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Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Lundgren Jarmo: > > > > "For those of you new to memetics, a meme is an idea, > > behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person > > within a culture. From a catch phrase to a gesture of > > greeting to a style of clothing, memes are the things that > > signify cultural identifiers. " > > > > so, as you see, the concept of the meme is itself a meme. > > What's the difference between a meme and a trend? > um... a trend is a cultural phenomenon. any particular person can see it with thir own eyes. it's visible, but that tells you nothing about where it came from or what's�behind it. a meme exists in the space of pure ideas. that's why meme is itself a meme. just because you know a meme, it's no guarantee that it actu- ally appears anywhere in the physical world, or even in the world of conversation, so that you could call it a trend. f
