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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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[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is it really grooming if it's just how everyone in society acts?

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Grooming" to me always implied the actions of an individual, with the intent of generating a sexual relationship with that one person. It's got a level of intent that the lady at the grocery store calling me a "handsome young man" and then never seeing me again doesn't have.

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It doesn't really matter what it is to you when it has a hard and established definition.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nothing you say matters to me though, and thanks to solipsism, that's all that matters!

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ok. Feel better?

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

Well grooming doesn't have to be an individual, and it doesn't have to be sexual. Kids are groomed in school to go to college. The word means to train/prepare for. Training someone for something can be good thing or a bad thing. Or anything in between.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, but usually in these types of conversations people use "grooming" in a much more specific (and negative) connotation