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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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Oh, do I have so many choice colorful words I would love to yell at in Vietnamese.

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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 301 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Stern@lemmy.world 66 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Folks see this or Uhura/Chekov on Star Trek and completely lack the contextual understanding behind just how woke (For the time) it is.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

See parallels w/AIDS fears & Princess Di shaking hands? But contrasts of course

“Princess Diana shakes hands with an AIDS patient without gloves, 1991”

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

the most radical thing about this in it's context is that in the moment there is no discussion about this being a radical act. in the moment, on the show, Fred Rogers simply says "isn't it nice to soak your feet after a long day" and then him and the mailman (i forget his name) just soak their feet and speak as equals about how their day is going and how nice it feels to be neighborly to each other.

the most radical acts of defiance don't look like defiance at all. they look like a friend being a friend. ultimately, that's all solidarity is. a willingness to make friends with people who are different from you

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

I was thinking of this moment