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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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[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But... who watches the news really. Not the worker who is working multiple jobs to pay the bills. And really, how does the gov shutdown hurt them. They have ensured that the things they most care about aren't affected. Like air force one isn't affected. All the upper level government officials are on private or government owned jets and by passing normal security. After this shut down, they will probably add tsa to the always gets paid anyway list.

I haven't figured out if a general strike would really bother them either. After it was done, they could probably have layoffs "because of the economic impact of the strike" and get rid of people they felt were organizers. Plus people who are old or cost too much and all that. And of course a general strike would be nearly impossible to make happen. There are of course laws against union leadership backing such a thing. So they have taken the most likely organizers out of the process.

Seems a no win scenario.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today -2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

But... who watches the news really

One of the dumbest statements ever. TV media runs news programs every morning, noon, and night. Entire stations are devoted to it, as are many websites, radio stations, publications, books, etc. clearly, a LOT of people are following the news. If that's your opening premise, you've already lost the debate.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You should probably check you facts before spewing how dumb a statement is. https://www.thecurrent.com/tv-networks-historic-ratings-drops-nielsen-big-data-panel-vab-reports

People get thier news from facebook, x, instagram, reddit... TV media is dieing. The big players will survive a while longer. But mainly because old people aren't ready for the internet. And the same old people are gullible.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

The broadcast and cable news isn't going anywhere.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

That's kinda what I said.