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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.

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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.
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submitted 1 year ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] uis@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

vomit comet

I'm gonna pirate this.

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[–] 5too@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's the old nickname for an airplane that basically flies up high, then nosedives for a while. They originally set it up so astronauts could train in free-fall (since they're, y'know, falling for a few minutes), though it seems like you can just hire them for whatever now. OK Go did a music video featuring a ride: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGJA9i18Co

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They also filmed some of the zero-g scenes for Apollo 13 in the Vomit Comet.

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[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It’s a bucket list item of mine to fly on and folks reaction to the name is never not funny

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