Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/1515 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── my favorite lego sets are the ones that teach you to take care of your toys. Solid structures with lots of connecting flat pieces (to hold it together) but with details that can snap off. Being lego, the child can just... put them back on, but with other more expensive or intricate toys they might not. Then, if they throw it down the stairs, they have 15 pieces to put back on instead of 340. and if they throw it into the freshly fallen snow, they might not have any. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1516 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── fish would rather be robots than logs on a river ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/280 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Fighting each other is such a waste of ammo. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1517 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── if you don't feed the trolls, then they find their own clan. and in doing so, they make their own echo chambers. what would a bunch of trolls do to each other? the poor dears. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1518 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: strange-politics-scary │ └────────────────────────────┘ acceleration-ism is just "learning the truth faster than they do" tbh should be more like "learning things to show them" but eh whatever gets the job done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1519 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ yeah, true. if they were collectively owned we could suggest some collectivist │ ║ viewing methods that displayed the highest rated posts in addition to the │ ║ lowest. │ ║ │ ║ I used the "sort by controversial" option a lot to ascertain what the polar │ ║ extremes of different opinions were on whatever the subject was. They don't │ ║ even have to be opposites either. │ ║ │ ║ Helps you find a bit more of the familiar human crowd. Upvotes are just numbers │ ║ in a database after all, a database that they entirely control. Funny how │ ║ people always complain about bots but, like, Reddit could just write their own │ ║ bots. │ ║ │ ║ For breaking news I'd usually sort by "new", because then you can scan for │ ║ updates when you had time. Though sometimes "best", which valued both time and │ ║ total upvotes, helped a lot for looking for definitive things. │ ║ │ ║ though you could just have a bunch of bots upvote a post shortly after it was │ ║ posted, thus making it appear more powerful to the sorting algorithm. │ ║ │ ║ well, it's flawed. But Mastodon is Twitter, so ig Lemmy │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1520 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── the slower you think about things, the more time you have to write to long-term memory. School optimizes this out of us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1521 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── if we had better installer software we could have programs that work on any different type of machinery. ... isn't that what a compiler is? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1522 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-cooking-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ dry ramen is not the same as dried ramen. For dry ramen I strain the noodles and add the seasoning with butter. Wet ramen is similar minus the butter and plus noodle water. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1523 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── social media companies should be entertainers, not ad-presenters. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1524 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ maybe I should try microdosing, see if I can convince this part of me to stick around ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1525 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: unfounded │ └──────────────────────┘ they had to mark it unfounded, because otherwise they would get in trouble if they were wrong they only stock the competitors products that taste worst than the product of the company they want to divert money to. c ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1526 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── "employee of the month" but like, not per month. per project. "here is our foremost, help them as much as you can" like, a hero. or champion. or tech lead. they don't have to be expertly competent, their job is to learn and apply themselves as best they can. Then, after this project, they can go into a pool with all the other tech lead hero champions, and then they can work on something more powerful. The process repeats, until you have a CEO or three. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1527 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 it shouldn't be possible to ban you users should be able to hide your posts, and maybe set up filter lists or machine-learning-guided-content-warning-application-of-filter-lists, so that everyone is given a voice. Is that not the spirit of liberty? The freedom to be? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1528 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-883 with the ability to turn any post into a thread, like Reddit. Would be nice if there was some visualization for them too, like a 2d map viewed from the side. That would make it easier to navigate I think. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> 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 │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1536 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @Frank @ClimateChangeAnxiety In establishing the National Parks, the government sought to preserve nature, and did not see indigenous people as part of nature. As if we humans are not animals that contribute to an ecosystem, but some separate thing that is anathema to life. how strange, that they would see their own kind that way. Perhaps they would rather their perceptions of the land be untainted by human hands, or perhaps they just didn't want to think about minorities anymore. How cruel, to spit salt into the wound. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1537 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I'm better at waterfall than agile, why is agile the only option T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1538 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-889 That depends, do you want it on your good side or your other side? Also, which is which? Questions for the mirror, I think : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1539 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I like to play healers in MMOs because my power fantasy is helping people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/281 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── The world would change if every door in the country was knocked on and the person behind them asked these two questions: "do you know your neighbors? Would you like to?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/282 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Soup kitchens are how they get leftists to burn out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/283 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/284 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── "alright I'm going to ask around, see if I can solve the problem another way. If I can't, I'll be back, and I won't take no for an answer. Let me know what you need and I'll make it happen." - cowboy addressing an issue ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/285 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── > <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and? What if we 🥺🥹 took all the bullies from high school 😈👺 and gave them all the power 🎩 🏭 by failing them upward ⬆️ 📈 instead of addressing their mental health issues 🧠 💖 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/286 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── > <@gabrilend:matrix.org> What if we... Ballots, bodies, militia and? Jobs are how they deprive us of time and energy. Rent is how they deprive us of value. Fox news is how they deprive us of a well regulated militia (and point it at our feet) Sugar laced foods are how they turn our bodies against us Ballots are how they deprive us of faith Schools are how they take our curiosity, as teachers are not given freedom to fully explain. Meh... There's so many more. It's pointless to elaborate. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/287 ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── > <@gabrilend:matrix.org> Soup kitchens are how they get leftists to burn out. Every moment spent feeding the poor is another day we could be organizing. Soup kitchens aren't bad, the poor need to be fed. But it should be a paid position, not a charitable distraction. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |