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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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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Are we sure it's not a picture of folks waiting to get into a Death Grips show?

[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He is like "I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker!"

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wonder what their superpowers are.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Uh, being Awesome?

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Hell fucking yeah, patriots!

This is our country. Let's take it back from the fascist oligarchy that exploits us.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Based on vibes alone, I'd vote for any combination of them for president and VP.

[–] null@piefed.nullspace.lol 7 points 1 month ago

My man up front has some real Mr Grips energy

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any proof that it’s not AI? Not that I’m aware of.

Nor is there proof that it is AI, for that matter.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Reverse image search, friend:

google reverse image search

Tineye

Chasing down those links:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IronFrontUSA/comments/cs9hfi/a_journalist_for_the_blaze_took_this_photo_of_the/

The title implies a site called "The Blaze" posted the photo. I haven't found it yet, but it's probably somewhere here: https://web.archive.org/web/20190819161337/https://www.theblaze.com/

And of course, not a single post linked their source.


So the takeaway is:

  • It's not AI.

  • It's mid 2019, at the newest.

  • To all the jerks that post without linking a source: I want to punch you in the face. This is why we can't have nice things.

And yes. I'm looking at you, OP.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah! Tumblr person I stole it from! What the f, man?!

[–] nil@piefed.ca 4 points 1 month ago

looks like modernized mad max

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month ago

My brain keeps wanting to see that guy as Morpheus.

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

gives me goosebumps

[–] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Is there any proof that this is not AI? I really hope this is a genuine picture.

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