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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.

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  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.
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 52 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And yet somehow I feel this might not be the best path forward.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 72 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Well... let's try it out for a little and see what happens.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Typically without solid training what happens is the weapon gets turned on the wrong person.

But, for the sake of a good time we can imagine some asshole pervs getting lit up like a cigar. Heh heh. Awesome.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (38 children)

Honestly, I hope it is more deterrent than anything else

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Idk, having something that could melt metal from a safe distance as a deterrent seems a bit overkill. But don't take my word for it, I might be overreacting.

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hmm, that sounds like something a velociraptor would say.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Wren@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's just running on butane - it won't have enough heat mass to melt metal (and produce any notable flames). Probably it won't do much more to a person than startle the hell out of them and maybe ignite their hair.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Shhh, let them have fun.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

3300°C seems a bit much for butane but it could be farenheit which I would assume is still quite hot.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I think even oxy-butane tops out at 2,000°C (which is 50,000°F or something idk). 3,300°C is around the max for oxy-acetylene, which is I'm assuming what the person writing this was looking at.

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[–] unit327@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago

I hope the QA is good. Training or no training, these aliexpress specials will probably just self immolate in your bag.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 3 days ago

Also, fire doesn't just stay put. Yes, you might burn the attacker, but catch the building on fire killing people.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Here here !

We can't know until we give it a try

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[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago

There is one benefit to this. If you're talking to a women at a bar and the people around you starting to move away, you know you're crossing some lines.