondescript background and the "pepper shapes" looked like foreground items hanging from something unseen off the top. The shapes didn't look really like anything I could identify. That lasted for a good 30 seconds before, very (very) suddenly, it crystalized and I could only see the forks on a purple background. Really uncanny how rapidly and entirely it shifted. After a good amount of effort, I was able to shift back to the first perception, but it took considerable effort along with looking away and back a couple of times. And once I achieved it, it felt hard to maintain. Very strange experience. Far more so than most "bistable" sort of optical illusions I've seen.

[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I saw it as forks immediately. Your description helped me to see the picture ”the other way”, with the pink döner in the foreground.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Exact opposite for me. Couldn't figure out what it was, and took a bit for the forks perception to stabilize after the poster said it was that.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Took me a moment but yeah I see the forks, but with little effort can revert back to the first view.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

I noticed it's easier to shift back to the "pink döner" first perception if you hide the top half of the pic.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coming from someone that's carved a pretty nice (and even functional) wooden fork before, I couldn't see the forks until you mentioned it.

Sigh, if only I knew how to chrome plate wood, I would have seen it much sooner..

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Weird forced flex but I guess it tracks

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ah very good guide, thank you. Did not see the forks at all.

I find I can make them go away if I focus on the center of the image and lightly unfocus my eyes. But you're right - it's not without effort.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No clue how there can be seen anything else here but forks.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 month ago

I was wondering what those dangling purple things were, but after i noticed the forks, I can't see what I first thought I was seeing, just as the caption says.

[–] jxk@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah yes, a collection of pink döner

They brought pink sauce to turkey 😭

/s

[–] edinbruh@feddit.it 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago

What did it cost you

[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

I can flip it back and forth in my brain. But yes, I saw the negative space as the object at first view.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 month ago

Er, wut?

4 forks. Is there something else?

[–] Goodtoknow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

I was expecting loss

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Leaving a comment so I can come back here when someone explains

E: I get it, the fact that it lived rent free in my head was the broken brain thing

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The highest rated comment has an answer in the reply and they're both older than your comment?

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Nothing to see here, moving on..

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

How is this loss?

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] db2@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

May the fourks be with you

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 month ago

Initially thought it was some closeup of a micro-fluidics experiment.

[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

Homer... Use the forks

[–] thericcer@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

This reminded me of Bev Doolittle's art.