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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.

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[–] jenni007@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Scire nihil est periculosum, scire parum peius.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 24 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] lime@feddit.nu 8 points 7 months ago

straight up sciren it

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago

Speaking from ignorance, I think this is something like:

To know nothing is perilous; to know little, more so.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Why is this in Latin? Doesn’t this saying stem from Alexander Pope’s poetry?

[–] astutemural@midwest.social 7 points 7 months ago

Obviously, Latin is their native language.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Quid umquam pro nobis Romani fecerunt?

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago

Romanes eunt domus