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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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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.
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.
You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
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.
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.
Absolutely no NSFL content.
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Dont get it twisted. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Grayox@lemmy.ml to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] hakase@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah, insisting on using a nonstandard definition exclusive to a tiny minority of speakers, so that you can then talk past your interlocutor, wasting both of your time until they finally realize you're intentionally being an uncooperative speaker, makes way more sense. 🙄

I guess at least this way you get to feel a smug, undeserved sense of superiority in the process though, so who's to say which way is really better.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok ok guys let's drop the 5 dollar words eh? Im rate limited i can't be looking up all this shit.

But for real b, "working class" means you exchange your time for money, no cap. White collar vs blue collar shit is designed to separate the working class yo. Looky here, we like wikipedia right? Lemme link that shit

Members of the working class rely exclusively upon earnings from wage labour; thus, according to more inclusive definitions, the category can include almost all of the working population of industrialized economies, as well as those employed in the urban areas of non-industrialized economies or in the rural workforce

Now if you wanna argue the point, sure it can and does mean what youre talking about, but if you take a minute to think about it, which distinction makes sense?

Both definitions are alright, i personally think the inclusive definition is best, but everyone should be aware of both so we can all know what the heck the other's talking bout

[+] hakase@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My point is that Joe Blow off the streets who might be seeing the OP's tweet doesn't know (or care) that there's another, more niche definition - Joe Blow only knows "working class" as mainly people doing manual or unskilled labor (another term I see this problem with all too often), and "working poor" as the part of that class subsisting around or below poverty level.

So, if you're trying to get Joe Blow off the street (or pretty much any other regular person, for that matter) to understand, agree with, and support you, saying things that don't make sense, like "80% of Americans are working poor" or "unskilled labor doesn't exist", and then insisting that you're right when he objects, is only going to cause misunderstanding, and Joe probably does not care enough to learn the nonstandard definitions you think are better for whatever reason.

This isn't directed at you, but sometimes it's really not surprising that conservatives do so much better than socialists/communists at attracting working-class people to their cause, if only because they don't require a four-year bachelor's in the terminology of niche political theory to have a basic conversation with them.

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have your taken classes in debate? Im impressed how many times you worked your point in with adjectives here, and without even mentioning my wikipedia definition directly, completely dismissed it as both highbrow and niche. It would take a lot to unravel if i tried to engage with you directly, but if i did, it wouldn't really be fair since you didn't actually engage with any of mine. Not really.

Masterful, i respect your posting skill, i bet you wear a lot of people down.

Bye!

[–] hakase@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago

No, I've never taken a debate class, and I have no idea what adjectives you're talking about.

But, it seems that making an honest effort to "drop the 5 dollar words" and engage with you here was a mistake, as you seem determined to miss the point, so I won't waste my time any longer trying to make sure you understand what the heck I'm talkin bout yo.