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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Respect is given, in reasonable amounts, to everyone. Then they can gain more or lose it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Regard is given, in near infinite amounts, to everyone. At least by people who are worthy of respect.

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

Depends where you are. I’ve grown up in that kind of culture and appreciated it - then moved somewhere where respect wasn’t given by default and you had to earn it. Same goes with trust, to some extent.