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

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

A pencil being sharpened isn't the pencil doing work.

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You only sharpen pencils doing work

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[–] anugeshtu@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Either it's in the initial situation or the end situation or somewhere in between

Citate: Mein Leben!

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Or just for fun

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[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

You can buy pre sharpened pencils that have not done any work yet.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

You get a brand new, unsharpened pencil. You sharpen it. You've done no work with the pencil. You did work with a sharpener.

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So that would be like training an employee and now he's ready to work?

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[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Exactly. And we don't need those costs on our budget. Training is not included.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 point 2 weeks ago

Yes. No real experience yet. Then once it's been used and worn down, it has seen real work. That is the metaphor.

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