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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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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 37 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Eh, it took me years to tell Claire Danes apart from Gwyneth Paltrow and I think there are a couple other actresses that I may also be thinking are Claire or Gwyneth. It isn't "they don't recognize different brown people" as much as there are many doppelgangers in the world.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Jaime Pressly and Margot Robbie but I don't think the people in the OP look alike.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

In the '80s it was Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds for me.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At various periods of time, I've been unable to tell the difference between Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 5 days ago

I'd throw John Travolta into that list.

[–] daddycool@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

You need to get checked for prosopagnosia.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd much rather have Claire Danes goop scented candle

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about Bryce Dallas Howard and Jessica Chastaine?

However for white celebrities, it seems to be the exception. For celebrities of colour, it's a common experience.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can’t speak to the gamut of white celebrities but I could pick Bryce Dallas Howard’s butt out of any lineup

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

You shouldn't pick butts. You'll get a smelly finger.

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

I still can’t tell Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas Howard apart. I constantly misremember who is in what movie.

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I swear I can't see the differences other than the hair when I look at a kpop video. Idk if its a messed up beauty standards or just me but everyone seems to have the exact same head shape, pale skin and a perfectly smooth face.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You need training. I was like this at first then got force fed kpop and you start to notice differences.

[–] RogueBanana@piefed.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, ig I just haven't seen enough faces to distinguish. But I am gonna skip on that training lol.

[–] alternategait@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

I certainly can't tell most of the Chrises apart.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Women can be difficult recognize if they share one or two similar features. I blame it on the makeup the wear. Danes and Paltrow are skilled in using makeup and can use it to alter their looks a lot.