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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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[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In countries with government provided healthcare for all, we still do dance marathons to pay for bits of it. Ugh maybe it's just the UK.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I just clap on my doorstep like a true philanthropist

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

The marathons and stuff are to raise money for research more than to raise money for healthcare.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 4 points 1 year ago

the last Leafs game I was watching had an ad from Scarborough General Hospital begging for money and a Dug Ford ad big upping how easy it is to get care in Ontario in the same commercial break

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Heading that way in Australia too

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In my country there are multiple foundations and charity events, but these mainly aim to equip hostpitals rather than fund care. New equipment costs a lot in quantity hospitals need, and on gov money it would slowly trickle in. Meanwhile such events and foundations can greatly boost the speed of modernization.

There are aims to help with care funding, but that's pretty much explicitly cancer cases where we need top-of-the-line treatments that are not available on public healthcare.