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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Just because you paid for insurance doesn't mean you should get it (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by ryanvade to c/microblogmemes

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https://mas.to/@MikeBeas/113666556469008087

EDIT: I think you should get the service you pay for, just so that's clear.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

The free market is excellent at producing, at a reasonable cost, myriad voluntary luxuries like large televisions and speedy cars. These prices are naturally constrained by the consumers' willingness to do-without. When the consumer cannot rationally choose to do-without, the elegant self-regulation intrinsic to the free market evaporates.