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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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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world -4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

And I'm saying I've been doing the little things and it doesn't seem to be working

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

You will not like this answer but it's because change is usually small and not visible. The people you were nice to will not remember the small things you did, but they will remember the happiness, and associate it with that, and then they eventually pay it forward. But it needs a lot of small nice actions by a lot of people to make people pick up on it and pay it forward, and it's probably completely opaque to you.

What I'm saying is if you wanna see these small things making a difference, you're gonna be disappointed. So instead, be selfish, do it because you want to, and for no other reason.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 12 hours ago

It's a collective investment in the betterment of humanity. Over time those little pieces of empathy and charity create a better world. A lot of people are bitter because they were never shown any empathy, or love, or care, so they don't know how to express it.

I'm sure you can't save everyone this way, but it seems a whole hell of a lot better to try than to not

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Yes I have already arrived at the conclusion that I'm on a planet ruled by psychotic apes and that I have no real agency beyond saying "Fuck you, I do what I want" which is to be nice because honestly it makes dealing with the apes more efficient.