this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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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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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But if you measure growth in made up numbers, you can just keep rolling them up indefinitely.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we lived in a made up number world where people are resources can just be pulled out of thin air without consequence that would work I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, it works in Tropico!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

That's called inflation.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Not really. Eventually just counting those huge numbers uses so much energy it fries the planet with waste heat.