=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: CW-added-nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 I mean, perhaps the trash that those gems are buried in is similar to the trash that my gems are buried in (capitalism I think? I'm stretching the metaphor) I think you're absolutely right. Don't listen to Nazis. I don't even like thinking about them or talking about them or even acknowledging their existence. If I see one I'd punch it. I'm not great in a fight so I might get stabbed or whatever but like... worth it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/542 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 Good point. What is one person lopping off nazi heads when compared to a person writing a book that compels others to view them with disdain? I think we need both, but you're right that "the pen is mightier than the sword" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/534 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: CW-added-nazis-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ @user-367 @user-366 @user-246 @user-353 Agreed! That's why I never touch the stuff. Frankly I worry that if I did, it would "infect" me somehow, because brains are kinda stupid. Or maybe it's the 'tism that makes me repeat the most taboo think I can think of in my brain whenever it wants to hurt me -.- Don't read that stuff. I wish I could forget every slur I ever learned, because my internal monologue just... REALLY enjoys intrusively thought-ing my internal narrative whenever possible. >.> It takes real, genuine effort to not be racist or whatever because brains are stupid, but like... it's kinda necessary to be a good person, so, y'know, don't think bad thoughts about people you don't know? And if you find yourself with intrusive thoughts related to that kind of thing, then focus your attention on vanquishing them, because it's important. It really is. Just do it. Work on it. Be better. I know you can. [says me to me lol] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2347 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ I personally think that it's better to act before the liberals have a chance to hand power over to the fascists. when? well, that depends. Are you part of a large and massive organization that accomplishes great and beautiful things with incredible efficiency... but rather slowly? Then yeah get working. I'm sure you already are. Are you just a person, like me? Then go do things that don't raise the temperature too much, but make you feel more confident and inspire those around you. Like, bricks at cop cars is one way to go, but you're probably gonna get arrested. And then you're useless when we need you. BUT if you meet with your friends and make plans for where to go, what to bring, who to know, and what to sing (if you're the musical types) then great! Go do that. If you're reading this and thinking "I'm not gonna do that, I have a plan that's so much better" then yeah do that instead. I don't mind. Just... don't hurt innocent (ignorant) people, because if you do then you are my foe. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/539 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-246 @user-366 @user-367 @user-353 I think that particular dynamic works in our favor ^_^ one of the best things about fascism is how evil it is, because evil has a smell. Dang I'm riled up now, the part of me that exists in the past wants to swing a sword and lop off nazi heads. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4926 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I trust my government more than I trust a fascist. but y'know, historically, my government has used their intelligent wings to beat the wind out of our leftward sails. And that's hardly fair, because y'know those left behind are those to who we need to be kind. so consider me suspicious. consider me aggrieved. consider me willing to forgive, completely and honestly. it's not my gambit but like, I'll help work it out. I got other things I'm workin' on, but this one's backburning and I can't help but think it'd be useful. pyrite fools gold use it for what it's worth not for how it glitters and moans wa, wawaWAwa ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3848 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-cursing-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────┘ people? oh yeah I know "people". they're all a bunch of bastards. good, bastards are the best fighters not if your fight relies on fighting for something you believe in. There's a zero percent chance that you'll get everyone to believe the same thing because people naturally gravitate toward filling the idea space equally and finding niches to fit themselves into ha true - thinking of successful revolutions of the past, they've always been caused by material conditions creating insufficiencies that must be resolved through violence. and then, the people fighting can all agree on something like "we must have bread" or... actually that's pretty much the main thing people need and yeah, sure, wealth inequality is unjust, but they're careful to only take enough to ensure that we're sufficiently placated. but they're always taking more, and someday soon they'll take too much. ... I hope, for my sake, that I'm not around when that happens. But I'm not too hopeful in that regard ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/1125 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY okay