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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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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The problem was that people kept clapping and interrupting his speech, so he said he’d give them cues when to clap.

So when he said please clap he was giving permission rather than begging for applause.

However, the edited video made it look like he was begging. It’s a bit like the Dean Scream.

[–] jeb@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

They really did me and Howard dirty, but not as dirty as I did Gore in 2000

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah if you watch the whole thing it's also really obvious he was making a joke about it and the audience liked it. People make it out like he was begging, but that's really not the case.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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