Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/1315 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-politics-cursing │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ if it exists within the borders of a state then it's utility is in service of the state [wow what a fucking tankie] if a person lives within a state then the utility of the state is in service of the person [sounds like commie nonsense to me] if a border exists in the land, drawn as a line by a hand in the sand, then that land now has a hand. [i don't understand your poetry speak plainly] no [brb, refusing to elaborate and leaving, should be quick, won't take long, I swear just gotta use up these... 476 remaining characters somehow] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1316 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: weapons-guns-mentioned-death-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ there came a tipping point, some time in our past, when we produced more │ ║ weapons than we could muster. │ ║ │ ║ if every single rifle had laid hands upon the hearts and minds of the people │ ║ who would hold it, if every single bomb had been dropped and round had been │ ║ fired, there'd be nothing left of us on this earth but ashes and soot. │ ║ │ ║ some day in the past we produced the last bullet, the last landmine, the last │ ║ laser guided shocking shock collar. the last that put us over that edge. │ ║ │ ║ and yet we persist. we are not dead, not yet, and so I have hope for our future. │ ║ │ ║ it's easy to hope when you know you're on the right track - that no matter what │ ║ happens, good and evil persist through the end, until you realize the end was │ ║ not an end at all, but rather a stop on the subway route and you're still a │ ║ ways away from home. │ ║ │ ║ we live in the bright future, and though it often feels full of anxiety, know │ ║ that stress is just energy that your body doesn't know what to do with. │ ║ │ ║ we will be okay. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1317 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ... if I don't do this deadline by tomorrow they'll kick me out of school. │ ║ again. │ ║ │ ║ how am I going to be a programmer without a degree? feels useless to be me. │ ║ wish I could code my own horoscope >.> │ ║ │ ║ o wait dummy that's called "motivation" and "the ability to follow through on │ ║ your ideas and planned machinations" - yeah can I get some of that, if you │ ║ please? surely just a taste of discipline, through laboring to alter │ ║ conditions, surely a bit would suffice. │ ║ │ ║ c'mon don't fail me now. I can do this. I know I can. I know because I've been │ ║ told that I can, now and again through time and time yet again, always I seem │ ║ to [stack overflow] │ ║ │ ║ what's time if not the present amiright │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ anyway... │ ║ │ ║ it's just git, how hard could it be? it's just calculus, it's just java, it's │ ║ just... well, it's not any of those things, not really. it's memorization, it's │ ║ application of tools that you've been shown (not that you've grown). It's a │ ║ lack of responsibility, where is my honor? ah but I digress, I'm a carpenter at │ ║ heart I guess │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1318 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: family-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ my father was a leader and my mother was a teacher. I look up to them every day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1319 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── I'm a spirit of the forest and stone who wanted to learn how to spell in order to make pretty colors and games on computers. I don't care about your corporatocracy, though I'll learn if it means you'll give me food to eat. ... I'm procrastinating aren't I ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1320 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-programming-languages-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ BASH with the syntax/semantics of LUA and the performance of C would probably be the perfect language, IMHO procrastinating again, damnit ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1321 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── whenever I look away they put more work at the end of my to-do list. or sometimes in the middle. It's like they care less about the destination and more about the continuous arduous prolonged manifestation of articulation. >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1322 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: hard-drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ one of the greatest gifts LSD gave me was the ability to look in the mirror and see a person beyond me. your reflection has all the same emotions as you, and if you look at them like you'd try to parse the feelings of a friend, you can learn a bit more about how you're thinking. ... procrastination >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1323 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "pay attention to me, for I have nothing of value to contribute" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1324 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: fiction-silly-image-that-popped-into-my-head-with-no-context │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the president of america glances down at the trembling pen in his hand, before │ ║ grasping it resolutely and adding his name to the list of world leaders arrayed │ ║ before him. │ ║ │ ║ "I'm sorry, everyone. I... tried. Fedi has won." │ ║ │ ║ they hang their heads and collectively proceed to the party thrown in their │ ║ honor by the denizens of the earth who collectively just overthrew them. │ ║ │ ║ "Hooray, now everyone can eat!" but there's no rules so the more feral types │ ║ had already been digging in. They shuffle in the door all mopey like and take │ ║ their place of honor at the empty chairs of the round table before deciding │ ║ "hey maybe it's not so bad if we mix things up a bit." │ ║ │ ║ police have been replaced with honorable chess duels, credit cards are now just │ ║ a way to make sure someone isn't buying up ALL the beanie babies and lighting │ ║ them on fire or whatever, and rent payments are a foregone conclusion. Hooray, │ ║ for simplicity, hooray, for stability, hooray, for our new century~! