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Back in the pre-digital days, showing someone something funny you found on your own was a bit more challenging. You either had to give a vivid enough description or physically show the person what you saw. But by then, the moment had already lapsed.
These days, all it takes is a screenshot to pass around immediate laughter. Having a wildly unhinged conversation with someone you met on a dating app? Or perhaps a hilarious exchange of ideas with another friend? All it takes is two short steps to screengrab and send.
Here are more examples courtesy of this Instagram page, which appears to thrive on hilarious online encounters captured for posterity.
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Howl's sleeping castle 17 hours ago (edited)
After years of waiting, I have reach the age where I am tired and sleepy all the time.
Taking a screenshot may seem harmless. After all, it is a built-in feature of our phones, so it shouldn’t cause problems, right? Not exactly, according to a 2024 study by the University of Michigan School of Information.
Postdoctoral research fellow Alexis Shore Ingber stated that people using the screengrab feature for publishing shaming is when things get “emotionally and physically destructive.”
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Roman Arendt 16 hours ago
It still is a thing for some of us, thanks to DVDs. Without commercials even (though they didn't bother me as a kid).
Ingber pointed out that it could be particularly problematic for messaging platforms where people could easily leak private conversations.
“In order for us to have a functioning digital world, people need to feel safe interacting with basic communication tools,” she said.
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Whiskey Tango Delicious 9 hours ago
My kid making me wait to see her Dress To Impress runway appearance ☹️
We live in an age where the fear of missing out (or simply FOMO) is a real concern among young people. A 2024 study involving 275 university students found that they engage in digital hoarding to cope with fomo. This includes collecting screenshots and other forms of media.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 17 hours ago
Ridiculous soft can-openers. Your job is to take care of using the manner we deserve.
However, people have their own reasons for taking screenshots, whether it’s to preserve a memory or keep receipts. As author Clio Chang writes for The New York Times Magazine, screenshots are “little fossils preserved in amber that allow us to slow down and capture pieces of our online lives.”
“So much of our digital world feels ephemeral by nature, passing by us at warp speed,” Chang writes. “And if memories are what make us human, then our screenshots tell a story about who we are in the digital age.”
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Daaaaave's not here, maaan 12 hours ago
Ugh this one hits too close to home (continues scrolling)
#18
Upstaged75 13 hours ago
This took me a minute! I kept looking at the 69 and thinking "what's the problem?". 😂
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Kristiina Männiste 17 hours ago
Oh! I remember now that I forgot to fill the cats feeder in the morning. Will I still have a home when I get back from work...
#27
Seán Baron 9 hours ago
I used to be that friend, I used to let people know what the music choices were on ‘Homes Under The Hammer’ and why they were chosen!
#32
Beak Hookage 15 hours ago
Those things are such a pain in the a$$ to replace that when I was getting rid of my broken microwave I put the plate up for sale and had quite a lot of interest.
#33
Daaaaave's not here, maaan 12 hours ago
🎶"This is ground control to major tomcat/you really don't like where you're at"🎶
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Daaaaave's not here, maaan 12 hours ago
If you tap him he will definitely zoom out, but I think you have to scritch him behind the ears to get him to zoom in
#43
David Paterson 18 hours ago
There are some people in this world who don't deserve to eat off a real plate. You're probably not one of them.
#48
Ipetmykitteh 14 hours ago
Well, eventually you’d become another episode in the worst game ever of “find that smell”. So yeah a little.
#49
Space Invader 14 hours ago (edited)
I once envisioned a reverse escape room: The group gets locked into a well-stocked pub mand have to repeatedly solve various puzzles to keep the doors and windows closed to prevent the owners from getting in and throwing them out... (The cost for the lost alcohol could be offset by live-streaming the events inside)
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David Paterson 17 hours ago
Tastes nice, one at a time by hand, straight from the bowl. No condiments necessary.
#52
Phantom Phoenix 13 hours ago
That joke only works if you pronounce data as data; not so much if you say data
#57
Roman Arendt 16 hours ago
Since 2017, orange bits are only promising chaos, embarrassment of a new kind and utter devastation... 😐
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#78
David Paterson 17 hours ago
If that's your worst fear ... then you're on the run from the law. FBI notified.
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Daaaaave's not here, maaan 12 hours ago
Who do you think you are, some rock star from the 70s? 😆
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#84
David Paterson 17 hours ago
Ha. You don't even know the meaning of the word huge. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to huge.
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