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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 97 points 1 month ago (4 children)

hypothesis: more than 90% of Tumblr screenshots can be made funnier by removing the last captured reply

vulgarmaw: Could a homosexual lend me, an asexual, a single use of the world flaming? amulet-coin: YOU have obtained: ๐Ÿ”ฅx1; vulgarmaw: I, a flaming asexual, need someone to please call the fire department. It is an emergency

[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 82 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

hypothesis: it does not work recursively

[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It does if you follow through to the end. There may be local minima on the way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

a very thin stripe of background from the first screenshot. all posts have been cropped out.

mother of god, you were right

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Hypothesis regarding recursion: see Recursion Hypothesis

[โ€“] activ8r 21 points 1 month ago

In this case I think having "no notes" and then "104,574 notes" adds a little bonus giggle at the end.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

hypothesis: the last reply is usually left there to stop hundreds of people replying that exact same thing below.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

On reddit there was r/comedyhomicide for these cases where someone felt the need to tack on a random reaction to something funny. As if the viewer needs to be guided to what their reaction should be. It always reminded me of a laugh track.

[โ€“] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Subject: Fire

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to inform you of a fire that has broken out on the premises of 123 Cavendon Road

**no, that's too formal.**

Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Cavendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours truly, Maurice Moss.