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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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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Treating the cause, because depression is not a ~~symptom~~ illness but a ~~consequence~~ symptom (eg unknown mental issues, chemical imbalances etc). It's not trivial.

(thanks for helping me out with the wording, got confused)

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Soul-crushing profit driven economies are the main cause of my depression.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but we don't talk about systemic inhuman requirements.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depression is a symptom, symptoms are consequences.

You are right that what needs treating is the underlying cause, though.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

The wording might be off, I'm neither a doctor nor native speaker 😁

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah sorry, I was just correcting you on the symptoms part. Symptoms are the consequences of source reasons. A fever is a symptom caused by an infection, for example. Hope that helps.

I'm not native either. 😋

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Don't be. Everyone is learning constantly (or should be 😁)

Yeah I was mixed up, is a regular happening 😉.

[–] causepix@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be a bit more constructive, these might be the words you were looking for?

depression is not a(n) ~~symptom~~ illness but a ~~consequence~~ symptom

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Perfect, fixed, thanks!