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[–] [email protected] 136 points 2 months ago (12 children)

Just fucking stop. He's trying. If he likes it, it works, okay? Goddam everyone gotta be so fucking mean and judgemental. And yes, I'm going through some shit rn

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What colour cowboy hat did you buy?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She isn't baggin' on the dude, only saying it sucks to see the hat wearer so uncomfortable. I'd call that a score for empathy.

[–] TriflingToad 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I fail to see how going behind someone's back to publicly tweet about their insecurity is a positive thing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Plus, it’s jumping to conclusions. Maybe the dude had an upset stomach and went into the cafe for a chamomile tea. So he was making a funny face. Who fucking knows. Anyway, the claim that the person going “hmm he’s not pulling off that look” then posting it online is being empathetic is wild.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Yea but it's valid. I wanna try a cowboy hat.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're living in real life. This is the internet. Everyone is fearless behind a screen.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, you guys are fearless behind a screen? D:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Nope - chronically fearful babyyy B)

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[–] [email protected] 113 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Hey, some looks you gotta build yourself up to. I'm a dude with long hair, when I first let it grow long enough to tie back, it felt really weird being in public with a ponytail/ bun. I didn't feel like "the guy with the ponytail" yet.

A few more trips to the coffee shop, and hopefully this guy will just be "the guy in the cowboy hat" 👍🏽

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I first grew my hair out as a young teen, I didn't put it up at all until I cut it short again. The next time I tried growing it out it became my thing to always have it up

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

Yup, I never tied my hair back growing up. Now that on my last hurrah with it as it's falling out, I tend to tie it back more often than not when I'm working.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh shit, I thought it was just me. I was so subconscious about it, I actually tie it up all the time. Then one day I started to get more confident and just let it down all the time.

One time(while wearing a mask) someone called me ma'am. Another time a Indian man in Brisbane was being a dick and told me women can't be in the male bathroom.

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

I also used to have long hair and would accidentally get called ma'am back in the day. I noticed the person who said it is usually wayyy more mortified than you are. Partly because they misgendered you, but mostly because they totally just checked out your ass too. After realizing that, it never bothered me again.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Very much so. Wore a bun for years until I was like oh this doesn't look like complete shit.

I'd want someone to say if it did though lol

My dad was cowboy hat guy. It helps if you get a porn stache going as well. Adds to the mystique.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (6 children)

A real cowboy takes the hat off indoors.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is he even a cowboy if he doesn't put his hat over his heart and address a woman as "ma'am"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I guess cowbiy is different to everyone but to me you lost the Cowboy at the entering of a coffee shop. Various reasons, 1 being it's cheaper at home, and 2 being that the last cowboy I knew made $35k a year, so he couldn't afford a coffee shop

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Tips ten gallon "M'aam"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A cowboy once told me, that you can spot a fake by how clean their hat is.

Since (so he told me) in case a bull had an episode, they would throw their hat in the other direction and climb over the corral fence. The bull would often go after the hat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Maybe they have a second hat for "not work" aka partying.

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

At Texas A&M you won't get ten seconds inside a building without someone politely but very forcefully telling you that you are being disrespectful wearing a hat inside.

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only thing worse is someone wearing a cowboy hat who's overly confident about it

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Like this fuckin' douchebag.

[–] LaserTurboShark69 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Oh god please let this human turd fade into obscurity in a couple weeks

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Who is it? And why is a guy standing in front of a Canadian flag be wearing Texas hat

[–] LaserTurboShark69 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's the leader of our Conservative party and a close contender to be our next Prime Minister. He's about as fake as a person can be and has absolutely no vision or plan for Canada.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. The Libs are projected to win, but I'm really worried about low voter turnout as it was with America's last election. I never want to see that fucking cunt become PM as he so badly craves.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

We are seeing good numbers in advance polling. I think this year will have a better voter turn out than most recent years.

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[–] Gullible 59 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sometimes people are just having tough days. Sometimes their insecurities aren’t worn on their sleeves or hats. Occasionally, we just have to wait a few days until our scalps recover from freak birthday candle accidents, and the hat fused to your skull by singed flesh and fat can be removed without surgical intervention. Everyone is living their own life. Don’t jump to conclusions.

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[–] agamemnonymous 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I still remember the sudden look of realization when I told a fellow shy nerd at the NerdCon rave "We're already shirtless and covered in body paint, we might as well dance".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

That's sweet he was able to cut losses that day, we all deserve to be free from judgment to just have fun every now and then

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago

Give him a complimentary sugar lump for his horse. That ought to make him feel better.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Give the guy a compliment. Help him to be more confident.

[–] ace_of_based 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe give him a peanut m&m

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Waiter at the Mexican joint called me caballero the other night. Made me feel good. I also get called the redneck Crocodile Dundee. Yep, that suits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

De nada Don Cocodrilo!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That hurts. Do you attempt to give him a boost at the risk of the insincerity seeping into your affect, or try to just ignore it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I feel like, if you are categorically incapable of coming up with something nice to say about someone's hat with a degree of sincerity necessary to make it through that one-off interaction, then one of two things is true: either you're the wrong person to be involving themselves, or the hat is so horrendous, the kind thing to do would actually be insulting them so they never wear it again. My money is on the former tho lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Men in cowboy hats are hot. But it needs to be a nice hat.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And also, the guy has to be hot.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I would expect cowboy hats in general, but especially a nice, good quality one, to have been designed specifically to prevent the wearer from overheating when exposed to harsh sunlight.

Or in more technical terms, man's not hot.

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