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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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[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The voter apathy propaganda is so damn infuriating and comes up around this time every 4 years from folks who refuse to offer any alternatives besides telling people to organize and other nonsense without providing any resources on how to do so.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

But Biden directly shoots Gazan children himself so you should throw your vote away on a green party candidate instead. Trust me.

Yeah, Trump will be worse and we should just ignore everything Democrats have accomplished or try to accomplish by lumping them in with the worst of their party while blaming them for everything a Republican has done like the sane non brainwashed person I am. I'm helping! I swear! People do more when they're hopeless!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/therecord/

Honestly the thing people need to do is just call it out for the ludicrousness it is every time. People think it's a popular opinion and it may be in some circles. But don't let it just slide. Make fun of it. Call it out for the propaganda it is. You don't have to be a paid Russian troll to push prop. People here can fall for it just as easily as the people wacthing Fox News.

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sure, but voting's literally the bare minimum you can do

[–] NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

So I should vote against the person I dislike the most right?

Not really. It's about the only thing that matters. Triply so if you're in a purple state. And triply so for local elections.

People can say organize, call your rep, blah blah blah all the they want. But only the voting part really matters. Maybe talking to close friends who you might sway a vote but chances are they already are and voting similar to you.

The next best thing you can do is run yourself.

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Politicians love non-voters, one less idiot they need to convince.