this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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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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[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Gen whatever slang often borrows from AAVE though.

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The word cool is a great example of this.

[–] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Doesn't stop at “US youth culture slang” either.

“cool” is used by German boomers who don't know that AAVE exists.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Which is why this is a picture of John Hamm with a broccoli cut