ALL "INTERNET Memes" are "MEMES" - but NOT ALL "MEMES" are "INTERNET Memes"...??
#FACTS- The word "INTERNET" does
NOT actually appear in most definitions of "MEME"
- In most places, "MEME" and "INTERNET MEME" actually have 2 different entries
[For example, Wikipedia goes so far as to offer preemptive clarification (circled below)]
Conflicting reports, but:
- Some say the word originated in the 1970s: "from Greek
mimēma ‘that which is imitated’, on the pattern of gene" - Elsewhere, you can find:
Use over time for: meme
[Editor's Note: Regardless of whether it was the 1700s or 1970s, we're pretty sure the INTERNET wasn't super-popular back then.]
P.S.
So... What's Our Point??
Honestly, we really don't care what anybody calls anything... That was basically just our proactive response
(guilty-conscience?) to those who will inevitably give us sh*t
("But that's NOT a MEME!") - as we RE-Think / RE-Imagine traditional internet memes and launch some Meme-
LIKE products - that you can physically touch and pass around OFFline! - IN REAL LIFE!
-- Handed out at work or school? Left to be found on a desk or chair? Placed in a locker or mailbox?
-- "Accidentally" left behind in a break-room or coffee shop? on a plane, train, or in the back seat of your Uber/Lyft/Taxi?