Is there a fundamental internet meme that has had such a major impact that it would have notable repercussions if it had somehow disappeared?

    • conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene in 1976, and defined as the equivalent of a gene but for more abstract ideas (because the gene is ultimately just a unit of information as well). I don’t remember for sure if religion is specifically an example he personally used, but if it’s not it’s very comfortably in the same vein.