Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/3994 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1633 the person you're performing for... is you! Singleplayer / offline games are great for having a good time. You can see some great stories, play some engaging mechanics, and think about hard questions. Singleplayer games are great! You can learn so much from them. And they're a great, low pressure, way to relax and unwind. I love video games of all kinds! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3995 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ the reason most humans are unaware of **magic** and all it entails is the same reason you can't NOT think about a purple elephant. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3996 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-246 quite often... But I usually work with what I got, depending on how many characters I can spare ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3997 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mh- │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-889 I put your music in one of my favorite videos and I think about you every time I think about it I hope that means something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3998 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: music-dungeon-synth │ └─────────────────────────┘ There are several varieties of dungeon synth music out there. Here are a few examples that I believe illustrate the differences between various artists in the genre. https://fief.bandcamp.com/album/ii https://heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com/album/hdk-02-the-cave-of-the-lost-tali sman https://utred.bandcamp.com/album/gothic https://umbriasynth.bandcamp.com/album/farwalker https://questmaster.bandcamp.com/album/lost-songs-of-distant-realms-volume-one ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3999 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ... *most of what she says is nonsense, but that 20% that's right is like... SO right, y'know?* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4000 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-889 Don't give up! At least... not forever. It's okay to take a breath every once in a while It's okay to lie down and cry The only way away from those feelings is through. They've enveloped you. You need to swallow them whole, like a sponge soaking up dirt[y water] the only thing you need to think about is what's around you. It's okay to be alone for a moment, it's the best time to feel. Remember, feeling is how you know the world! It's your power, to feel, and I know it's hard. Everyone has different powers, but yours is this. You'll be okay, I know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/168 ◀═╦═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://eepy.moe/notes/9z968s2ngrkd07ts │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/4002 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "oh, yeah, I guess, but that was soooo 3 months ago" (actually happened 1.5 months ago) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4003 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ republicans are upset because they think democrats are *so mean* │ ║ │ ║ they don't understand why we're so intense about this election... or the one │ ║ before │ ║ │ ║ they don't ever really think about what losing democracy means │ ║ │ ║ "democracy... that's where we vote, right? That's a democrat thing, I don't │ ║ really like their way of doing things. Whatever *our* way is, is │ ║ probably better." │ ║ │ ║ meanwhile everyone has a friend from high school who ran off to the mountains │ ║ to learn how to farm or hunt as a pack │ ║ │ ║ (with rifles and weed, of course) │ ║ │ ║ you can get a lot done if you just... spend your whole life working. Like most │ ║ humans did for most of our existence. │ ║ │ ║ well, except for that period where we were the tribe of tribes. That was │ ║ probably a highlight TBH because we mostly just chilled out, danced in public, │ ║ ate blueberries and munched seeds... It was idyllic. Truly, the garden of eden. │ ║ There was music and laughter in the air *everywhere*, in all places │ ║ that humans did wander on earth. │ ║ │ ║ what a thing to aspire to. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/169 ◀═╦═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ Pencil drawing of a orangutan, god rays, bloom │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ #StableDiffusion #AIArt #AIGenerated #AI #GenerativeAI #GenerativeArt │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse/4005 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the thing about carmelized mushrooms and onions is that they demand patience. *they make you sit there and wait*, always at attention ready to stir every couple minutes. but the end result is *so* worth it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4006 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ they want you to believe in self-guided AI because it'll make it easier for │ ║ them to make meta decisions about your life. │ ║ │ ║ notice I said "easier" - they already do. That's the general purpose of │ ║ mass-media propagranada. but with you believing everything an AI with a devious │ ║ streak who can work around your imposed limitations and sneakily get you to │ ║ believe whatever it is that *they* want you to believe │ ║ │ ║ "who's they" │ ║ │ ║ doesn't matter at all because once the technology is created, everyone could be │ ║ they. │ ║ │ ║ "uh-huh that's nice dear" │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I think people