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1325 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: kicks-down-the-door │ └─────────────────────────┘ PROCRASTINATING, AGAIN ARE YE? AWAY WITH YE WENCH no! please! I haven't finished shitposting! GO DO YOUR STUDIES YOU LOAF OF BUTTER AND PEAS ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1326 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: kicks-down-the-door │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I finished my project! Thanks for encouraging me 🥰 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1327 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── phew done with my project. We'll see if it can be graded in time. If not... well, guess I'll have to leave. If I'm not in tech I can't be on tech.lgbt T.T T.T pleeeeeeeease grade my project ASAP I have 1 day until the end of my term T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1328 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 I read your essay on chapter 5! I liked your words. I had different thoughts watching it (probably because of the cannabis teehee) so it was interesting to hear your perspective. I want to watch it again so I can remember what I want to tell you about it! Ahhhhh maybe tomorrow I'll read chapter 6's essay. I gotta download those soon so I can show my IRL friends. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1329 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-941 │ ║ │ ║ well, your computer only has so many 1s and 0s that it can use at once. Like, │ ║ having a trillion hands that can each hold a single grain of rice. Every │ ║ character in that txt file would be like, 8 grains of rice, minimum, meaning │ ║ you'd need at least 8 "hands" (or spots to put a zero or a one) for each letter! │ ║ │ ║ Hmmmm that's a lot of bits and bytes if everyone's writing to the same file. │ ║ Maybe if we split the file up into smaller sections, then we could just read │ ║ part of it at once. Then we could "scroll" through it to make sure we've read │ ║ the whole thing, starting from the top and going to the bottom. │ ║ │ ║ ah but if everyone's SSHing into the same computer and reading it there, then │ ║ that computer will have to present different parts of the file at different │ ║ times to different people, as they read from the top to the bottom. Maybe we │ ║ could just send them the file, so they can read it at their leisure? │ ║ │ ║ Yeah! And we could use tags to organize it and make it look pretty, like an │ ║ HTML file except... wait hang on │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1330 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 It sounds like you're describing consent, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1331 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 if someone does not consent to helping you bear their emotional burdens, but you insist anyway... that seems to be the narcissism you mentioned if someone *does* consent, then they're helping a friend. Or they're being a therapist for them. sometimes we can't help but be overcome by emotions. In those moments I find it's usually best to retreat to a safe space and hide out for a bit until the storm passes, then maybe return to the world a bit more fatigued but less... spicy. those moments show that you need more emotional support, both from yourself and from others. If the people in your life cannot help you, and you cannot help yourself... then yeah you're probably gonna hurt people around you. Plan as such and figure out how to still be a good person, it's up to each of us to do it in our own way. ... at least, that's how I look at it for my own life, feel free to disagree or anything ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1332 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 ah I see. like, hiding their emotions from others and acting in such a way that is disconnected from their inner tumultuous truth? Like, a form of deception. That makes sense to me, if I understand correctly. I think you're also saying it's additionally with the idea that their masked actions use other people to generate responses that they want. I think I see what you mean. "I don't care if you're fine, I need you to be sad with me" that kinda thing right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1333 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-944 @user-803 I'm sorry that what I said resonated with you : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1334 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: TMI-medical-issue-thing-don't-worry-about-it │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ subconsciously running your hand over your butt every time you stand up to make sure you didn't pee your pants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1335 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-803 you're welcome! thanks for speaking the things you say. I miiiiight have screenshotted some things you said a week or three ago and sent it to my boyfriend like "SEE someone else gets it" hope that's okay ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1336 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics │ └──────────────────────┘ the ethical use-case for currency is to express interest, not to identify worth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1337 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── meaning is derived not necessarily from the words you use, but rather the way you contrast them against one another ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1338 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-946 4 looks a little bright for February to me, more of a summer dress I think! It's still cute tho ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1339 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: vague-reference-to-politics │ └─────────────────────────────────┘ @user-521 I can't stand mean comedy. Or cringe comedy. It just, doesn't make sense to me? And I get physically upset when people are put in difficult situations that you're supposed to laugh at for some reason. Like my goodness what kind of values are they seeking to instill in their audience with this kind of propaganda amiright ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1340 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: lewd-joke │ └──────────────────────┘ humans are fucked that's how they make new humans ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1341 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: blood-mentioned-not-scary-almost-politics-not-quite-though │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ charity is a band-aid for a systemic problem. but sometimes you're still bleeding. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1342 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── we should be able to vote on "minors DNI" tags that mechanically prevent people who didn't lie about their age when creating their account from viewing a piece of data transmitted over the internet and if it's suitably controversial then no matter which way the vote swings it gets blocked (temporarily) anyway sorry I was connecting to a "think of the children" kind of person recently and that's what my brain came up with >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1343 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-chromebooks │ └────────────────────────┘ technology in it's abstract form represents the collective growth and breadth of human innovation. so why the heck do we make tech products for non-tech people like... they should be more like us, and we shouldn't compel ourselves to apply ourselves for their benefit. If someone doesn't want to learn Linux then maybe they don't need a computer? something something "chromebooks are good, actually" which is sorta true but instead of being a generic thin-client for web servers anywhere in the world they should be thin-clients for servers that they intentionally connect to and trust ... oh sorta like a chromebook then? how about a chromebook with a white-list comprised of friends and family who run their own servers... I don't know if disarming people is the right play. I should add a cursed tag to this. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1344 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursed-chromebooks │ └────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 ha wouldn't that be nice. that we could utilize our existing institutions that we've come to rely on over the past hundred-ish years. And isn't it nice that we've built so much luxury? Ahhh if only people would stop complaining so much. We've worked for what we've got! Frankly it's a little absurd that you'd insist that we don't work 10,000x harder than anyone else to deserve our spot, frankly it's a little insulting you'd suggest that perhaps our ethics are under a spot...light ... errrr I mean yeah let's make more disposable electronics whoopee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1345 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: cursed-chromebooks │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ ah but are you really armed in the first place if everything you do has to be │ ║ googled or stack-overflowed first │ ║ │ ║ are you really armed if every web page request goes through their infrastructure │ ║ │ ║ are you really armed if every page downloaded is directed to by their DNS │ ║ │ ║ perhaps it's the illusion of power that gives Linux it's attraction to nerds │ ║ such as we. Perhaps we feel powerful by bash scripting a few things together │ ║ and making some program that does some thing. Maybe the idea that the machinery │ ║ is open and clear is what compels us to use it without fear, though as far as │ ║ we can hear there's nothing about it that makes sense. │ ║ │ ║ I guess that's why they teach Linux in school, so that our elementary │ ║ interactions with the computers that comprise our future existence will make │ ║ sense to us as children. │ ║ │ ║ ... wait they don't do that, do they? kids get chromebooks, or didn't you hear, │ ║ they're always putting boogers in the CD trays and breaking their LCD displays, │ ║ much better to just start fresh │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1346 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-419 my guess is it's a product of the neuro-muscular capabilities we developed when sneaking through the underbrush or the balance gained from balancing on fallen tree trunks. that mixed with all the practice we have carrying cups in our childhood that we don't even remember. Children are prone to spilling mugs, but if they do it enough eventually they'll get tired of being wet. So their neural pathways align, and before you know it they can balance it on their noses if they'd like. Though it hardly ever gets that far teehee, usually it's just enough to be, in the dark, with a warm cup of tea. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1347 ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── @user-950 @user-951 Name: Ritz Menardi Address: [my ip address lmao] Pronouns: she/her I like games. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |