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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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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We have one in Finnish "välineurheilija". "Väline" is "sports equipment" and "urheilija" is athlete, so it's literally just "equipmentathlete" and used derogatorily towarsd people who — instead of actually practicing — just show up in very expensive gear.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Has "couch expert"/"couch warrior" vibe.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it was only easier to pronounce...

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Wah-leh-neh (silent h's and the first a is like in can and ant)

Oor-hey-leh-yuh

Okey that might not have helped at all, tbh.