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

The whole point of a democracy is people speak their minds, is it not?

If you vote third party, your vote is an extension of your true self. If you vote for a potential winner just out of the likeliness they'll win, is that really "you"?

Same logic if you don't vote. In Australia, voting is a requirement for all citizens, and it's disastrous because you end up with people who just don't care filling up some random candidate's score, so the outcome doesn't reflect what people actually want.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you vote third party, your vote is an extension of your true self.

Your true self is a waste of time.

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

By that logic, everything is a waste of time if more people are spending it some other way.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Voting third party in the american system is a waste of time. If voting third party is your true self, then your true self is a waste of time.

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

Is it not better, by definition, than spending time dishonestly?

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't consider having an impact, even if it's not exactly the one you'd like to have, to be worse than pissing away your vote.

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

A vote spent dishonestly is what I'd call a pissed away vote.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enjoy having your voice literally not matter. Definitely worth it.

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

You say that as if voting for the lesser of two evils is by definition worth it.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enjoy your bigger evil just because you needed to feel morally superior. Definitely worth it.

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

That would've happened anyways.

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, but at least you'd have been able to say you were not part of the problem.

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

Sounds like you're saying "anyone who isn't with me is against me."

[–] redisdead@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone who doesn't fight fascism is a fascist, yes.