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[–] [email protected] 4 points 24 minutes ago

babe wake up new 3 and a half hour video essay about plagiarism just dropped

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

And I don't want to be made to watch TikTok videos.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 hour ago

There's plenty other reasons that disqualify me from marriage but sharing videos on my phone is not one of them

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago

Astonishing that there are dipshits who managed to be offended even by this.

[–] blockheadjt 42 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

My wife shows me wayyyy more videos on her phone than I show her on mine

Most of the stuff I share is still images/comics/gifs etc

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 hours ago

Same. It takes a very special video to get me to turn my sound on. Definitely more of a static content feller

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad 16 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

If i know you and you're in my general vicinity youre gonna be watching a YouTube video even if you're married to someone else i'm a slut that way

[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 hours ago

I showed this to my girlfriend and she was like, "I don't get it, why are you showing this to me?"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 hours ago

So just get married, and watch videos on your wife's phone.

[–] hissingmeerkat 17 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"I either don't want people to be interested in or excited about things or I want to gatekeep how they gain their interests"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

"Even moreso if it's a man."

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 hours ago

Found some incels 😂😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

That's what screen projection is for

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 hours ago

I believe, it's possible to marry women, then you don't have to watch videos on a man's phone. 🙃

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, I'm too Gen X to watch videos on my phone, let me pull it up on my laptop.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

Videos are a big screen activity.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 hours ago

Have you really lived until you have watched a hour long marble race while cuddling

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

At least medium screen.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

For me it's more that youtube videos are a browser with an ad blocker activity.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox for mobile with your chosen ad-blocker

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

I've found the venn diagram of those who most frequently try to get me to watch videos on their phone, and the people who watch said videos in a third-party browser on a device that supports extensions, is just two distant circles. Your mileage may vary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

I watch things all the time on my iPhone, no ads ever! Use Wipr for a couple bucks or Firefox Focus for free and no ads!

Edit: or Vinegar and Baking Soda also make for better mobile video experiences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Wipr is the best, no ads nor problems. Frequent updates. Accepts donations!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

oh lol... apple...

Yeah, i could never

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

And a big screen. Not necessarily 'living room tv' big, but definetly big enough that I can't fit that in my pocket.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago

But not a the biggest screen you have activity. That is reserved for movies and TV shows.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I got married even though it meant waiting for every restaurant meal to be photographed and posted to Instagram before I could take a bite.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 50 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

One of those moments when I'm glad my wife cares almost as little about social media as I do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Hell yeah. My partner and I only take pictures of meals we’ve made ourselves when we’re super proud, and occasionally when a piece of sushi looks extra good. Neither of us are into social media.

(Also neither of us make each other watch things on our phones. We just take a note if something sounds interesting and pull it up on the big screen later.)

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[–] jubilationtcornpone 69 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

My wife tells me dad jokes. Really really terrible dad jokes. Ones that make me roll my eyes, and I'm a dad. That's how bad they are. But they make her laugh so I'm ok with that.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

i have a tip to get back at her. whenever her phone rings, make sure you say 'its for you'. i still find this hilarious after 15 years . she is less amused, but at least im entertained.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 hours ago

Have you ever said it and it turned out to be someone calling the wrong number? Are you ever worried she'll flip it on you and conspire with a friend to have them call you on her phone?

You're playing a dangerous game, friend.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 hours ago (7 children)

My Chinese girlfriend makes me watch Chinese Xiahongshu (think Instagram reels) videos on her phone with a cracked screen with her. No, I do not understand Chinese.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I ain't ever getting married again.

No fucking way. I worked too damn hard to give half my income to my ex for the next few years.

Y'all can do what you want, but make sure your incomes are comparable. It's not worth it to be so heavily one sided

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

More like having a phone shoved to your face to see a meme that is mildly entertaining at best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 minutes ago

My wife is always showing me years old memes and I have to pretend they are not basically oil at this point

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (4 children)

True, but in return for her smiling at my memes and nodding politely at my rambling about my various Stars, both Wars and Trek, I stop what I’m doing to watch her capybara TikToks and try to remember what she tells me about the history of Hiphop beefs and how to guess the geographic origin of rappers.

This is what marriage is, and it works. 😂

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 hours ago

Yeah and sometimes it just rubs off on each other, like I was never the gardening guy but her enthusiasm about it was infectious and now I find myself getting excited about how many tomatoes a single plant can grow or what beautiful colors the tiny corn poppies can produce.

And the other way around - a friend gave me a 'Quark' shirt for my birthday and my girlfriend said 'ugh ferengies are so ugly, couldn't he have given you a Spock shirt, I like him more' and I was soooo proud of her.

You just learn to enjoy their excitement about their boring shit until you start to share the excitement and you start to enjoy the thing too.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

My ex would blast Instagram stories while I’m watching a show on tv. That’s fucking annoying

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