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.

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Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
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Son, we need to have a serious talk! (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think it's too arbitrary but may be generational and/or regional. I grew up with BO being a common abbreviation used for referring to body odor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I used to think abbreviation overuse was the result of things like SMS and twitter, but then I found out O. J. Simpson had a nickname "The Juice" long ago, so I guess it's just an American thing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

OJ was his initials which is also the initials of orange juice, it's a somewhat creative nickname.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

But it wouldn't be if the initials were not already associated with the drink, hence me realising the thing goes way before the internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

WW2 America was an abbreviation and acronym ridden hellhole. A real SNAFU.