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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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[–] CaptainHowdy@lemm.ee 50 points 2 years ago (5 children)

While I can understand the sentiment, this is a REALLY bad and irresponsible thing to do and detrimental to yourself and society as a whole.

Lemmy, please do everything you can to set yourself up for a successful retirement. Even just a small contribution to a retirement account really will make a big difference when you're older.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

How TF am I supposed to do that?!! I can hardly eat.

[–] angrynomad 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dumped it all in Bitcoin, amidoingitrite

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The best thing I can do for a successful retirement is commit some crimes and get arrested. A "small" contribution is still outside my price range. You gotta be putting away hundreds a month at least. Retirement simply isn't something you can plan for if you make below average income.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These "you should have saved for retirement" people really piss me off, especially the "you should have cut out luxuries" assholes. Bitch, I'm like the 62% of the rest of America that lives paycheck-to-paycheck. What luxuries? The occasional chai latte to make my life slightly more bearable? Buying my daughter Taco Bell once in a while to see her smile?

If I have to work for decades and deny myself any comfort for those decades just to have some comfort for the last 10-20 years of my life? Fuck that.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/31/62percent-of-americans-still-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-amid-inflation.html

[–] duffman@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If your not even planning on saving for yourself what are you going to do for your daughter?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, do you honestly think not buying a latter or Taco Bell once or twice a month would be enough to save for retirement?

You're like one of those "don't eat avocado toast" people.