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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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[–] BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Enemies? I disagree. It's more like watching a toddler playing with a loaded gun.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Toddlers murder a wild number of people.

This is exactly a toddler with a gun.

Edit for numbers:

Some might assume that toddlers and young children may not be strong enough to pull a trigger, but that is not the case, experts said. At least 895 children aged 5 and under have managed to find a gun and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else from 2015 to 2022, according to Everytown.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-fire-guns-toddlers-unintentional-shootings/

Remember, children cannot purchase guns in the USA. Many also lack the hand strength to fire.

I apologize for the source.

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually know someone this happened to. Dad came home and midway through changing got a call from his father in law and went to go help him, leaving his concealed carry weapon on the nightstand. Toddler son got a hold of it and killed himself. On the day before his slightly older sister's birthday.

Kid was buried on the property, within sight of the front porch. Mom demanded that and then couldn't handle being there so they moved in with her folks for the next couple of years, and their living room was practically a shrine to the kid.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Fuck That is a tragic story.