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It doesn’t really need to spread. If you take the gene comparison, a meme that doesn’t spread is like a person who has no kids. They still have genes even if they don’t spread them.

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Yeah, I guess that’s true. I just always thought of the phrase referring to the things that spread, but memes and genes can die without spreading.

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