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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Someone tried to make a meme out a few random bits of knowledge and I'm not sure what my reaction is supposed to be.

[–] Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (9 children)
[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (8 children)

I'm not asking about nuclear physics, I'm asking about where to draw the line between a meme and not a meme. The post is nothing but a few statements with a picture of a cat. I mean, using a cat picture as a bookmark for a science book would be the same thing but I wouldn't call it a meme. If the cat was famous, maybe we'd have something but I don't know him.

[–] Friendlybirdseggs@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its a meme template on which I slapped text on so it kinda is a meme

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

Ok. So it's not meant to be Schrodinger's cat. Yet Schrodinger's cat and proton decay are so closely related.

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