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.

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Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
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submitted 3 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 13 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Tiffany was similarly not used as a first name until Tiffany & Co, and particularly Breakfast at Tiffany's, the 1958 novel/1961 movie.

The "Tiffany" from Tiffany & Co was a last name, and that owner was one of a handful of Tiffany's in the world at the time of the founding.

[–] sirprize@lemm.ee 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

CGP Grey did research on the name Tiffany: https://youtu.be/9LMr5XTgeyI (8 min long video)

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Obligatory !cgpgrey@toast.ooo mention!

Edit: damn it, has the toast instance gone toast?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 points 3 months ago

Looks like it's fine, it's just been quiet.

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