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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.
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[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I've always wondered if that and the people coming to clean your windshield etc. are a real, common thing or just movie/tv show trope

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It’s real in some parts of Los Angeles for sure.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I've often used about homeless people in Los Angeles. What's it about LA that they're associated with/have a large homeless population?

Or maybe it was San Francisco. I think one of those.

What’s it about LA that they’re associated with/have a large homeless population?

It's great weather to be homeless in.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I've had to sleep in my car in a midwestern winter. If I hadn't been in school and expecting to find a place to stay I probably would've headed out to the west coast too. Milder seasons are extremely valuable in such situations.

There's also a thing I've heard of with more conservative states shipping some of their homeless to the coasts so as to not have to deal with them themselves

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

It’s very real. Where I live I think I’ve only seen someone try to clean my windshield maybe twice. But seeing people beg on intersection corners is a very common sight. There’s whole tent cities out here. The solution? Obviously it’s to criminalize begging and post signs everywhere that say “Be part of the solution, say no to panhandlers” as if that solves anything. The ‘ol ignore it and maybe it’ll go away approach.

I also see a lot of people selling flowers, or occasionally candy apples at intersections as well.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's real

I've seen poor bastards putting themselves in harm's way in moving traffic, desperate for some help

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Damn that's rough