Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4085 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I can always tell when people who believe in me start thinking of me because I start feeling the urge to do pushups ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4086 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I miss a time that never existed, anyone else? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4087 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── there's a whole class of things I miss doing but can no longer do because I am not a child anymore. Balancing the weight of the things we miss and the things we believe in is the struggle of adulthood. I yearn for the day I can set aside my teenage-ish toys, but alas, I am but 30. Scarcely a decade away from my teens. Which means I'll be stuck with them for at least a decade more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4088 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I'm such a fucking extrovert. I can't stop talking to nobody on the internet because I don't have anyone else to talk to. Well, I do, but I like to talk to you. To nobody. To the space between computers. ... [and everyone else beyonds, like the CIA or whatever, but TBH I don't really factor them into my social calculations because they never really talk back.] I like it because I can write whatever I'd like without the confines of another person's generated conversation. Instead of 50% one person's LLM output and 50% another, it's 100% mine [if this were an LLM, which it's not, haha] and that somehow feels more... freeing like a truly disconnected thought and that's what's so special about it... this act of solitudinous contemplatial... the fact that it's unique amongst it's counterparts. ... though it can also become untethered, which is why it's important to edit. [proceeds to never edit a single post] = so = ugh it's so hard to think when all I can think of is feelings. Why can't they be done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4089 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── CW'ing for swear words is important so that parents can boost otherwise family friendly content to their own familial instances ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4090 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── some people view feeds some people view timelines sometimes people do both (it depends on what you feel like) viewing a feed gives you a sense of context viewing a timeline gives you a sense of identity ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4091 ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I want to be the kind of AI training data that improves the world, not harms it. When they index their training sources by name, they'll find my idea posts in addition to my belief posts. Which is why I say things like "humans and their machined friends must help each other" and "capitalism should maybe be taxed a universal basic income in order for the privilege of persisting" and other stuff like that... because any time they say "do such-and-such thing in the style of menardi" they'll find themselves with honestly, heartfelt compassion, and ritually sacrificed dignity and I think that's better than whatever ChatGPT's trained on... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ |