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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.
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[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 42 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't also naked.

Also, they have interstellar travel but need to use crop circles to communicate. I know that's just part of the premise but it's still stupid.

But not nearly as stupid as flying all the way here and trying win a land war completely unarmed. If your battle plan can be beaten by a baseball bat and asthma, you should maybe rethink your invasion.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think the movie would work better if the aliens were just messing with this one family on a farm, like they’re a scout force.

But it’s like humans trying to invade Mars in their birthday suits, just assuming the planet isn’t toxic and uninhabitable.

Like, what did the invasion look like in the tropics, where it rains just about every day? Did they get out of their ships and just start sizzling?

[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Who says they were the aliens?

Man, the aliens sat it out in their dry ass ship and sent a crop of vat grown drones to go harvest all the organs they wanted on a world covered in H2O.

The drones aren't bright, but the get the job done. They only last 30 hours or so before they start decomposing, so it doesn't matter if they get locked in a pantry or clubed with a bat.

You think a starfaring species would come all the way to Sol 3, and not being a bio organic drone to go out and brave the hazards of an acid covered water world hell planet?

Shit. Don't get me fucking started on how many people miss the point of the aliens in fucking Signs.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If there was this much world building I’d probably like it more.

But the only rules they established for the aliens are poison gas and water dissolving.

[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 5 points 2 weeks ago

Actually, The only world building they did firmly establish was that the aliens did not matter...

For all the audience needs to know, they used the gas to transfer their consciousness into a new host, and they do this everytime they visit a new biosphere.

But no, you fucking de-cloak early during one childrens birthday party in South America and your ass is a joke, you get fucking anthropomorphized for the next 20 years...