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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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[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

To be fair, it's trivially easy to learn cursive and it's basically always been an extension of penmanship.

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've never been in a situation where penmanship mattered. Typing skills on the other hand are abysmal across the board and hamper my coworkers constantly.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's an easy way to teach fine motor control.

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

It really isn’t. Some people have a talent for it, most don’t.

[–] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Y'all don't use whiteboards?

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

But why do children need to be required to learn it when there are more pressing skills that they need?

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Why is penmanship anything that we care about now? Who writes things outside of notes?