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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.
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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 44 points 2 days ago (6 children)

In New Zealand, a "dag" is someone who has a good sense of humour and is fun (unlike in Australia where it has cringy connotations)

Explaining to a Yank that calling someone a shitty piece of wool, stuck to a sheep's arse is a compliment takes some convincing

And then there's "cunt"...

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Explaining to a Yank that calling someone a shitty piece of wool, stuck to a sheep's arse is a compliment takes some convincing

What word are you referring to here? I don't know of any American slang that means a shitty piece of wool stuck to a sheep's ass, *dingleberry" is the closest we got and that's not species-specific. The only thing I can think of that dag means/has meant in America is a minced oath, for either God or damn ("dagnabbit", "dag yo"). Add an O on the end and you get a largely archaic racial slur for Italian people or a highly-localized regional sandwich. Didn't know about the sandwich until I was driving through NE Minneapolis and saw a bar sign advertising "Dagos & Liquor" and briefly had to clutch my pearls until a local explained.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

To be fair us yanks don't know any of the meanings of dag, so we won't think of it as rude either

[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I love the Aussie (and I presume Kiwi as well) use of the word “cunt.” Y’all have made it so fun 😄

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is it the Aussies that use it as a universal, context-sensitive way to refer to people in general, but usually in a friendly or endearing way?

English isn't my first language, so I just pick up bits and pieces that I like and make my own dialect. No clue where I pick them up, but they're mine now.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's us.

You're a good cunt (good person)

Look here cunt (implied threat of listen to me or I'll flog you)

The word mate can be used here too

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago

Yeh its as adaptable as the English 'Fuck'.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] Quokka@quokk.au 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In AustraliaIve always associated a dag with someone who dresses very idgaf; Stained trackie dacks, does whatever makes them happy without social concerns, etc. it’s slightly affectionate.

It's a gentle insult