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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.

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Unironically spray on shoes could be a good idea (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To make their footwear, indigenous people tapped the gummy white sap of the rubber tree and dipped their bare feet into it before drying them by the fire. When the sap hardened, it formed a rubbery protective “sneaker” that made rough treks through the dense rainforest less damaging to their feet.

https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/the-origin-of-the-rubber-sole/

Uses of rubber date all the way back to the 1600’s when the Mesoamericans used it for (...) a type of temporary rubber shoe that was made by dipping their feet into a latex mixture.

https://historyofrubber.weebly.com/discovery.html

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Do you know of any picture of this? All i can find is ads for sandals inspired by this phenomenon.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Closest I can find is an Amazonian rubber shoe from the late 19th century here:

http://www.wildrubber.com/wild-things/mackintosh-rubber-shoe

The darker Amazon shoe is further down. The more ornate one is Macintosh's.

All at Kew gardens in London.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I found no pictures.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

We didn’t need more proof of enshitification of the internet but hete it is. A super cool bit of history and its main point online is to sell massproduced feetware.

The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project. I tried to find what became of it since because the plan was to make 13 and exhibit them in a musea and they theoretically would Bankrupt the music industry over a while. Yet the only information about it i can find is sensational articles from back then when it was just 1.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The other day I learned about Peter Sunde his Kopimashin art project.

Interesting! I instantly like this dude, after reading his Wikipedia article.