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All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _
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Isn't that precisely what a meme is?
According to its technical definition, yes, a meme is an idea that transmits from person to person. According to its colloquial definition, no, when most people use the term "meme", they're referring to a screenshot. In the 2000s, though, it mostly referred specifically to image macros.