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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.
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[–] Sparhawk@sh.itjust.works 96 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] gnufuu@lemmy.ca 81 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Critical analysis of the pig population's worsening housing crisis

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago

I was thinking way too hard about this and trying to figure out how Animal Farm was a kids book…

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Hungry wolf hunting an overpopulated invasive pig species set on building homes and taking jobs from local beaver communities.

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[–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Young girl murders two women after TBI with help of three men at behest of corrupt government official, deaths are met with celebration by local populace

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 20 points 1 week ago

Tap for spoilerThe Wizard of Oz

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Old man tricks friend into elaborate heist that culminates in outbreak of gang violence and the death of an endangered animal.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is this one? I'm lost lol

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I am so ashamed of myself for not getting this one! I had the book on tape as a kid, and listened to it so much that the tape physically disintegrated on one of them!

[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Well the assignment was to explain it badly

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[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Girl enters psychodelic phantasies while reading a book. Speaks of beaheading a government official.

[–] Legitimate_lake@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] huppakee@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A teenager so obsessed with monsters he makes it his life goals to put one of each in a pocket-sized container, trying to prove his worth by letting them battle in meaningless cockfights.

[–] mappe@moplemmy.fyi 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They're not meaningless. You get badges. BADGES!

[–] gigaqps@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

badges. BADGES!

Mushroom, mushroom

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[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Then there is the classic, A young girl travels to a far off country and kills the first person she meets and then teams up with 3 others and plots to kill again.

[–] DaleGribble88@programming.dev 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (6 children)

A strange young lad who speaks only in rhyme stalks an elderly man he just met, ultimately persuading the gentleman into eating a questionable off-color breakfast entree.

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[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Young boy from communal household is groomed into becoming a slave-owning capitalist, whose products endanger the health of the general population, through a series of industrial accidents.

AnswerCharlie and the Chocolate Factory

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[–] 13readie@piefed.social 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

A woman offers a lost boy some delicious sweets, but all she gets in return is the boy and his siblings consulting with a cat to murder her. After she's dead, all 4 siblings accidentally come out of the closet.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago

Tap for spoilerI still can't get over the fact that Aslan is canonically Jesus' fursona

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[–] WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Two kids torment a cannibal and then brutally murder them.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

SpoilerHänsel and Gretel?

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[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

A fish is ostracised by his community until he gives them a pound of flesh.

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[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This child cannot befriend anyone, even in her wildest dreams.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] kindnesskills@literature.cafe 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Good guess, but not quite!

Tap for spoilerAlice's Adventures in Wonderland

She's mostly upset at, or upsetting, everyone she meets for most of the book.

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[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 week ago (7 children)

What is the first one? A violent child hallucinating monsters. I don't recognize it.

Here's mine

A young boy with a bad home life gets sent to live in a school for magical kids, with moving photographs, and has to solve a mystery.

And no, it's not harry potter

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Where the wild things are, for the OP? I don't know about yours.

Mine: a foot fetishist gets married.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, that makes sense. I've never read that one.

Got yours! For some reasons, spoilers don't work when I post them, so gonna use the handy upside down text generator lol

˙ƃuᴉʞ pǝɹ ǝɥʇ ɟo uǝɹplᴉɥƆ/ǝuoq ǝᴉlɹɐɥƆ sɐʍ ǝuᴉW ˙ɐllǝɹǝpuᴉƆ sᴉ sɹno⅄

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Man tries to force feed another man rancid eggs and ham.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is the OP describing Where The Wild Things Are? 🤔

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[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Old man's wife dies and he goes on a trip to South America and starts a relationship with a child.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

in collusion with the swine and livestock, a super-intelligent Spider manipulates a farmer--putting his household at risk of starvation--by weaving special patterns into her webs. Will he find the strength to outwit this probable government experiment's devious plan? No. No, he won't.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Little girl uses matchsticks to stay warm in winter without permission, so her grandma descends from the pearly gates of heaven to come and kill her.The little match girl.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago

Mystical mouse manifests murderous monster, maintaining munching moment.

spoiler

[–] gigaqps@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Hero repeatedly robs wealthy couple until he kills them when they catch him in the act. Their money lets him live happily ever after.

Jack and the beanstalk

[–] muffedtrims@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

A naive homeowner invites an unhinged, highly demanding intruder into his home after offering a seemingly innocent piece of food.

What begins as a simple act of hospitality rapidly devolves into a relentless psychological hostage situation.

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mob boss in fabulous coat, repossesses all of our stuff.

spoiler

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