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8 months ago by ickplant to c/microblogmemes

RedFrank24 37 points 8 months ago

I remember when my mum used to say "Don't bother your dad, he's on the internet" like it was this big important thing. Not "He's checking his email", or anything more specific, the simple act of being on the internet was actually of note.

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davetortoise 31 points 8 months ago

"Surfing the web" is one of my favourite phrases in that it's completely meaningless now despite there being far more of it happening than when the phrase was created

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PhoenixDog 9 points 8 months ago

"Are you surfing the web, son?"

No, just Lemmy.

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Aneb 1 point 8 months ago

I feel like "doom scrolling" has replaced web surfing.

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prole 4 points 8 months ago

Also, don't pick up the phone because we only have one line

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Quibblekrust 4 points 8 months ago

That's because he was looking at porn and jerking off.

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pemptago 1 point 8 months ago

Back then people might say something like, "I work with computers," because it actually narrowed things down.

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microblogmemes

@lemmy.world

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.

RULES:

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.
You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
Absolutely no NSFL content.
Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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microblogmemes

@lemmy.world

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.

RULES:

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.
You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
Absolutely no NSFL content.
Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

RELATED COMMUNITIES:

go to feed...