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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 a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] SmoothLiquidation@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Ugh I HATE that phrase. I’m American and any time someone says that to me I just want to reply “no, I just think you are ignorant” but I know that would just get me punched.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Also in the "factual but getting punched" category of responses would be: "No, I'm not saying you're a liar. You don't need to be a liar to still be in the wrong."

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've also heard people use it who weren't lying, they were simply incorrect, and conflating those two concepts.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes they're even just mistaken.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, absolutely. Then they escalate from "innocent mistake" to "accusatory" on a dime.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Someone saying that is looking for a fight. I just say yes and try to block the punch.