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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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[โ€“] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Words can mean different things with different tones and contexts.

Oh that one? He's a guy. But him over there he's a boy

"Boy" in English has a ton of potential connotations. As one of many examples, during the Civil Rights Movement there was a famous protest sign that said I AM A MAN to counter the way white men addressed black men as "boy."