Difference between revisions of "Meme"

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"Meme" is a word coined by evolutionary biologist and zoologist Richard Dawkins (in his book The Selfish Gene) as the unit of cultural inheritance, analogous to a gene (the unit of biological inheritance). The word is pronounced to sound like "gene". In the book, Dawkins argued that ideas behaved analogously to selfish biological replicators, being passed down from generation to generation and occasionally experiencing a change (mutation) which made them more popular.
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We're no strangers to love
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You know the rules and so do I
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A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
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You wouldn't get this from any other guy
  
The term is important to the YTMND community because of the meme-like fashion in which its fads come and go. Furthermore, the spread of YTMND sites across the internet can also be said to follow a meme-like pattern.
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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Gotta make you understand
  
The theory of memetics is controversial, and not everyone accepts that the analogy is entirely fitting.
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
  
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We've known each other for so long
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Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
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And if you ask me how I'm feeling
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Don't tell me you're too blind to see
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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(Ooh give you up)
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(Ooh give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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We've known each other for so long
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Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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Gotta make you understand

Revision as of 18:25, July 18, 2010

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

(Ooh give you up) (Ooh give you up) (Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up) (Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand