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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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[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I swear to fucking god that it's not even that; it's people that care for others, and people that are willfully ignorant that it's actually pragmatically cheaper and more efficient to care for others than to treat them like shit.

Pandemic as an example : the more you stay indoors and try to stop the spread of the virus, the faster the pandemic ends and the faster YOU can get back to normal. FORGET that it also stops people dying and protects the vulnerable, it's in YOUR SELFISH INTEREST.

Or having a basic system of social welfare : giving bread to a poor person costs the price of the bread. Having to imprison them, pay for cops, repair of broken things, investigations etc costs more fucking money. even if you hate people and want them to die, it's fucking CHEAPER FOR YOU.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't care about others, therefore I don't care who they love, what they do with their bodies, how and where they live their life as long as it doesn't impact my choices and my life.

Would I be in that second camp then?

[–] ThisIsMyOldAccount@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would you stand up and speak up on someones behalf if injustice was done to them and they couldn't defend themselves?

I know it's a bit harsh and just a different interpretation but one could easily read your stance as "at least i don't actively hurt others, so dont shame me for not caring about them as long as it doesn't affect me"

Again a bit harsh i know but maybe worth thinking about 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Would you stand up and speak up on someones behalf if injustice was done to them and they couldn’t defend themselves?

In front of me? Yes, but i wouldn't go volunteering saving oppressed people.

[–] thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Sounds rational to me. I've also observed many who purport to "care so much", but it's really a veil to dodge accountability or otherwise manipulate various social levers. I steer clear of those that are quick to play social games, including shame, to gain status or get their way.

I'll take rational, well-reasoned, and balanced empathy over manic, performative forms of "care" any day of the week. i.e.: It's nowhere near a simple binary, those that care and those that don't. Deceitful opportunists infect all demographics.