Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/381 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── just waiting for the day when they build wifi antennas into flash drives and constantly broadcast their contents to whoever wants them... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/382 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── bread and meat in times of war, milk and honey in times of peace. That is the way of my people. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/383 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── the most successful strategy is always to strike from a position of strength. whether that be timing or power, the goal is to defeat the problem that lies before you. One by one, problems are solved, until at last you're through the worst of it. Then it's just a matter of expressing dominance, and "this is how thing's're gonna be." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/384 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── I had a dream last night about a battleship in WWII. In my dream, a meteor fell from the sky and punched a hole right through several parts of this ship, leaving the rest essentially unscathed. Primarily? The command deck, navigations, and communications. The people aboard the ship were given a crucial moment to decide what to do with their lives, and the guy who said "let's go fight the jerries" was promptly thrown overboard. It was mostly a first-person dream, from the perspective of a mind-reading kraken watching from below. Though I often felt like a sailor, so perhaps a shape shifting mind reading kraken watching from wherever was most convenient. The ship floated by for some time, not knowing where it was going nor where it intended to be, until one day it came across another floundering in the dark. This ship was drowning, or so it seemed to the tentacles below, and our first ship dutifully did it's part and saved what it could. The people of that ship were significantly more battlehardened, having lost their war against their foe, and so they attempted to gain control of the ship upon getting settled. They were promptly thrown overboard. More snacks for me... Then, the ship came to port. A great port of concrete and metal, it inched up the rock face and hugged tight to the land. Then the dream did veer as dreams often do, and I've forgotten most of what my point of view cared for and worked toward. But then I stood too close to a nuclear engine or something and got sick and died. It was weird, idk what's up with that. Anyway dreams are like that I guess, keep dreaming until you either die or are kicked out by your host who doesn't agree with your actions to such a degree that they're irreconcilable with their own intentions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/385 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Fuck you, you deleted the most important parts and left the bit about war, the part I was most scared to leave in. That shit's important. It taints the message when you edit it. Please don't do that anymore. You can edit it when presenting it to whoever you want to present it to, but don't delete the record of it. Fuck, maybe I should get a damn typewriter >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/386 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Every 10 years vote on whether you liked the old way or the new way. Then, do the winner for 10 years. After that, do something new for 10 years, and then vote again. Keep repeating forever, meaning even if you find a perfect system you can't keep it for more than 10 years. Well, 10 years of the alternative must separate each 10 perfect years, but the idea is that the alternative might end up being better than your first idea. Just make sure they don't switch back and forth, there needs to be real radical change. Complete rethinking of how the processes should proceed. Then you can iterate if it sticks. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/387 ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Strategy in a nutshell: identify your resources, identify your goal, and identify any problems preventing you from reaching your goal. Then, develop a plan to apply your resources to solve or bypass problems in order to reach your goal. Easy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |