With the commercialization of the internet in 1995, modern memes gradually became more strongly associated with internet memes. A key component to the meme concept is that the information is able to self-replicate, and in turn undergoes a type of natural selection, much like genes.
The definition of memes as any behavior, idea, or belief spreadable through non-genetic means serves as the meme template all other memes are both built upon and defined by. Memes on the Internet appeared first as spam in 1978, then as Godwin's Law in 1990, before evolving into a broad range of thousands of memes over the next decades documented on sites such as KnowYourMeme, TV Tropes, and Encyclopedia Dramatica. You must eat it.Ĥ3) It is a delicious trap. 41) Everything is someone’s sexual fetish.Ĥ2) It is delicious cake.
