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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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[–] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nobody inherently believes anything. They observe the world as they grow up, they listen to the things their parents and friends say, they listen to music and the media. We all are influenced by the environment around us and then we have the balls to say "I'm an independent thinker".

I think listening to whatever someone tells you they believe is a waste of time. They don't hold fast to principles. It's some combination of regurgitating the environment back and reinforcing pleasurable experiences and removing painful experiences.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Nobody inherently believes anything. They observe the world as they grow up, they listen to the things their parents and friends say, they listen to music and the media. We all are influenced by the environment around us and then we have the balls to say “I’m an independent thinker”.

Brilliant point.

I think the undertone of existential comics saying "oh they INHERENTLY believe in masters" is trying to imply the only way to deal with such people is to kill them. Gruesome. The shutting down of all dialogues.

This is why I belive listening to what someone tells you they believe is not a waste of time, because you can then convince them otherwise.

[–] thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 2 points 13 hours ago

This is why I belive listening to what someone tells you they believe is not a waste of time, because you can then convince them otherwise.

Ok but like.... How many people will actually change their mind?

I've resorted to understanding their psychology. Like what assumptions are they not communicating when they share opinions? What life events pushed them to have a fearful/optimistic outlook? And then I tell them "it makes sense why you would feel this way" which sorta invites them to reconsider without being like "hey why do you think dumb things?"