Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/3131 ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-social-media-fascism-sucks-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-579 │ ║ │ ║ I've had IRL friends who made accounts on servers that got defederated. │ ║ │ ║ They were confused why I didn't respond to their likes, comments, and │ ║ subscribes. │ ║ │ ║ I had no knowledge of them because they had the misfortune of accidentally │ ║ making an account on a server that once had nazis on it. WHOOPS. │ ║ │ ║ It's easy to turn someone off of a concept like decentralized social media. │ ║ It's very easy for them to become a "yeah I tried it but it wasn't for me" kind │ ║ of person. Feeling isolated from the one person you know in real life who also │ ║ uses this cool new social media site is a quick way to do so... │ ║ │ ║ At the same time, Nazis exist. How do you defeat them if not blocking? │ ║ │ ║ well... blocking only works if they're corralled into 4chan and it's 2010. Now │ ║ that fascism owns the social media giants like Twitter, they are platformed, │ ║ and so they spread. │ ║ │ ║ And we are corralling ourselves into our archipelagic islands of invite-only │ ║ rooms where we can talk to ourselves for fun. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3132 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ politics is not about being right, it's about convincing the majority to vote how you want in America, the majority is white, working class people who go to church and don't really get to think about much beyond their own lives. sometimes they think of their home, the city they live in / near sometimes they think of their country, their religion and sometimes they hear about what happens in other places, usually through the tube that connects the panel in their scenes to the offices of hardworking journalists and reporters sorry it's 2024 now - pundits and celebrities those people don't hear what you hear on the internet. To them, it is a place of memes, funny gifs, and whatever their close friends are talking about on Facebook. we uh, don't use Facebook much these days, do we? Mostly because Facebook is actively hostile to us. But nobody said our enemies would be kind. Who are your enemies? Mine is power. At this moment in history, money is power. We will see how long that lasts, won't we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3133 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-138 all people are multitudinous. We exist in the minds of those who see us. For each and every person you know, there is another version of you that they know, who lives rent free in their mind. unless you're talking about something more literal, like someone with a double life, or a secret agent or something like that 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3134 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-1352 I like that article. I definitely fail to follow some of those principles at times, though never all of them at once. I can be better, as all people can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3135 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: us-politics-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────┘ "Stop mistaking the responsibility Democrats have to Black citizens for the electoral impact of Black voters. They’re not the same." "The idea that independents/swing voters are centrists, in the usual sense, is one of the most enduring myths of American politics. Most swing voters appear to hold a hodgepodge of political views that are hard to reconcile given our usual definitions; this can be frustrating, but it’s important to remember." https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/democrats-think-their-candidate-is ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3136 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-devils-mentioned-physical-health-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I hereby do swear that I will NEVER make a deal with a devil to "fix" my own disabilities in exchange for... anything, really. Devils only make contracts they can benefit from, true, but they are devils because they also only make contracts that HURT you MORE than they help you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/3137 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: us-politics-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1209 it depends on where you look. Centrists are the majority of the population, but the majority doesn't really exist online in the same way we do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ |