This was in a Steve Paulson essay, "God and gorillas," about the anthropological history of religion. "Take Daniel Dennett, the philosopher who has proposed that religion is a meme — an idea th ...

In other words, memes are similar to viruses — they spread, replicate and make their way into facets of culture, leaving lasting impacts on history, similar to how viruses infect populations.

The interview went on to make meme history when TikTok users began imitating that moment. After the first Debby Ryan meme went viral in 2020, the actress responded to the trend on her own Twitter ...

Tsoukalos, once just the host of a controversial History Channel series, has become a symbolic figure in the meme world, demonstrating the power of the internet to elevate, parody, and immortalize.

There are some memes that have years of lore behind their meaning. It’s almost like you need to be in on the inside joke and up to date on their history to fully understand the meanings. I believe ...

His wound up becoming the longest acceptance speech in history for that award. The resulting memes took the initial earnestness of the speech and recontextualized it, imitating it for the purposes ...

In a historic and embarrassing first, an old Reddit meme may become an actual government agency in Donald Trump‘s second term as president, thanks to Elon Musk. Months before Trump’s ...

Trying to pinpoint the earliest internet meme is like trying to discern the first written word, or the first time someone sliced a loaf of bread; a futile effort, but one that unearths fascinating ...