MEM IS FUNNY; A MEME IS A JOKE MADE BY A PERSON; 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. MEMOLOGY ACTS AS A UNIT FOR CARRYING CULTURAL IDEAS, SYMBOLS, OR PRACTICES, THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED FROM ONE MIND TO ANOTHER THROUGH WRITING, SPEECH, GESTURES, RITUALS, OR OTHER IMITABLE PHENOMENA WITH A MIMICKED THEME. SUPPORTERS OF THE CONCEPT REGARD MEMES AS CULTURAL ANALOGUES TO GENES IN THAT THEY SELF-REPLICATE, MUTATE, AND RESPOND TO SELECTIVE PRESSURES. IN POPULAR LANGUAGE, A MEME MAY REFER TO AN INTERNET MEME, TYPICALLY AN IMAGE, THAT IS REMIXED, COPIED, AND CIRCULATED IN A SHARED CULTURAL EXPERIENCE ONLINE.
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