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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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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I like Max Stirner's perspective. Like you said, they can be useful - but we can also give them too much authority over us. It's important to be aware of that.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, fuck socks! They don't own me!

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exactly! "Boys" socks, "girls" socks, no - my socks.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. Money is a useful construct, but if you look at everything associated with it it's insane. A tool for tracking the value of goods and services has resulted in wall street, crypto currency, and people burying gold in their yards. It's become a status symbol to hold this placeholder for labor without doing labor.

I'm not necessarily on board with a moneyless society anytime soon, but I am definitely currency critical.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Currency is an excellent example.

Groups or organizations are another.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah!
Mammals are a social construct. They still serve a purpose.
What matters is what purpose they serve. Not many people are opressed by the concept of mammals.