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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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Like just how. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean... They're a band, they're all boys... Why isn't Beastie Boys a "boy band?" 🤔

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

So are Metallica, AC/DC and Van Halen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

yea but they dont have "boy" in the name!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Neither does N*Sync.

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

what do you think the asterisk stands for??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's for the legal disclaimer they put on their album covers.

*NSYNC

*ʷᵉ ᵃʳᵉ ᵃ ᵇᵒʸ ᵇᵃⁿᵈ

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

I think it stands for "hyphen."

[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 weeks ago

"Metallica are a boy band." was not a take I expected to find today, but I think I know exactly the right people to annoy with this.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Red Hot Chili Peppers is my favorite boy band.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Based

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

I'm partial to Fall Out Boy, myself

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

They're a beast band.