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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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[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been fighting since Gore "lost" in 2000. It's never felt like winning.

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Firstly…

I completely agree that it has never “felt” that way. My point was that we need to stop and intellectually consider where we have been and where we are. If you slow down and think for a second you can see that some progress has been made.

Secondly… and please don’t take this as an attack.

Notice that I didn’t say Hilary lost, I said Bernie lost. The fact that you said Gore lost, as opposed to Nader lost suggests to me that you weren’t yet apart of the fight I was referring to in the year 2000. You were still a reactionary at that point, you were still thinking in terms of harm reduction or partisan politics, rather than an affirmative vision for what could serve the material interests of everyday average working people.

If you now have an affirmative vision — beyond blindly supporting whatever the Democratic Party does — that too is progress.

[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

@tmyakal@infosec.pub made me realize I take solace in the fact I'll never feel like we've won or are satisfied with the state of governments. Yes, plenty of countries have great safety nets and protection for their civilians, but it's still nothing compared to my dream of an idealized world. That long list of desires for a peaceful existence will just never get filled, but I continue aiming for it regardless with whatever time I have here.