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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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[–] blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 91 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I like how they threw a 2DS into the pile of late 90s, early 2000s tech.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 34 points 3 weeks ago

Initially I agreed, but actually I think it stands. The design is similar enough, regardless of era. Honestly, I really do wish this kind of design would come back

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fun factoid of the day: The Nintendo 2DS only actually has one screen. Go ahead, open one up, you'll see...

[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

fun followup of the day: a "factoid" is something that isn't true, but is presented as being true. go ahead, look it up!

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting. I might research that on the toilet tonight, or just drop the word factoid from my vocabulary.

Regardless, clowns still have to go to college, while politicians do not. Fun fact of the day!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 3 weeks ago

i wrote it on the toilet before bed, so that seems apt.

[–] elliot_crane@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Funner follow-up: this definition is correct and true to the original usage of “factoid”, however, the alternative definition meaning “a small or minor fact” has been used often enough that it’s generally accepted, and appears in several dictionaries. Ain’t English grand!?

Sources:

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 weeks ago

Well if you don’t like black rectangle, you can have silver rectangle.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 45 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Wrong, you can get colored and transparent shells for the Steam Deck. Design technology is still peaking.

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[–] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I only got the backplate but man I'm tempted to do the front too.

Also transparent filaments are great. I 3D printed an olfa knife handle in transparent green (think Razer's green) and it looks fucking awesome.

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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I got one in 'atomic purple' because that is the most rad color.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Still perplexed Nintendo hasn't released atomic purple joycons.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Literally just got a semi-transparent Xbox controller. My kid loves looking at the rumble motor moving inside.

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 38 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

That translucent blue plastic becomes about the most absolute brittle shit over time. When they say plastic lasts hundreds if not thousands of years, translucent blue plastic missed that memo.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

When they say it lasts, they don't mean it stays in the exact same condition and shape.

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Most of it is in my balls now.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now they’re technically not blanks 🙏

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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Well, you're not wrong..

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Plastic lasts thousands of years, most of it lasts tens of thousands of years but blue plastic singlehandedly brings down the average.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago
[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 32 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess it's very much a matter of taste.

Ten years or so earlier, you could still get a TV where the sides of the case were made of wood. Wood, metal and black plastic throughout. Physical buttons that went 'clunk', a physical slider to adjust the volume, a metal dial for tuning.

To me, that was peak design.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I actually took a busted one of those and fit a 32in flat into it. Blocks off a little of the edges with the frame and gives it that square screen look without losing anything important. Cheap soundbar sounds amazing inside the box, everything is plugged into a surge protector inside and fed through the antenna hole.

I really want to get a Vintage breadbox or radio to put the DVD player inside of.

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[–] Gork@lemm.ee 29 points 3 weeks ago

RGB, plastic edition.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 29 points 3 weeks ago

Eventually all of these products found a place in our hearts.

And our brains, our kidneys and for some of us, our balls.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

The original iMac being the device that kicked off the colored, translucent plastic craze of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

There was a translucent George Foreman grill!

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

I always thought it was a Nintendo thing first.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Translucent products had been around for a decade prior to those iMacs. If anything, they marked the beginning of the end for the trend.

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[–] RagnarokOnline 14 points 3 weeks ago

That blue ps2 looks dope af

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Never forget what they took from us

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[–] Rinox@feddit.it 12 points 3 weeks ago

One of these is not like the others

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

It just looks so... technological

Technology design peaked here:

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hot take... This trend was just a modern (at its time) reimagining of the TRUE peak of tech design: 80s era clear cases with brightly colored interior components.

For example: https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/retro-transparent-neon-phone/

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[–] amon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] friendlyman12@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

That blue light hit different

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Later: We all have 8 different flavors of cancer from these

[–] Snoopey@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did...did you eat your atomic purple N64?

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 7 points 3 weeks ago

It was just a nibble!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

We were all tempted. It's okay.

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I don't know why, but translucent colored plastic gives me "cheap garbage" vibes. Probably because knock off memory cards and controllers for the PS1/PS2 used exactly that design.

[–] Waldschrat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Honestly, I am really happy we passed that transparent bubblegum-toy style. My hope is that we move towards physical buttons again, at least where they make sense (cars for example).

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

There is one thing In here not like the others...

[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, from roughly 1997-2013 according to that image. In that one brief 16 year moment, it peaked.

[–] meep_launcher@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Imo the old Macintosh design is the 1969 VW Beetle/ bus of computers. ✌️☮️🌼

[–] fu@libranet.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

@Stamets I'll admit it looks cool, but leaving your clear Gameboy out in the sun was a bad idea.

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Give me translucent Game Boy Color any day :)

[–] Voyajer@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I always go for the clear plastic replacement shells for my electronics. I got a Dreamcast with a chewed up shell that is now clear blue, did my GBA SP in a clear green a couple of years ago, and I'm looking into reshelling my Wii too now.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I'm 'bout to bust

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