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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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Boats can't bend steel beams! (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] piecat@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We always seem to equate common sense and education.

I've met some dense people with PhDs. And some smart people that never got formal education.

Obviously best case is smart and educated. But you can't teach someone common sense.

[–] hdsrob@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

^ This ... my father has his doctorate, yet is talking about chem trails, stockpiling guns and food for the coming apocalypse, and is a full on Trump supporting MAGAT right wing Christian.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

But you can’t teach someone common sense.

Therapists do that sometimes

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Wish Lemmy had some sort of awards, because also this exactly.