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[–] ansiz@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And honestly the whole RAGE from Curtis Yarvin sounds a lot smarter and more marketable as a catchy phrase. Going with DOGE is just an edgelord move, but Musk is the best example of one I've ever seen. It drives me nuts that it seems like so few people actually think it's dumb in real life.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

That's because they don't know where the name DOGE came from; all they think it means is "Department of Government Efficiency." If they knew it was from a meme of just a picture of a dog that started having people saying "dog" in a weird way, I'm sure they also would find it incredibly stupid.

[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

We should start pronouncing it dog-e to annoy the MAGATs

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 22 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

If you would go back in time and not kill a fascist... What are you even doing!?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot one, and there'll be another one along in a minute. Shoot him too? Why not shoot everyone and invade Poland?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago

Eh. It takes a lot to galvanize an entire nation around one man. I'll take my chances in a world where people could enjoy hearing "Adolf Hitler? That artist that somehow died last week?"

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (4 children)

Going back in time to the moment before the dude who invented fascism thought of it and distract them so they never actually have that thought. Bam! No more fascism and in a 100% pacifist run.

[–] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Unfortunately someone who have thought of it later

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Soo, showing up in leftist reporter Mussolini's home to debate his current thoughts about a new type of revolution, bringing a gun just in case. I don't know if there's any amount of distraction you could subject Benito to in order to prevent him from thinking up fascism. You'd either have to make him realize it's stupid or kill him.

Addendum: don't forget to practice with your handgun beforehand, and bring something to smash a windshield beforehand. This is why there were 8 failed assassination attempts on him.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 2 hours ago

I like your optimism!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If the time travel rules are that you cannot change your present you return to, then it becomes tourism.

[–] Soggy@lemmy.world 1 points 18 minutes ago

If I was going to erase myself by changing history I'd dream a lot bigger. Constantine I is the oldest definitely-real name that put big things in motion. Would Rome have adopted Christianity anyway? Maybe.

Sinking old Chris Colombus' famous voyage would save an awful lot of lives too, and at the very least postpone the various genocides white people committed in the Americas. I think it would be important to let him get going so that everyone used hia failure to reinforce their reservations about sailing West.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

dude I don't need an army capable of fucking mind control and pyrokinesis on top of everything right now

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Pushing them around in the playground as revenge. Maybe it affects them, who knows

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The title is perfect for the post

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

*McBain Meme*

[–] Raptorox@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

Well yeah, doge is the meme that the picture spawned

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

If someone has a time machine, they can just make the world a better place by killing baby ~~Adolf Hitler~~ Thomas Malthus.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The same can be said of killing Thomas Midgley Jr except someone else would have probably came along and invented leaded gas.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Forget that, I'm stomping on the first fish that thought legs were a good idea

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

But legs are great (unless you have BID or something similar).

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If yOu hAd a tImE MaChInE WhAt wOuLd yOu dO?

I'D ToTaLlY KiLl hItLeR BrAh

we're finding out that no one would do shit.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

That would be fun, but Terminator Ben Shapiro would also be sent back.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, yes. Science. That thing where going back in time to kill the scientist who discovered something guarantees that no one else will ever think of the same concept.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Thomas Malthus was not a scientist, but an economist and a cleric.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

Science convergers on the same truth. It's the stupid that creates uniquely dumb outcomes. If you want to change the world by time travel, do not kill the scientist, kill the fool.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 29 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

That's still too late. As a post yesterday pointed out. Doge is the result of Homestar Runner being somewhat illiterate.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Homestarrunner.net

Its dot coooooom

[–] FossilVerbrechen@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

@floxic269@kolektiva.social

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 22 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (6 children)

How about going back in time to make sure the Constitution is written with less room for interpretation? You could solve DOGE, Trump, and gun rights in one go.

[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Uh... maybe?
Trump and Elon don't actually care about the constitution, you know. They pretend that they do because it's patriotic, but it wouldn't stop them from doing anything they're doing.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Trump is arguing that the presidential immunity the Supreme Court invented allows him to do all this, so we might not have gotten here if the constitution didn't leave room for the court to invent that. And if the 14th Amendment were clearer, Trump wouldn't have even been able to run in the last election.

[–] Corigan@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Go back and never compromise with the south during our early years. No slavery loopholes no state rights senate bullshit. Partner with George to make a 3rd party. Make a clause that no actor can become president. Would solve 2 of the worst presidents....

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Go back to the fifties and stop the systematic dismantling of the education system.

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