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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.

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Stole it off of reddit

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The guy made a comment about women and minorities about if I was just trying to meet a DEI quota.

He said this to me, a person of color, at a tech event where according to the census, 60% of Engineers are white.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maybe he is a want to be racist. Not actually racist enough to avoid you but racist enough to make nasty jokes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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You know something that often gets overlooked about bigoted "humor", is how predicable and tiring it it. Even if it wasn't inherently offensive, it's not funny.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Yeah that shouldn't be surprising. When you make a joke that puts people down it is rarely funny unless you hold certain beliefs.