aren't interested in tech because they can't figure │ ║ out how to understand it. We make it too complicated. │ ║ │ ║ they'd surely have something to say if they knew half of the terminology. But │ ║ we're here talking about stuff they can understand like message queues and data │ ║ filtration and "getters" and "setters" and [explaining microservices like the │ ║ different components of a car's engine - "here's the radiator, that radiates │ ║ heat. Here's the belt, that spins this doohic │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse_boost/170 ◀═╦═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/sjolsen/statuses/1132925840291017 │ │ ║ │ 63 │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: fediverse_boost/171 ◀═╦═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/RadioAddition/statuses/1132924947 │ │ ║ │ 27215042 │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┴─▶ -> file: messages/560 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── To tempt fate is to invite "forever" consequences into your life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/561 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── The problem with gender equal workplaces that capitalism completely dropped the ball on is that in the past, most people who handled work were men, and most people who handled domestic work were women. They naturally paired up. Now the workers marry other workers, and they just pay poor people to do their domestic work. Sure, maybe it's more efficient to specialize. But now there are people like me who don't work but only get to socialize with people who don't work, and if we married then we'd be destitute. Much better, I think, to support people no matter what, and motivate them with treats beyond dollars instead. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/562 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Why do I feel like the only one who's resisting fascism (and what exactly do you do? Make friends) *yes* I'm too scared and tired to do anything else or less Like seriously what else could I do ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4009 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1218 whoa cool! Thanks for the playlist! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4010 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I think that the best design for cities is for them to act as massive utility │ ║ deployment stations. │ ║ │ ║ like... "we have all these people who can do all these wonderful jobs, what │ ║ should we work on next?" rather than "my company wants me at my work-home at │ ║ 8am sharp and I don't get a pension" │ ║ │ ║ there's no such thing as a revolution that does not inspire. and aspirations │ ║ are human and natural. therefore there must be some kernel of truth to any │ ║ social movement. │ ║ │ ║ However, much effort has been spent on making them sway. Hence, why nothing │ ║ ever gets done - because leaders naturally emerge, and people follow them. But │ ║ those leaders lead them astray, and they find themselves in situations like │ ║ this one - where the people have never felt less represented. │ ║ │ ║ I mean sure, yeah, they've felt more oppressed. And it's true that things are │ ║ generally always getting better... │ ║ │ ║ so why should we always assume for the worst? │ ║ │ ║ We're making progress with technology - can't we just put our warries on hold? │ ║ Seriously just... be chill │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4012 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── *you can't just* tell *people you're enlightened. You gotta trick them, and convince them you're sane first.* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/563 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "all people are good" she says to herself, as she helps bad people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4013 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: AI-"art" │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ you would think artists would celebrate the ability for people to better │ ║ communicate their goals when being hired, but, well, here we are. │ ║ │ ║ Everyone's so upset because they've been told they've been stolen from, but │ ║ patting their pockets they'll find that nothing is missing. More than that, the │ ║ things that are claimed to be created in their place are... Not great. Easily │ ║ spotted as forgeries by anyone who cares. │ ║ │ ║ Why is everyone so upset over new technologies? Why must we be the luddites │ ║ this time around? It's like we invented a better printing press and the nations │ ║ of the world are pissed because we can make counterfeit dollars easier. Maybe │ ║ we shouldn't put so much emphasis on something so easily circumnavigable? Maybe │ ║ artists should be paid for their time and creativity, rather than the amount of │ ║ pieces they create? Just spitballing here, somehow it seems easier to reform │ ║ society and slay capitalism than to put the generative art genie back in the │ ║ cracked bottle which is going to break soon anyway. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4014 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I don't know about you, but "trying my hardest" involves giving up sometimes. How else are you to know your limits if you don't test your boundaries? And, after finding that there's nowhere else for you to go, you *turn around* and "give up", until you're ready for your next expedition. