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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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[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You jump out, basket starts swinging wildly from the sudden shift in weight, balloon collapses, basket falls to ground.

[–] TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've never been in one, but the mass of three other people coupled with the mass of the counterweights and the basket itself must allow for individual exits without that scenario unfolding, surely?

[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I dunno I was just offering a scenario

Yeah thx I just like to explore ideas

Others commented the balloon can collapse due to the sudden shift in weight causing it to shoot up

I've made up my mind not to jump from hot air balloons mid flight now

The more you know

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As a skydiver, we jump out of hot air balloons all the time. 3-4 people usually. It’s not a big deal.

Edit: missing word