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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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Cybersecurity is important (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[+] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's not a comparison, it's an equation. A comparison identifies a difference. An equation asserts similarity.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think you mean it's a metaphor. An equation is a mathematical thing and doesn't make sense in discourse, unless you mean equivalents but that also doesn't make sense in the context.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Equations exist in discourse. Watch, I'll make an equation, which is to say I'll equate two things:

Childish Gambino is Donald Glover.

Boom. That's an equation. I equated Childish Gambino with Donald Glover. I didn't compare them, because I didn't say they're different. I said they're the same, which is equating them.