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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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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If I were an evil engineer I’d make retractable benches built into the walls that cost money to pull out. If I were a public official I’d have a subscription package for $60/yr that lets you use all the benches in the city. Must have a valid drivers license to purchase.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would let anyone extend the bench but if the systems detects the user doesn't have a valid subscription it folds back into the wall compressing the person into a chunky soup.

I would name these benches after our favorite economic model - the meat grinder.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The detection algorithm is also trash and may decide to eat you anyway, as well.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until they finally just make the suicide booths, people would just use your benches.

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[–] essteeyou@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I hope you're not either of those things...

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If I had the superpower of summoning tungsten blocks, I would use it for this. And bike lane barriers.

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I gotta say, and maybe it's just me, but the reaction to this stuff is so much better on Lemmy than it was on Reddit. Redditors seem to hate the homeless.

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[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The hell's going on in USA...?

Where I live I'm barely seeing homeless, and when I'm seeing homeless then it's due to their own choice of preffering alcohol over shelter, so I don't care that much (still getting them food if they ask and I have the means).

Does america not have shelters for homeless? Or do more homeless prefer deugs of any kind over shelter?

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Homeless folks, in the sense of literally being on the street, often have either addiction or mental health issues here in the states. As our treatment for addiction is 'jail' and for mental health issues is 'deal with it', they are generally not overflowing with options.

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