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The term meme is a shortening (modeled on gene) of mimeme, which comes from Ancient Greek mīmēma (μίμημα; pronounced [míːmɛːma]), meaning 'imitated thing', itself from mimeisthai (μιμεῖσθαι, 'to imitate'), from mimos (μῖμος, 'mime').
Señor Don Gato" is a children's song about a cat who is sitting on a roof reading a letter from his true love who has agreed to marry him. In his excitement, he falls off and injures himself. In his excitement, he falls off and injures himself.
Charlie Schmidt, who made the Keyboard Cat video. Keyboard Cat is a video-based internet meme.Its original form was a video made in 1984 by Charlie Schmidt of his cat Fatso seemingly playing a musical keyboard (though manipulated by Schmidt off-camera) to a cheery tune.
Internet memes propagate in a similar pattern to infectious disease, as shown by this SIR model. The pattern, as depicted in red, shows an initial spike in popularity followed by a gradual taper to obscurity. Internet memes can either remain consistent or evolve over time.
The band's second album, Getahead, was released in 1989, led by the single "Name and Number" (UK No. 14), [3] and its "hey how you doin'" refrain found itself in the top 10 two years later interpolated in the De La Soul song "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)". The album, however, was not as successful in comparison to their first album, peaking at No ...
"An Open Letter to Hobbyists" is a 1976 open letter written by Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, to early personal computer hobbyists, in which Gates expresses dismay at the widespread duplication of software taking place in the hobbyist community, particularly with regard to his company's software.
A cartoon illustration of the thought experiment. The buttered cat paradox is a common joke based on the combination of two adages: . Cats always land on their feet.; Buttered toast always lands buttered side down.