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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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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In a first past the post system, like the US, not voting is the same as voting for whoever you hate more. If you hate them equally, then it's the same as voting for both.

The next US president will support genocide. We get to pick between the one who supports it a lot vs a little. We get to pick which one we'd rather protest under.

The only way to be not complicit is to leave the country and renounce citizenship.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

… rather protest under.

Nailed it. I’m stealing that, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't protest your use, and since that phrase is mine now I can say that!

Jokes aside, this is exactly it. One option, you can protest it. The other, and you're getting "a very rough hour, real rough".

So.... Yeah. Not voting is supporting more murders by the state, and I hope so many people realize they are being duped with their "non-voting protest" and actually go to the polls. Especially because the presidential election is not the only election that matters.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I can protest about it. For now at least..