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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 a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I think the people getting this are in a strong minority. Most people don't know that the archetypical USB port is called USB-A, and most people don't even interact with USB-B at all

[–] RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

A minority, yes, but a worldwide one.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Printers use B...and i don't mean just paper. Most 3D printers, crafting machines (cricut etc) and any form of arduino noodling will use B.

[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

"How did you hook up your printer"

"Idk, the printer cable that was in the box"


"How did you hook up your 3D printer"

"I don't own a 3D printer"


that will be at least 95% of your interactions in that regard

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

"How did you hook up your printer?"

"I called my nephew who does something with IT"

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

That's because the endpoint device is supposed to have some manner of type B port (full sized, mini, micro) to denote that it is not a host device. Endpoint devices should not have a type A port for input, because double ended type A cables are not technically supposed to exist.

(Even though they self-evidently do, USB specs be damned. I have a flashlight that came with one, and its charging port is a full sized type A port. Using the cable it came with to plug two host devices together would be a bad idea and probably result in smoke.)

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Most people don't know that the archetypical USB port is called USB-A, and most people don't even interact with USB-B at all

Perhaps most people on the street. I would wager the average citizens understanding of, idk, Star Trek, Linux and also USB-ports is a smidgeon lower than the average Lemmings understanding of them, on average.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Everyone that was building computers in the 90's and 00's

The best part is that the police would generally not get it.