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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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[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I personally feel that convenience and personal taste is less important than the suffering of billions of animals. Your personal taste has a small impact on the total suffering, of course, but the sum of meat eaters taken together creates the demand that necessitates factory farming.

If you voluntarily consume meat given the means of accessing the alternatives, then I say the choice is not ethical. How you or anyone else personally weighs that choice against other concerns is up to you. I'm posting this from a phone more than likely made by children working untenable hours. When I discard it, it'll likely pollute a poor country. I know we have to pick our battles, so again, no judgement. I do like to discuss these things though! :)

[–] hakase@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I don't believe that meat consumption has to involve (much) animal suffering, and I'm in favor of taking steps toward that goal.

Hopefully lab-grown meat will take off soon and the whole argument will be a moot point.

Thanks for the conversation. :)

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I too want lab grown meat! Anyway ditto - cheers