Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4608 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted or bored and left the people to rot. how tragic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4609 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: physical-health-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────┘ I'm sick with a sore throat and runny nose, fatigue and difficulty thinking, but it's apparently neither covid nor the flu? even though it's been ~4 days now... weird ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4610 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism. like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you, don't care. seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless you do things for them oooooo" how rude. why can't people do things for me instead? why does it have to be for you, and you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on controlling the power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a drug, the riddle of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard that the dichotomy between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as the contrast between "cooperation and competition"? work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4611 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── to begin with, there is either something, or nothing. And there is clearly something, because if there was nothing, then this would not exist. the existence of "something" is self-apparent because something is observing this thing, which is not nothing. since there is something, we must then decide if there is just one thing, or if there are more than one things. Since we can tell that the thing-or-things that exist are textured, varied in their composition, then we can surmise that they are composed of differing parts. After all, if the thing-or-things that existed were atomic, they would be homogenous on all sides. And since this thing-which-is-being-observed is not the same at the beginning as it is at the end, it can be assumed that there are more than one things in existence, hence things. If there are more than one thing, then they can be counted, as many as they exist. One thing here, one thing there, on and on. We can add groupings to these things, here's one group over here, here's another... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4612 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── the question then becomes, are we counting the same thing each time, or are there differences between things, leading to variability, and the ability to categorize based on those variances? It could be argued that because things are textured, as in they are different at their beginnings than at their ends, then multiple things exist, and they must be different, for it is possible to conceive of part of a thing as different from another part of that thing. But, if the things that exist are all the same, then perhaps they are simply duplicated as many times as necessary. If they appear different, perhaps they are rotated as many times as necessary in as many dimensions as needed in order to display a different part in a different place, leading to the assumption that they are different. If there is only something, and nothing, and there are countably many somethings, then by encoding meaning to various rotations of these somethings, we might develop the texture that you see before you yes like bits! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4613 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: genocide-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ The American military did not intervene in World War 2 to stop the human atrocities of the Japanese or Germans or anything else of the sort. They did it because they couldn't ensure the safety of their people in a world dominated by an alliance they weren't part of. Without their people, they lose their power. Without their power, they cannot complete their objectives, which (ideally) would be upholding the oath they swore to their constitution. I wonder how they feel about recent events, especially in regards to the recent updates made to that particular document? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4614 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── @user-1687 ... the existence of time should be treated as a given, for if you can observe the passage of it, then it must exist in some capacity, and if it exists at all then it must surely be considered to be real in the sense that things-and-not-things are real, for they are only known to be real in the same capacity that time is observed to be real ... my brain won't stop halp😅 :ms_confused: 😋 🙃 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ |