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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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[–] Whorehoarder@lemmynsfw.com 71 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't really get it, are they larping the government?

[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 68 points 1 week ago

In case you're not joking, they are the government - see the linked context (I've added a second "context" link with the exact screenshot)

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're larping James Bond/Jason Bourne/Jack Ryan, they are the government, and they're coming across as more Other Barry/Len Trexler (post Ludovico technique)/Nikolai Jakov.

[–] Infinite@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Solid Archer reference. Hegseth is now Other Barry in my discourse.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He kind of is though, holy shit

[–] meeeeetch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

With his drinking, he might just be Sterling without the plot armor.

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher 10 points 1 week ago

The more you grow older, the more you realize everyone is LARPing everything, and it has always been that way.