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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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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I once ran up a $300 AOL bill. Back when they charged by the hour.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I rang up over a thousand dollars in charges for using a number outside of my local exchange, which was at the time considered long distance (same area code). I had spent a couple days camping out in an IRC channel.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Ah yes when "local long distance" plans were an unfortunate thing.