this post was submitted on 31 Jul 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] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And what the fuck kind of speed measurement is "knots"?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's based on nautical miles which are in turn 1/60th of a latitude degree. It's meant for easy conversions when navigating using map coordinates.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pontata 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] postmateDumbass 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You know what they say... If you don't know how to tie a word, tie many.