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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So you don't have a doctor's note? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Ugh I HATE that phrase. I’m American and any time someone says that to me I just want to reply “no, I just think you are ignorant” but I know that would just get me punched.

[–] vithigar 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've also heard people use it who weren't lying, they were simply incorrect, and conflating those two concepts.

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

Sometimes they're even just mistaken.

[–] vithigar 1 points 2 days ago

Yeah, absolutely. Then they escalate from "innocent mistake" to "accusatory" on a dime.

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