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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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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Viagra is a prime example. They were trying to treat premature ejaculation, and a side-effect was a solid, consistent boner.

And ALL those weight loss drugs started as a treatment for Diabetes, that had the side effects of losing weight.

I just saw an ad for Zepbound, one of those new weight loss drugs. My doctor prescribed one of those, but my insurance won't pay for weight loss drugs, which is common (and stupid). The new Zepbound ad claims it treats sleep apnea, and sleep apnea treatment is covered by insurance. The fact that it treats sleep apnea by helping you lose weight gets around the insurance restrictions.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Viagra was blood pressure medicine.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

It also works to treat Reynauds Syndrome.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Huh. That’s interesting ….. 2 for 1 deal!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Viagra was never developed for premature ejaculation.