LOL at the washing frijoles one. :D My non-Mexican mom is similar, but when it comes to washing bean sprouts, cilantro, mint leaves, and lots of other green leafy vegetables that are more annoying to pick out and wash than those first 3 haha, but whose names I don't know in English. xD
I haven't looked up many memes, but a quick search just now gave me these:
Hahaha yeah I have no problem with ethnic/race jokes as long as they're done the right way. :D Like in the "Harold and Kumar" movies too, for example. xD
The race/ethnic jokes that are done wrong are just mean, slanderous, and make me mad, honestly. >:-(
Oh wow! I mean, of course that's a young-enough starting point to sound like an American-born person for the most part, but a lot of people still have a noticeable accent (not that that's a bad thing). And I didn't hear any at all when you posted your voice haha. :D That's why I thought you were born here. :)
NO LOL, but most shootings are from white people. I'm not that crazy LOL, but I really do dislike spicy food sometimes. Franks red hot sauce is pretty good though.
@Ephemera1 Somali words overlap with egyptian arabic more than classical. Maybe it's because we standardized abdullah with a kasra at the end. Like we say Abdirashid rather than Abdulrashid.
It might also be because we add an -i, -ti or a -ki for when we're saying "the". So instead of saying sareer (bed) we say sareerti (the bed). Could be any reason, language is cool
I don't know too many newfies, and, one of the ones I *do* know is a man who makes half-hour jokes CONSTANTLY (in classic "dad joke" fashion). ... So maybe I'm overestimating the currency of that joke in general, lol
@autumn-bunny Don't have a meme for this... but, is there any music yr family puts on where, as soon as you hear the music start, you're like "oh shit it's time to start cleaning"? ๐๐๐ my friends who are also Mexican (-American) are the only ones who don't look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about "cleaning music".
Im irish so its difficult to actually insult me racially, ethnically or with sectarianism. Iridh memes tend to be true and funny as well. Its only Americans I find who are oversensitive to everything.
meme mฤm/ noun an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation
I'm aware that it does and needed no acknowledgement. You didn't, however, acknowledge that you were incorrect. In fact pointing out that some words are homonyms is implying that it also means your asserted definition... And it does not.
Also, sadly, the modern colloquial use of the term HAS made it into the dictionary.
Oh? This ought to be fun. Then what are the two meanings of meme? Bearing in mind you just argued that the internet picture with captions meaning was not one.
@ProbablyTooMature quite the opposite. i would love to make my point,, but i fear it falls on deaf ears. why would i spend time writing out my argument (again) when the other party isn't going to understand it anyway?
Opinion owner, do you still think "gay" means "happy", too?
News flash: Words evolve. Shocker!, I know!
If you were having a conversation with a bunch of cultural anthropologists, they would understand exactly what you meant by "meme".
Otherwise... yeah... you must be REALLY fun at parties...
Oh by the way, the word "meme" was invented in the '70's, and the guy who invented it (Richard Dawkins) is still alive. If you asked him whether he's pissed that the word "meme" -- which HE MADE UP -- is now used for jpg's with words on them, what do you think he would say?
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