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:

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.
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.
You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
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.
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.
Absolutely no NSFL content.
Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] PoPoP@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have sufficient companionship. Plenty of true friends who know and love the real me. I've been more fortunate in this than most people could hope to be if I'm being honest. I really think that when you take sex out of the equation, most of modern dating is a feeble attempt to foster this type of relationship. People are afraid to reveal their true self and so they seek one person they feel safe enough to do so with, when you can actually have this relationship with everyone you're close to if you're brave enough.

I love being friends with women but I don't love being romantically or sexually entwined with them. And I'm not attracted to men. So why pursue it? I socialize when I have the energy for it. In the rest of my free time, I want to write code.

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[–] Monstrosity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Good to hear. I hope you continue having lots of fruitful relationships, you seem like a reflective person.

I actually think being physically intimate allows two people to become closer, unless they're asexual, of course (sounds like you might be).

And I agree with you about shallow relationships but, imo, it's dating apps that cause the problem, not sex.

Dating apps do not always allow relationships to blossom naturally. Tinder dates (or whatever) can feel more like job interviews. Real yucky stuff.

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[–] PoPoP@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I agree that physical intimacy can make people become closer, but I'm not always sure that's for the best. I think it's better kept as something to enjoy after a deeper bond has already formed. Anyway, I'm not asexual but I am somewhere on that spectrum, not sure where though. Also yeah... when my friends tell me about their tinder dates I can't believe how transactional and almost algorithmic their date sounds. It's such a shame that it's the norm now.

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