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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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[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As an IT person, I can assure you that the respect not only does not increase, but you get tagged as a liar who won't follow instructions.

We are well aware you have not tried restarting your computer, and that if we tell you to you almost certainly won't, because you believe you know better.

[–] Zannsolo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Software Dev here I've typically done 90% of the steps before I call help desk to fix whatever random bullshit Microsoft or enterprise problem I'm having. Once they start down a path I'll tell them every step I've already done before they ask. So we can get to the magic step that will actually fix the problem.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

...but what if you've already tried restarting it like 30 times, and have actually tried trouble shooting? I don't think I've ever once contacted support without restarting everything possible 10 times.