Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4016 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── why do we have to work so hard to work they should be ready and waiting, jumping at the chance to utilize our expertise, our labour, our creativity, our kindness they treat us like we owe them our time and motivation but without us, they are empty shells ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4017 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ the only way to get people to fight fascism is to affect them with it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4018 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weaponizing-girlfriends-material-to-defame-her-and-infamy │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I can't even imagine what it would be like to hang out with me I can't imagine what it would be like to hang out with me imagine what it would be like to hang out with me what would it be like to hang out with me would you like to hang out with me you and me we could watch tv play video games have a good time [notices an article about coral reefs] oooo coral [reads article about coral reefs] https://www.wired.com/story/darpa-thinks-walls-of-oysters-could-protect-shores-a gainst-hurricanes/ ... anyway gtg ttyl hope you feel better soon don't forget to make pancakes and your keys are in your room. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4019 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: economics-corporations-mentioned-slavery-mentioned-politics-voting-mentione │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ corporations are not people. corporations are organizations. they should be treated like city-states. or fellow sovereign nations (patroned, of course, by their mother's installation) they have their own culture their own societal platform to stand on and they deserve equal representation in exchange for taxation (why is corporate america the part that's most paid for? why not those who work for the profit, the ones who labour day in and day out) they should have rules, like laws, that they vote on and decide democratically to deprive them of that is tantamount to wage-slavery, which is clearly illegal because in this timeline Abraham Lincoln had a time machine and travelled to the future where he learned that despite his best efforts, slavery did not die. It merely evolved to fit a new form. ... then he died, and ten thousand years later they're arguing over whether or not the coffee maker needed to move left half an inch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4020 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ if computers were sane, IT technicians would act like secretaries who wandered │ ║ around in a company and improved their QoL and access to new features according │ ║ to their needs, skillset, and personal way of working. │ ║ │ ║ for example... │ ║ │ ║ do they like typing, or would they rather use a mouse, │ ║ │ ║ are they more visual with graphs or textual like a piece of math │ ║ │ ║ what needs do they have, what here could be automated │ ║ │ ║ do they like the cupboards and drapes, we can switch out the profile and the │ ║ theme... oh, no, yeah I guess you're right it doesn't matter. [changes it every │ ║ week] [then a long time down the line when she finally leaves the company, a │ ║ few people begin to wonder - didn't the colors in outlook change every week or │ ║ so?] │ ║ │ ║ but alas, computers are not sane, meaning we're more like firemen rushing from │ ║ scene to scene. │ ║ │ ║ "can you put that in the ticket?" │ ║ "I heard you can help with this-or-that thing" │ ║ "did you hear back from corporate?" │ ║ "oh that's good to hear! So, next Tuesday? │ ║ "Hold on, I heard it was such-and-such" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4021 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "the spirits of our great cultural leaders from days of yore and mythological tales are possessing teenagers and getting them to do heroic acts. The government is stumped. More news at 11" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/564 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I am most often known as the person who left their life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ |