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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.
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[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to buy my next year's calendar at the store. Come November I'd have a reason to check out new book stores and see what was available. Maybe I'd see one that I didn't like for myself, but I knew it would be a great present for a friend.

These days the books stores mostly stock a small variety from one or two companies. They are pretty generic, and if I want something I really like I have to go online.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, I remember the times when there was all sorts of weird calendars in book stores!

Sadly I decided to go paperless a long time ago, but I think even then choices started being more limited and boring.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the paper calendars because they feel more like decoration than a nagging reminder.

The problem is that there's a feedback loop; fewer people want wall calendars, so the companies give fewer choices, so people stop looking for cool calendars, so the companies give fewer choices...

I ended up finding calendars.com and found one I liked. It's not as much fun, though.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I ended up finding calendars.com

That redirects to www.calendarclub.co.uk for me. Maybe because I'm in Europe?

It’s not as much fun, though.

That's the ultimate price we all pay for having this marvelous internet. (The internet is fun though)

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Same on 2 browsers 🤷

edit: Tor-Browser did it.

I looked at pocket planners, there's a lot. Looking particularly for calendars created by small companies or associations, often with a cultural or political background.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Now we know.

Have a great day!