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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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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 91 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's deregulation for ya. It's not gonna get better anytime soon.

[–] uienia@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

On the contrary its gonna get a whole lot worse, since this Musk administration completely demolished everything

[–] FrankLaskey@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That’s ~~deregulation~~ capitalism for ya.

Fixed it for you.

[–] HenchmanNumber3@lemm.ee 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't this the american dream? Anyone can start by washing dishes and scam their way up to become a billionaire*!

*inflation adjusted

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought the formula was to be the child of a well-to-do family, start a tech company in a garage, then scam your way up to become a billionaire.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

That is the reliable way!

[–] BrotherL0v3@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Hey folks, I've been asleep for the past few hundred years. Can't wait to see how the profit motive has universally overlapped with providing the most utility to society! Such a neat little hack.

...

Uh oh. Uhhhh... Oh no...

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago

Sorry, "has become"?

Oh, my sweet summer child.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

"Don't worry, you can just sue them and drag it in courts for decades because they have armies of lawyers. Look, it's just part of the process so we can have Freedom TM(C)(R)."

[–] Haus@kbin.earth 15 points 1 year ago

"I owe my soul to the company store." - 1946

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Super cool, thanks for asking

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I volunteer at a horse stables because it's good for my mental health. I started getting lessons at a different stables and offered volunteering services if they need it and the owner got real confused because she thought I was asking for a job. Like no, I like farm work and want to help horse farmers for free because it makes me happy