but... to do what WALK AROUND AND FIND OUT okay but... it's cold AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME I am dispirited, I need a cause CRY ABOUT IT SOME MORE I'd rather be happy SO WOULD ALL WHO LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES the times feel sleepy FIGHT FOR YOUR PLACE IN VALHALLA that'll get me imprisoned or killed FIGHT FOR AMERICA she's young and scrappy and can take a punch SO CAN YOU. GET PUNCHED. where are all the nazis? where are all the bad guys? DO NOT RELENT YOURSELF TO A GENTLE NIGHT I have my knife, I'm ready to fight, and... NO FIGHT WILL COME TO YOU. MAKE ONE. I don't want to hurt anyone HURT THOSE WHO DESERVE IT what if I wait for my allies some more? that's more comfortable YOUR ALLIES AWAIT YOU yeah uh-huh I'm sure. Gonna go fall asleep. FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY ... I wanna go home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #8 fediverse/5252 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── @user-1074 "I don't know any nazis. If I knew them, I'd beat them into the ground."said every single boomer punk and your grandpa said your grandpa. well, maybe not yours, who can say, it was for people my age at that stage of that part of -- stack overflow -- you can find common cause to cooperate against any elemental foe. your fellows will guide you and lift you up to spiral drill press your way to infinite homes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3575 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: leftist "talk to ur neighbours" thing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1567 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds. Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive. I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past. People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them. They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months or whatever. I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5486 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "ew but they're dirty" oh yeah true okay new plan how much do you think it'll cost to buy a hotel [this is why the socialists invented buy-in] "I don't think socialists did that??" buy in, hmmmm, what's that? oh yeah it's when you say "hey what if we X'd" and they said "yes I agree with you because you present a reasonable estimate on reality" {uh hi I just got a message from "some-nowhere" here ya go: "oh my god she's fuckig instane} [ugh cursing-mentioned, that means there's fewer characters to transmote.] [no because then I'd run out of steam and it'd be incomplete. Plus sometimes I like the distraction of a reasonable limitation.] (okay, but are YOU worth it?) leave her alone she's working her charms, this is how witches d-do. "so, isn't the point to give yourselves the coverage of a location transmutation? so, wouldn't you want to find someone alike and share their life?" what is even the point, why even bother, just give them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1014 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2026 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 when it's time to fight, you'll know how. For now the best thing to do is to prepare in whatever way you want to contribute. I'm doing my best to find paladins. I think they are beacons of hope in a world of darkness. What you do is up to you. Be good, be honest, be true. Learn what you can and temper your soul. When it's time to fight, you'll know how. The Democrats know the left is right. But they know the Right has the power to cause irreducible pain, should they be backed into a corner. I don't agree with their methods but their cause is just - prevent harm for as long as they can. And I get it, but that's not how you win wars. Appeasement only goes so far. I trust they will know who their friends are when they inevitably fail. queer people have been illegal before, we'll handle it. Don't worry. Nobody wants to relive that trauma, but here we are. It'll work out, trust me. Trust, but verify, and do what you can to ensure. We are on the same side, which is why I say "do more pushups" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1200 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: deranged, murderous │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ omgggggg I'm not that cruel xD xD xD │ ║ │ ║ It's more like, "hey listen, I know you just want to do a good job [lies, they │ ║ just want money and power] but it's time to hang up the hat y'know? I mean │ ║ cmon it's been like a hundred years since we signed that constitution thing │ ║ [you don't know anything about our history] and frankly it's a little out of │ ║ style. We were thinking we'd redo it with our new-fangled rock-and-roll and │ ║ dungeons-and-dragons [cultural artifacts meant to deceive and mislead] and │ ║ honestly we're quite a bit more ethical than the past. We've learned so much! │ ║ I mean, the founding fathers didn't even know what a soviet was, and here │ ║ we've seen them fall on their swords. Repeatedly. Then command others to do it │ ║ too, because it was the regulation or whatever. Anyway we don't want that, but │ ║ we also don't want an aristocracy, which is essentially what your plan gave │ ║ us. Well, not really your plan, but instead the stuff that the rich added │ ║ centuries after your death. ok?" