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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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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 65 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Look at finance! They don't make anything of actual value, they just bet what's going to happen to the people that do

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

"You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make shit in this country, build shit. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket."

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

If they did that, then they'd be contributing useful information about which ideas are good. But they don't even do that anymore; the finance game has been rigged since the bailouts started.

Health insurers don't contribute information. You don't need to know what your odds of getting sick are because you're going to want treatment either way. A choice where the alternative is death isn't a choice.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that investing though? Or is that entirely different?

[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Companies can do things without investors, but investors can't do anything without companies.

If I invest in stock on my toilet at home I'm technically helping the company financially, but I'm not actually developing or making things of real economic value. I'm just betting they will and that their numbers will go up.

[–] diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit I have a toilet too how do I invest

[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No way I’m doing that right now