Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/1529 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 yep! because the conversation is given room to explore the entire idea space surrounding the subject. Versus a conversation, where it's more of a narrative between multiple people, each trying to prove their point or share their love or exchange stories or display works of art and all the various other things people do on Twitter / Mastodon ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1530 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── made a video about ghost ninjas https://youtu.be/WQ3nQqR40Ac ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1531 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── An American princess wears turquoise and silver, not diamonds. Though I'm sure she wears diamonds sometimes too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1532 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ modern cowboys don't necessarily say "howdy" or "pardner" │ ║ │ ║ they tend to say things like "hello" and "can I help you with that?" or "I see. │ ║ Can you describe the problem in more detail? I'm especially curious about the │ ║ part where you do this thing" or "Heh, it is pretty neat, isn't it?" or "Is │ ║ there anything I can do to help?" or "Oh no! I'm sorry you feel that way. That │ ║ emotion is a difficult one." or "He was a good person. I'll never forget him." │ ║ or "would you like to go to the 2nd hand store and pick up some jeans?" or "I │ ║ made you an egg sandwich. If you don't want it I'll eat it myself, though I │ ║ made one for me as well. Wouldn't want to waste it." or "Hey, this part is │ ║ broken. Is anyone working on fixing it? Yes? Okay I'll see if they need any │ ║ help. No? Alright how about we fix it this way? I can get started." or "You are │ ║ very welcome. Please let me know if there's anything else I can help you with." │ ║ or "well, the ticket backlog is empty, and I'm just about going insane doing │ ║ nothing but stare at my boots." │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1533 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: dead-birds │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you set out food for animals consistently, then more of them can live in the │ ║ area. │ ║ │ ║ but if you move across the state and take your bird feeder with you, the birds │ ║ will die. │ ║ │ ║ well, birds can fly, rabbits and chickens and squirrels are not so lucky. birds │ ║ might not die. though there is overall less food in the area, so they might │ ║ still die. │ ║ │ ║ when I was a kid, growing up in suburbia I used to see rabbits EVERYWHERE. My │ ║ cat would hunt them. I would run around with them. Now I see but a few. │ ║ │ ║ Rabbits eat grass, right? We sure do use a lot of pesticides on our immaculate │ ║ lawns. Or at least, the one neighbor three doors down does, and it's a free │ ║ country after all. │ ║ │ ║ explain to me again why we can't leave a trail of chopped up carrots behind our │ ║ lawn mowers? Why we can't spread seeds on our trails, or fill basins with water? │ ║ │ ║ ... yeah, none of that makes money. All of it requires consistent persistent │ ║ effort. And it's not like our media glorifies it, what a shame it would be to │ ║ hold nature in our palms. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1534 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Episode 5 and 6 of Bubblegum Crisis helped me understand why "A wizard is never late. Nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1535 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I only take things that aren't mine if they're in the trash. Or near the trash. Or in a store. so weird how the store won't let me leave until I give them some of my dollars. This quartermaster drives a hard bargain! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |