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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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Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
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I've heard some schools are reintroducing it now, but that doesn't help those that never learned. (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Menus

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[–] Wrench@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah... it's going to be hard to convince me that a literate person is going to be unable to discern a menu because it's in cursive and they only know print. I've been able to get the gist of menus in different languages just from a common Latin base.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Also, the idea of using a method of writing meant to make writing faster in a printed menu is ridiculous. Pure wankery.

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[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm from the UK, I don't think I've ever heard people talk about cursive writing at all. When I was in primary we learnt joined up writing which I don't thinks the same. I have never seen a menu in NI that wasn't typed and printed and the UK doesn't even have a written constitution either.

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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago*

When I was in primary we learnt joined up writing which I don't thinks the same.

Pretty sure Americans just call that cursive. Where I'm from cursive is just this, so it used to confuse me too.

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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago

I don't remember when I saw a menu that wasn't print

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I'd just leave if the menu was in cursive.

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