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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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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not the cost of the checkup I worried about. It was the cost of fixing any problems they find. At that point why bother getting the checkup if I can't afford that?

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not that it helps people who literally can't afford it... But dental "checkups" are primarily about doing the cleaning, which is for preventing issues before they get that big. Identifying existing issues is secondary, but the regular dental appointment is doing more actual work than your typical physical examination.

Which is why most dental plans cover regular cleanings entirely, but you need to pay out of pocket for any other work you want. They would rather pay the entire cleaning bill every 6 months than pay part of your root canal once.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

It really is expensive to be poor

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

Regular checkups help prevent issues popping up. Also, you not knowing about those issues doesn't make them go away. And some can cause you to become sick. Dentistry isn't just for looks.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool. Not being able to pay for the repair doesn't make them go away either.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Completely ignored the "checkups help prevent issues". Also, you might catch something that is about to kill you or incapacutate you.