Memes

8303 readers

548 users here now

Post memes here.

A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

Wait at least 2 months before reposting
No explicitly political content (about political figures, political events, elections and so on), !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca can be better place for that
Use NSFW marking accordingly

Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

Odota ainakin 2 kuukautta ennen meemin postaamista uudelleen
Ei selkeän poliittista sisältöä (poliitikoista, poliittisista tapahtumista, vaaleista jne) parempi paikka esim. !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
Merkitse K18-sisältö tarpeen mukaan

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz

seahorse@midwest.social

graphito@sopuli.xyz

791

everything actually important is already metric (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by no_comment@lemmy.world to c/memes@sopuli.xyz

211 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Except in electronics. Everything is still .1 inch headers. We invented too many electronics and it’s stuck now.

[–] nezbyte@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

It is also annoying that the electronics industry prefers the term “mil” for 1 thousands of an inch. Why not use “thou” like machinist use?

[–] ByteWelder@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Not all of it though. Like JST plugs, barrel connectors, breadboard pin spacing, etc.