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Hi everyone!
I would define meme as a digital joke.
And then if were to break the meme down into a joke analogy, I would say that the text of the meme is the joke, and that the template is the delivery of the joke.
What do you guys think, any better definitions?

Nothing about a 'meme' is inherently meant to convey humor. Memes are socially replicated phenomena that have the recognition of being distinct and common enough to become identifiable as their own thing.

Tying memes to jokes is a frequent misconception of what they are. Dare I say, it's really just the uncultured normie way of defining it as it doesn't engage with anything outside of the lazy superficial stereotype people allude to when making broad statements about internet culture.

Meme: noun
1. DNA of the soul

But seriously, there is no need to try to narrow the definition of a term that has been well defined for decades.

Every idea you ever had is either a meme passed on to you or has been influenced by a meme passed on to you.

Religion, ideologies, emotions, subcultures, ideas of what is and isnt "normal" all memes, all passed a long.

We are all controlled by something greater

Memes, the dna of the soul

i see something i like and/or think it's worth posting here, i post it here

something that can be applied to certain situations and concepts in a usually humorous and satirical manner.

A good analogy to Memes pre-meme era is catchphrases.

A "meme" is a unit of cultural information, like how a "gene" is a unit of genetic information.

Many things documented on KYM aren't "truly" memes, but things like subcultures and events can still be memetic in nature, or bring forth more "minor" memes.