@vriska @cel @placholdr cel is magic*
i am merely a gondola

as to how:
1. i happened to have a screenshot of lain posting that, and also a quick vrorgia thing (pic related) both with around the same modification dates
2. this means that i can narrow the search down to said timing (i start my search around may 11, 2021 and work my way backwards)
3. as to how i did the search? bloatfe on spc, going to lain's profile, playing around with the max_id parameter until i got near that date then just manually going back

but you could also just do this: https://eeeeeeeee.eu/notice/AMqtKUJgONpKhxdA5A

key is date range and manipulating id parameters really til you find the post

same thing goes if say i find a funny image in my downloads folder i am pretty certain i downloaded from fedi and i want to find out the original post