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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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[–] MercuryGenisus@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's the companys fault for looking at the 151 and saying, what if we replaced all this with random bullshit? I miss the og pokemon. I tried playing newer games but damn, it's pure chaos.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 58 points 10 months ago (3 children)

ah yes
the original 151
with such treasures of creative genius as purple rat
another rat
and my personal favorite
some eggs

[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Don’t forget blackface thing mon

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I've heard it argued that Jynx was a parody of Harajuku fashion, which really only kicks the racism down one more step

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

No... The original is not debatable if you know how racist Japanese artists depict black people.

That's just some weeb cope and as you mention even then it isn't even good at it.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago
[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Literally two Pokeballs with eyes, one is just flipped upside down. Peak design.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

Don't forget purple snake and purple toxic ball

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If you knew what a mimic is, it would make more sense what they were going for.

[–] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It's gotta make you wonder if the pokeball or voltorb came first....

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

In Arceus, they're grass/electric because they're emulating the original wooden pokéballs

[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Voltorbs are just very angry dittos.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Prolly the pokeball, they’re based on those japanese gatcha capsules

[–] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I always enjoyed how the one mole evolves into 3 moles.

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago

magnemite evolves into three of them