If you use social media, you’re familiar with memes. Even if you don’t know what a meme is, you scroll by them every day on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and other sites and apps. Webster’s dictionary defines “meme” as “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.” The more culturally relevant and commonly used “meme” is an internet meme, which is an image of a person or animal with a funny or witty caption that spreads through social media sites like wildfire and reaches millions of people all over the country, and even the world. For example, you may have seen the “Side Eyeing Chloe” meme – a picture of a little girl in her car seat making a concerned face. The story behind the picture is that Chloe’s parents surprised their two daughters, Lily and Chloe, with a surprise trip to Disneyland. Lily reacts with tears and…
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