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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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[–] fishy@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

We in the USA have a pretty good standard of living, but holy fuck the government is unwilling to pass any consumer protections. Just let the corps fuck us because they're the ones making political donations.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US government used to pass consumer protections, worker protections, environmental protections, etc. to the point of being a leader in many ways for other parts of the world.

And then Reagan happened.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago

Yup, but Reagan just opened the gates. Several other presidents have followed his lead.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would thunk a good portion of you have a good standard of living but quite possibly a majority basically live in 3rd world poverty conditions and constant debt, stress, and exposure to violence.

There's just enough Americans living in decent to good conditions to make it look like the American dream is alive, since the cameras don't focus on the less fortunate.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

I've traveled all over and have seen the poverty of South America and Africa first hand. I would much rather be poor in America than there.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I live in Canada and we have pretty good standards of living here. Up to and including not going financially bankrupt if we get sick or injured.

My partner broke their leg last year. Between the 6-8 hospital visits, xrays, two casts, and an air boot, we paid a grand total of around $120. Less than $20 for paid parking (I'm lazy and it was like $2 a day) and $100 for the boot of which I got $85 from my work insurance. Everything else was completely covered by our provincial care.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're about to have our second child. I'm dreading finding out what we're gonna pay.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I absolutely hate that for you..