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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.

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  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.
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[–] stinerman@feddit.online 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The crazier thing is that other bettors know people with inside info are cheating and don't care.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Thé Guy above ypu made a good argument, that a great way to bribe making it look like a bet.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh ya because pulling off a bribe right now is a real operation.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dunno, is there only one action allowed at the same time ? I mean the world isn't linear, things can happen at the same time.

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sure you could just hand him a gold sword on international tv.

But what if we...

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dont' understand what you are saying. Is it some kind of North American reference ?

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They.

Don't.

Prosecute.

Bribery.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

meh. I'd posit this is a bunch of folks on the edges seeing what's happening, seeing the grift factory that the admin is, and getting in themselves on a lil something before the whole thing crashes to earth.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah good theory too. The strange thing is someone betting against a strike in Iran. Do people bet constantly on things like that ?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

dunno. I don't understand these markets. perhaps there is a market for people who vote against things happening writ-large - like, i bet tomorrow godzilla won't attack, anyone taking?

it's beyond me. as is the vast majority of gambling, which I've seen first hand wreck lives and destroy families. ordinary, sensible people, computer nerds and engineers even, suddenly thinking they have some way of making money off some insight.

I fundamentally do not understand any of it. There are certainly grifters and rubes tho.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Same I don't get gambling...

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Maybe it's the defense industry insuring against peaceful years.