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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.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
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[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I'm sorry, and I don't want to be disrespectful or rude, but as a person who has no clue about computers I am very surprised the creator of Linux is still alive. I somehow thought he is super old and probably dead by now or at least not using the internet. I'm so sorry for my ignorance.

Edit: Thank you everyone for the many interesting replies, I've learned a lot of random stuff which I greatly appreciate!

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Linux was "invented" in 1991, FYI, and Linus was a student at the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#The_creation_of_Linux

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Please stop with this. Al Gore said he took the initiative in creating the Internet. As in, he used his abilities as a lawmaker to make the internet possible.

AI Gore claims he invented the Internet is a right wing op.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a joke. I don't believe Al Gore invented the internet. I don't believe Al Gore believes he invented the internet.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Right on, fair enough.

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Your ignorance is adorable; keep it up and don't stop being inquisitive or apologetic of it.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Don’t feel shameful, you’re one of the lucky ten thousand

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago

He's 55 years old

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Computer aren’t very old! Most of the pioneers are still alive and kicking

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's the thing, my dad was one of the first informatics people (computer based algebra in Russia and Germany) and my mom did her thesis on how to design a cigar shaped body in 3D on a computer. But they are in their mid to late 60s now and my dad went from being a professor of IT to "how do I open the internet" so my confusion is based on bias from my family. All his former colleagues also didn't stay up to date with technology and they worked for an elite university in Germany.

Anyway, good that they are alive and kicking! And glad their kicks are not so random as my folks'.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ahhh, that's Germany for you though

[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've literally seen my dad trying to figure out how to fax some documents in like 2012

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Faxes are still pretty normal in Germany in like 2025

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A good benchmark is Windows 95, and that was only 30 years ago.

It's easy to remember because the 95 means 1995. And 19 means the before fore times our ancestors are from.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Ouch. Fucking ouch. We're right here you know. Looking over your shoulder as you write on that magic tablet. No need to denigrate ghosts.