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You raise such a complex question. Milhouse is not a meme. "Milhouse is not a meme" is a meme. I believe by definition that this first tier of memetic analysis we have reached a metameme. In the same way the discussion of "our memes" on
eBuams World is a metameme. But consider this- is not a metameme, when used regularly, a meme in and of itself? If we discuss this regularly at eBaums, does this become a metameme as well? In fact, cannot all metamemes degrade into a meme?
Kakama (
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00:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)reply
Is the concept of "chain letter" a metameme? The concept leapt the bounds from paper to internet, the memes IN the chain letters mostly did not. (Most internet chains were not/ are not direct transmissions from paper to electronica bits) I will await further discussion.
Mydogtrouble (
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16:09, 6 October 2008 (UTC)reply