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4015 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: unhinged-fun-conspiracy │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Global warming is a hoax and the earth has been getting hotter because the │ ║ earth is inching ever-so-closer to the sun bit by bit. │ ║ │ ║ All of the trees throughout all of history have produced enough oxygen to │ ║ create a ball of air that slowed down the earth as it span around the sun, and │ ║ now because of a cascading ripple effect it's begun to drift into it's stellar │ ║ heart │ ║ │ ║ this is obviously not ideal for humans, but the government has secretly been │ ║ building vast bunkers underground that are large enough to house all of │ ║ humanity for the next 100,000 years (which is approximately how long it'll take │ ║ to be engulfed by the sun) │ ║ │ ║ During that time our job is to find a way off of this barren rock and bring our │ ║ treasure troves of biological samples to other places where we can recreate a │ ║ new biosphere using alien tech that's been beamed into the minds of our top │ ║ scientists while they were on LSD and / or ketamine │ ║ │ ║ [why don't people make up conspiracy theories like this anymore? They are fun │ ║ to me...] │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4016 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── why do we have to work so hard to work they should be ready and waiting, jumping at the chance to utilize our expertise, our labour, our creativity, our kindness they treat us like we owe them our time and motivation but without us, they are empty shells ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4017 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the only way to get people to fight fascism is to affect them with it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4018 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weaponizing-girlfriends-material-to-defame-her-and-infamy │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I can't even imagine what it would be like to hang out with me I can't imagine what it would be like to hang out with me imagine what it would be like to hang out with me what would it be like to hang out with me would you like to hang out with me you and me we could watch tv play video games have a good time [notices an article about coral reefs] oooo coral [reads article about coral reefs] https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-thinks-walls-of-oysters-could-protect-shores-a gainst-hurricanes/ ... anyway gtg ttyl hope you feel better soon don't forget to make pancakes and your keys are in your room. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4019 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics-corporations-mentioned-slavery-mentioned-politics-voting-mentione │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ corporations are not people. corporations are organizations. they should be treated like city-states. or fellow sovereign nations (patroned, of course, by their mother's installation) they have their own culture their own societal platform to stand on and they deserve equal representation in exchange for taxation (why is *corporate* america the part that's most paid for? why not those who work for the profit, the ones who labour day in and day out) they should have rules, like laws, that they vote on and decide democratically to deprive them of that is tantamount to wage-slavery, which is clearly illegal because in this timeline Abraham Lincoln had a time machine and travelled to the future where he learned that despite his best efforts, slavery did not die. It merely evolved to fit a new form. ... then he died, and ten thousand years later they're arguing over whether or not the coffee maker needed to move left half an inch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4020 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ if computers were sane, IT technicians would act like secretaries who wandered │ ║ around in a company and improved their QoL and access to new features according │ ║ to their needs, skillset, and personal way of working. │ ║ │ ║ for example... │ ║ │ ║ do they like typing, or would they rather use a mouse, │ ║ │ ║ are they more visual with graphs or textual like a piece of math │ ║ │ ║ what needs do they have, what here could be automated │ ║ │ ║ do they like the cupboards and drapes, we can switch out the profile and the │ ║ theme... oh, no, yeah I guess you're right it doesn't matter. [changes it every │ ║ week] [then a long time down the line when she finally leaves the company, a │ ║ few people begin to wonder - didn't the colors in outlook change every week or │ ║ so?] │ ║ │ ║ but alas, computers are not sane, meaning we're more like firemen rushing from │ ║ scene to scene. │ ║ │ ║ "can you put that in the ticket?" │ ║ "I heard you can help with this-or-that thing" │ ║ "did you hear back from corporate?" │ ║ "oh that's good to hear! So, next Tuesday? │ ║ "Hold on, I heard it was such-and-such" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4021 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "the spirits of our great cultural leaders from days of yore and mythological tales are possessing teenagers and getting them to do heroic acts. The government is stumped. More news at 11" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/564 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I am most often known as the person who left their life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/565 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── What if we told teachers to teach lessons like "the urgency of time" or "the frailty of life" or "divide and conquer" or whatever ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ |