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For in-universe examples, see [[Instant Web Hit]].
 
If you'd like to keep up with the memes of the day, go to [http://ohinternet.com/Main_Page Oh Internet] or [[Know Your Meme]], or [http://www.lurkmore.com/wiki/Main_Page The LURKMORE Wiki] (NSFW), or the fine folks at [http://www.encyclopediadramatica.sers Encyclopedia Dramatica] (Even more NSFW). These are all examples of great resources for the memes themselves and the enigmatic culture around them, but beware the [[Not Safe for Work|interstitials]]. [[You Have Been Warned]]. On the other hand, if you just want to learn who starts many of these, see [[Fountain of Memes]]. These are probably the most common source of [[Surreal Humor]].
 
The [[Trope Namer]] (for the word ''meme'') is [[Richard Dawkins]], who suggested a [[Mind Virus]]-like model of society: that cultural information is inherited and reproduced, occasionally with minor mutations, in a similar way to ''genetic'' information.
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