Originally, no, this wouldn’t have qualified as a meme, but now it pretty much just means “any image that’s shared online for the purpose of entertainment”.
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
The comic strip format could be characterized as a memetic style of communication that has spread by imitation from person to person.
The definition is very vague now. And it definitely applies to any humorous images being spread using social media. And comics fall into that category.
I’d say that it only “becomes a meme” once it’s being shared around with small modifications, but when you see a comic for the first time then you might not know if that has happened already or not?
I don’t plan to have a kid, so could someone explain it to me?
edit: when it’s a parent…,.
Congratulations on your child.
Glad you got there. And look it took you significant less time than the guy in the meme
Wait, is any image now a meme? This isn’t a comic strip, in Comic Strips?
Originally, no, this wouldn’t have qualified as a meme, but now it pretty much just means “any image that’s shared online for the purpose of entertainment”.
By most definitions, comic strips inherently qualify as memes so yeah, this is both.
But then like, isn’t everything a meme? … then nothing is a meme… woaaahhh
Not really, no.
The comic strip format could be characterized as a memetic style of communication that has spread by imitation from person to person.
Such is not true of ferns, for example.
Sick meme
Actually, ferns are a social construct.
You MAY be thinking of femmes 😁
Those are a social construct too, because everything is.
The idea of ferns, as a decorative plant, is most definitely a meme.
However you are right that ferns, as a lifeform, falls under the category of genes.
The definition is very vague now. And it definitely applies to any humorous images being spread using social media. And comics fall into that category.
A lot of comic strips do end up as memes
I’d say that it only “becomes a meme” once it’s being shared around with small modifications, but when you see a comic for the first time then you might not know if that has happened already or not?
Edit, it’s now a meme
Always has been. A meme is a self replicating unit of information. The meme exclusionists are just engaged in historical revisionism.