stackyFACTSYour favorite absurd internet image is actually a recognized scientific concept. The word 'meme' was coined by an evolutionary biologist to describe how cultural ideas spread and mutate like biological genes. Posting a blurry image of a cat is technically participating in advanced cultural evolution.
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