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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it's a dangerous hobby then this becomes a safety concern.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the most expensive gear isn't necessarily more dangerous than the entry level gear, and in some cases, may even be safer.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Right, but the issue is that if they don't know what they are doing then the gear is irrelevant. I'll give an example. If I'm skiing and I see someone hiking up to the off-piste bowl run in brand new topline gear, and they are visibly struggling to do the hike, I can ssume they are inexperienced and might really hurt themselves or crash into someone else.

[–] Whitebelt_Dural@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FPV drones and the surge in popularity of BnF quads. You used to have to at least know how to solder it all together.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh god. You can buy one on Temu for $10. I'm guessing they overheat and explode.

[–] Whitebelt_Dural@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones I'm thinking of are carbon fiber bodied, weigh about 600-800g, and easily hit 100mph/160kph. Usually we recommend newbies fly a few dozen hours in a simulator first but seeing people post pics with cuts from propellers going up their arm was a semi regular occurrence on the subreddit.

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm in. How do I get started? Please and thank you 😁