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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 a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

At least the kid was listening to the music. I’ve lost count of the number of kids walking around in “Cure,” “Def Leppard,” “Poison,” etc. shirts who have NFC about the band. They just think the shirt looks cool. Which… of course it is, but look it up on YouTube or something, FFS!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

They just think the shirt looks cool.

This was a normal way for people back in the 90s to be introduced to a band, too.

Perhaps nature is healing.

[–] llama@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

At least you can always tap their shirt to learn more though!

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A few years ago my daughter asked for a Sublime shirt. I jokingly told her to name three of their songs. She replies "It's a band?" 🤦

[–] ClownStatue@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I’m genuinely curious how many have looked into the bands on their shirts. Most of the ones I’ve seen represent some genuinely good stuff.