this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2025
909 points (98.2% liked)
Microblog Memes
10494 readers
2761 users here now
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:
- 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.
- 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.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- 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.
- 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.
- Absolutely no NSFL content.
- Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
RELATED COMMUNITIES:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
All you can do is stop giving your dollars to the ultra-rich. Don't buy Teslas. Don't shop at Amazon. Don't shop at Walmart. Don't use Microsoft products. And for all that is good and holy, do not use Facebook.
But also maintain an older car for as long as possible, shop at thrift stores, do your own cooking, garden, save meat for special occasions, collect rainwater, get some older used solar panels, and have a small monthly hobby budget. You'll find you can live so well on so little. For some reason we've all been conditioned to act like we're wealthy for no reason at all. True wealth is freedom from the grind, not a stupid new toy or status symbol.
Become Hobbit pilled and realize the good life isn't about isolation and stupid stuff but deep connections with friends and the earth.
Yeah. In a nutshell, refuse to participate in capitalism as much as you can.
But avoiding billionaire companies and their products is a good start.
Thats nice and all, but it screams of "stop buying avocado toast"
Im not broke because i bought the new iphone(i didnt, ugh), im broke because im getting fucked on housing and utilities. And bills which I cant live without, such as my phone and car. I mean i guess i can live without those, so long as living doesnt require a job, and therefore finances. Which it does.
A very rewarding part of getting into 3D printing is that after the initial purchase, I started repairing things left and right like a standing mixer for my grandma or a thread adapter for my partner. I didn't picture just how many things could be saved and how many purchases would be avoided. I'm always glad to be able to print some niche thing for under a euro worth of material that would otherwise cost 30€ or so and only be available on Amazon. I do realize the irony in having to make a non-insignificant purchase to acquire such a device, but it did open up a whole new world of making things on my own.