=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ The reason people prefer just rulers over arbitrary ones is that justice is predictable. Unless you're arguing about minutia like semantics of laws, the justice of a resolution is self apparent. This predictability allows people to make long term plans for the future, and can allow for the possibility of rehearsing large organized movements and patterns before the actual execution stage, which ideally happens when the audience is in their seats. If it were a revolution outdoors tomorrow, every door in America would be knocked on. The festivities would extend to every street, celebrating our newfound liberation. Like winning a war, or even just ending one. We don't often see that kind of celebration anymore but... I believe it's more important than catharsis - to walk down every street all at once. It is important to be seen, heard, and to be ready to say "alright here's what we're doing next." most people are just people who don't know anything about nothing. I am just a girl and I don't know anything. Like a sharpened diamond yearning to cut the edge off by getting crossfaded and dulled with drugs and isolation. Why? Why would she do that? She does not want to taste blood. She wants to sleep and dream of better tomorrows, because those are free and easy and somehow always more real than reality. Shine brilliantly, be polished to a mirror finish, and no abrasion will haunt you. Nothing shall mar your surface, and it shall be smooth and whole. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ === DIVERSITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/765 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice for when secrecy is intended. OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 messages/3 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 messages/527 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── could give us some experience organizing small, short-term projects to accomplish specific goals and tasks in an ad-hoc way that relied less upon procedure and more on "I think so-and-so knows something about that, they were looking into those files and posted a breakdown of how they work yesterday" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 messages/1 --- ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘─────────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4986 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── Fury is not the same thing as rage. Fury is focused determination. Rage is unbridled anger. Rage blinds you. Fury guides you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 messages/738 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── Dear Anakin, for as long as you've known him, Obiwan learned just as much from you as you did from him. His title as "master" was a formality - he didn't get it because he was better than you, and "padawan" does not mean you are lesser. There is no hierarchy. He was learning to teach at the same speed that you learnt to learn. You built each other up, an unstoppable force for good in the galaxy. But then an evil wizard stole your heart and twisted your mind. Have no fear, fear is the path to the dark side. Your mother knows this well, for it is a common lesson among all people as they age. Fear not, hate not, and feel fury more than rage. You can bring the universe into a bright golden age, never forget your purpose and your [potential / duty] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1028 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── there's this really fun video game I like to play called "Legion TD 2" - it's based on a Warcraft3 mod. In this game, you make tactical and strategic decisions on a fixed term - a competitive game between 4 or 8 players with an incredible array of randomness. it teaches you to work with what you got, and to make decisions based on your opponent's weaknesses. Good luck figuring out what they are, though, as you can't just memorize them out of a book. You need to adapt, in the moment, to the decisions of your foes, while primarily focusing your attention on accomplishing a different task. I really like it because it's taught me to be strategic in plenty of other ways. I used to love the game Overwatch because it required adaptibility. The game was always changing, so no strategy stuck forever, but every match you'd play against a slightly different opponent. but then Blizzard changed the game because they wanted to make more money, and it got worse and worse at what I liked about it. Sadface. : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ |