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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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[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (10 children)

not the worst idea really; community or civil service would be better. especially outside the town you’re from.

my high school made everyone do 40 hours community service and the connections and friends I made then still stand today and I live thousands of miles away now

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 months ago (9 children)

Forced labor is never a good idea. Best solution for the kids would be to coordinate with others and burn all the fields in conjunction. Would bring the country to its knees begging other countries for assistance with food. The government would likely collapse and give up on the forced labor as soon as possible.

"The slaves acted like terrorists."

It's not like they had a choice what country they were born in.

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

I see where you're coming from but I disagree.

I think society would always benefit from requiring some sort of community service. Its a great way of getting people involved I'm the real grit of their community. Build fond memories with friends and learn life lessons while making a difference.

Now, granted, I'm not going to go quietly into the fields to fix a mess made by a fascist government who decided making a show of shipping off undesirables is more important than eating.

Nor am I going to do such labor for free/cheap against my will and then be told

"Oh I'm so sorry. Jolly Green Giant and Kroger have had a bad year so that broccoli you picked has to double in price"

So what I'm saying is, I would be completely on board with a mandatory community harvest effort, but that's assuming its for a government that hasn't disgusted me or broken my trust. Which, as an American, I don't have that.

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