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[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 128 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I would want to be friends with every character in this fictional story.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I wouldn't, because Starbucks. There's 100% a superior hipster/indie/whatever appropriate gender coffee shop within 2-3 blocks. Very possibly right next door. Why are you okay with burnt espresso?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They cover the burnt flavour with a quart of sugar, syrups, and creams so you don't even taste the coffee- Oh, wait second...

No, at $4500 a cup, I'm sure it's the best.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

It's actually kinda the other way around. My uncle lived in Seattle for years, and he told me he ran into some Starbucks executive once. He asked about the burnt coffee, and they told him it was intentional so you could still taste "coffee" through all the sugar, syrups, and creams.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There isn't around me. They used to be but he had to close down because it turned out he wasn't paying for all of his electricity (somehow the electrical company were only billing him for a quarter of what he was actually using) when they amended the bill it was pretty obviously unaffordable.

The rent is ridiculous because it's in the commuter belt for a major city even though the town itself is kind of a dump.

So all I have is the option of Starbucks or driving like 25 minutes into the city and trying to find something there.

[–] HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People on Lemmy don't seem to remember that rural landscapes exist where stuff like this isn't true. And people on Lemmy are somehow even more up their own ass than redditors, jfc

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Because people need their coffee flavored milkshakes, ok?

And you're gate keeping coffee if you dare to suggest otherwise, ok?

And also you are not allowed to tell anyone that they have a morning milkshake addiction, okkkk????

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 4 points 1 month ago

I bought an espresso machine becuase that is absolutely not true. I hate Starbucks with a passion, but every other "hipster" coffee place is even more expensive and you get absolutely crap coffee. And there aren't as many around as people make it out to be.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This specific story may be fictional but it is 100% plausible at the Seattle Broadway location.

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[–] Unlearned9545@lemmy.world 114 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

For folks not believing: I have totally done shit like this. At a state fair and my fiancé didn't want to ride the ferris wheel. I overheard another couple who was having the same conversation so I ran over to the guy and asked him if he'd ride the ferris wheel with me. He said yes, we held hands and skipped down the road to get in line. Had a great time and took selfies together to send back to our partners.

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

Great start for swinger lifestyle 😏🤭

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 13 points 1 month ago

And then you fucked in the Ferris wheel and everyone clapped as they saw you in the sky.

/sThis isn't actually unbelievable, I'm just being silly.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 11 points 1 month ago

The particular story may be fake, but 100% these things happen.

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[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And everybody is complaining how LLMs hallucinate all the time.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I could see this happening in Europe or Scandinavia where everyone is a lot less uptight than they are in the US. Hell even Canada.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been told half of Scandinavia will straight up stab you for approaching them like this

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 month ago

You have been told correctly.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Never been to Scandinavia have you? Those are low contact cultures with large personal spaces. Most Scandis would never let a stranger hold their hand.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago

Estonian not Scandinavian here, but we were hella mad when we had to social distance at 2 meters. What a huge relief it was to go back to the usual 5 meters when those rules went away.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah, more Spain/Italy, maybe Switzerland and France too. Austria; less likely. Germany and upwards; nope.

[–] holomorphic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Switzerland? In the French or Italien speaking parts maybe. The German speaking part is more like Germany with less bureaucracy.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, we are a bit more, um, easygoing? forgiving? What with Ticino in the country and compromise being a core tenet. And there are far more foreign students/workers and tourists here. Ok, you can include Austria too.

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No caffeine junkie is that clever before they've had their morning fix. Now, if everyone in the story spoke only in groans and unintelligible zombie noises, it'd be a little more believable.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've never understood people with that attitude. I like caffeine, it makes me feel good, but it never felt unable to function if I haven't been able to have it. If you're not getting enough sleep caffeine won't fix that. It's not magic rest juice, it just gives you temporary energy but you'll pay that back when the caffeine wears off.

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

You have a healthier relationship with caffeine and sleep than many do. That's the simple truth of it. You could be a caffeine craving zombie too, just get less sleep and drink more coffee.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

it just gives you temporary energy but you'll pay that back when the caffeine wears off.

Problems sometimes arrive with their solution in hand.

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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago

Man, I've been there. You get locked into the bit over awkward indecision on whether to stop, flee the scene or keep going but you're already in motion so you keep going by default.

[–] marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 month ago

Something something random act of genuine kindness

Something something male physical touch

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m upset because we never find out what exactly was crazy.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 1 month ago

Tons of people in line.

[–] ACbHrhMJ@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

Cool story bro

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And then everyone clapped?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Cheeks, yes

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Y’all don’t know enough theatre folks. We will always commit to a bit for a laugh.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 12 points 1 month ago

YES. I love this stupid copypasta. I quote parts of it all the time and nobody ever knows what I'm talking about.

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

If this happened, this right here is the kind of commitment to the bit that I want to strive to match.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

This is some obnoxiously fake quirky shit

[–] Yukily@jlai.lu 4 points 1 month ago

I really love this !

[–] hark@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That man's name? Albert Einstein.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

now that’s THE play

[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Some fun AM entertainment

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

That guy might be face blind.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I haven’t laughed this hard in a while… damn 🤣

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