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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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[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 167 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $2?

[–] adrian783@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

in 15 years when we can't grow bananas anymore this meme will finally die

[–] Vent@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago

Or when people figure out that bananas actually cost ~20¢ each and not $2, lol

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[–] Vent@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It has an organic sticker on it.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Organic bananas are actually very reasonably priced. Usually only about $0.10 a pound more.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would buy organic bananas, but someone decided that they need a ring of packing tape around them, so I can't separate the 2 or 3 that I need from the bushel of 6.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

They did that at the grocery store for their organic peppers. Big plastic sticker around every bell pepper with ORGANIC in large print. And the sticker wouldn't peel off without leaving glue residue.

[–] match@pawb.social 11 points 2 years ago

I believe the implication is that $2 would be a fair price to pay for a banana if it weren't for imperialism exploiting the workers where they grow

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 94 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You guys pay almost 2$ for a single Banana? Looks like the people on both sides get fucked by the rich.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 64 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I worked at Walmart, bananas were the number one selling item at $.68/pound. Then, for a week, someone set the price to $.68/banana. So a whole bunch went from like a dollar and some change to like $7 on average. Instantly killed the sales until they went back to per pound. When I was asked to change the price sign, I asked if it was a mistake and they told me no.

[–] LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I live in Maryland. I can get like 5 bananas in the middle of winter for $2.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

Fun fact: At least here in Germany, supermarkets almost lose money on bananas. They can't raise the prices because the price of bananas is so ingrained into people's minds that an increase would implicitly signal "expensive store" even if all the other prices stayed the same.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They're like $0.35 at the grocery store here. They're even cheaper in more affordable areas.

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[–] hark@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Pretending this is the case, I would prefer not subjugating entire peoples for cheap shit.

[–] squirmy_wormy@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I'm pretty sure countries without histories of imperialism can also purchase bananas..

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 81 points 2 years ago (29 children)

Benefiting doesn't require you or your country's past participation.

Yeah just like I didn't personally terrorise indigenous people into moving away, I am in fact benefiting from terror against indigenous people by living on Turtle Island as the offspring of settlers.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"I don't see how I benefit from imperialism" typed the misguided asshole trying to make people feel guilty into his phone ironically powered by a lithium battery that was mined via slave labor provided by (drumroll) imperialism.

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[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

But bananas are :D

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