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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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[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What I don't understand is why is it the stupidest people getting put on that pedestal.

[–] treesapx@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Because you have to be intelligent to admit you don't know something.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Stupid and confident is a dangerous combination. Add arrogant, charismatic or attractive, and you get weaponised incompetence.

Weak people love confidence and will tolerate arrogance. Once a confident person starts observing those around them agreeing, following, defending them, they start to believe their own bullshit, and they learn through reward feedback that if they do anything with confidence and arrogance, even when they are wrong, weaker people will agree with them.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Stupid people like other stupid people

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The fool, or the fool who follows him.

[–] impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

theauthoritarians.org

specifically, social dominators end up on top. Authoritarians put them there.