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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 an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Idk maybe not everyone has a first language of english and had english lessons.

Like english is literally my fourth best spoken language. And I’m disabked with cognitive issues.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

The vast, vast majority of these simple mistakes are native speakers

ESL speakers know better

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guilt, much? Then = marks a condition or a point in time. Than = comparison.

[–] Ember@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m a native English speaker. Honestly… who cares? We can still understand them just fine. Do you speak four+ languages like they do? I studied a second language for 10 years in school and barely remember it. I self-studied a third for a couple of years and it’s HARD. What in the world do they have to be guilty for? Being way better at being multilingual than the average native English speaker?

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

I obviously care. There is also nothing wrong with having pet peeves. Zero people need to agree with what my pet peeves are allowed to be. I see this dumb mistake all the time and that's not really related to the linguistic status of this one individual.

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

Sure, have your pet peeves. That’s perfectly fine. However, making someone feel bad about it and implying they should feel guilty, when they’ve already made a huge accomplishment in learning another language, isn’t. You’re not wrong, but you’re still an asshole.

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

I would disagree with your assessment of this. If I implied they should feel bad, it was for guilting me with information I couldn't have known and wasn't at all personal