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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.

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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 55 points 4 months ago (40 children)

Tim bits is what we use in Canada

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (39 children)

What? They’re donut holes, Timbits is only from Tim hortons, that’s a trademark name.

It would be like calling all breakfast sandwiches McMuffins dude.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There's plenty of examples of trademark names being used generically. Coke, hoover, Jacuzzi

[–] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bullshit, I've never directly asked my drug dealer for coke, we use code words.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Coincidentally my drug dealer's code word for me is hoover

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