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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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[–] 5too@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it were enforced, it would

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

unenforced laws in a country are nobody's problem but that country's. One can't blame tourists for one's own lack of enforcement.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

You seemed to say that federal law provides protection for underpaid workers, and I pointed out that it doesn't provide that protection. You then blame the country for the lack of protection, which seems tantamount to victim-blaming here - you seem to imply they shouldn't be working where they are.

I agree that the tourists are not the cause of the issue - but are places that engage in this practice places you want to patronize?

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Even if it was enforced to the letter of the law, that's still only $1,160 gross wages per month (assuming the employee got a full 40 hours for 4 weeks). Federal law stipulates that workers are paid at least US minimum wage which is $7.25/hour. Federal law doesnt say anything about guaranteeing the raised minimum wage rate set by any state legislature.

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 hours ago

again, that is your country's problem, not mine. You're a first world country, supposedly.