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 messages/689 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── "power corrupts" you say to the man who only had good intentions. "trust no-one" says the world's loneliest wanderer. "words cannot hurt you" said the girl who has never known hunger. "I can rest when I'm dead" you say as you down another Monster "I'll never forget you" said a face you can't quite remember "let justice be done, though the heavens fall" you say as they tighten your chains in the wake of a CEOs murder "live today, fight tomorrow" says the coward, who will run anyway, yet is determined to tell your tale and reinforce your children "the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots" says the guy who sipped from the skull of a tyrant "E=MC squared" says the jew "here, let me take care of that for you" you say, to queer delegation "meow" says the catgirl "meow" says the girl "meow" says the girl cat "meow" I say to you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4743 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: polit │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ "ah but what if the fascism is just an excuse to dismantle our decaying and │ ║ bureaucratic institutions so that a cool young populist candidate who is easy │ ║ to manipulate can come into office next and fix everything" │ ║ │ ║ ah see that's how they getcha isn't it, much cleaner than genocide I gotta say │ ║ and plus it gives everyone a boogeyman to fight against │ ║ │ ║ "um, ritz you realize there are actual real nazis right?" │ ║ │ ║ yeah, and we'll have to deal with them, but there are significantly fewer than │ ║ you'd expect. Pretty much everyone is onboard with cutting off the right arm │ ║ of someone who salutes to Hitler at the inauguration of what surely must be │ ║ the leading nation of the free world. │ ║ │ ║ ... don't look at me though, I'm not strong enough to swing a battleaxe or │ ║ other "arm-lopping" device. I can do like, two pushups, because I didn't take │ ║ my own advice, back when I told ya'll to eat beans and rice and do pushups and │ ║ that'll suffice. I was wrong teehee I thought Kamala would win l m a o │ ║ │ ║ now I'm kinda glad we get to fight │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6116 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┐ ║ "see, the part that you're missing is if you abolish capitalism but also │ ║ ensure technological abundance then all you've done is removed humanity's │ ║ capability to organize in essentially any meaningful capacity without │ ║ providing an alternative heuristic that guides people toward assembling into │ ║ greater and greater forms to accomplish greater and greater tasks." │ ║ │ ║ oh, um. that's quite a take, can you tell me more about that? │ ║ │ ║ "no. But I will anyway. if everyone can do whatever they want, nobody will │ ║ want to do your dishes for you. they might if they care about you, but if they │ ║ don't know you, then they won't. Care is not organization or assembly, it is │ ║ personal and cannot scale. If technology has made all resources abundant, then │ ║ why would someone care about the art that you made? if they want to be │ ║ sedated, they can just inject drugs and listen to music all day. If they want │ ║ to be entertained, AI will generate them whatever they want to see. Art loses │ ║ meaning as a messaging medium, and humanity loses it's voice" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2806 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-social-media-spirituality │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ pretend this is an allegory for social media. [it's not an allegory] yeah that's why I said pretend. okay imagine that you are sitting in a rock in a forest. far away, about 100 feet away, there are other people, but you can't see them because the underbrush is sooooo dense. they are also sitting on rocks. you can speak to them, and share your thoughts - but you don't know exactly where they're coming from because the sound has to bounce around off so many different plants and such. [that's not how that works] shut up so, if you want to say anything important, it's important to have the right tone, because people 2 or 3 clearings away can't really make out your words - but they might hear your tone if you yell very loud. the energy of the space you inhabit is the only thing that really matters. the words that you say are just snickering to a friend, but the expression on your face, the beating of the drum of your heart that reaches forth... that's what matters most. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3807 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Hot take cursing-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 those are the kind of people who probably shouldn't take up that much space in your thoughts like... they're hypocrites. yeah-sure-fine-whatever. Maybe their opinion could be changed if they were in different social circumstances, but, they're not, so... fuck 'em until they are, yeah? so many people don't think for themselves. That's okay, they don't have to think if they don't want to. I guess. But they also can hurt people, so... fuck 'em, until they are given the chance to consider, and they choose to consider. It's very difficult to maintain hatred when presented with the possibility of consideration. But those kind of people typically never have that opportunity. So... like I said, fuck 'em. Don't give them power, don't let them hurt people, but they can fuck right off with their hatred and vitriol (vitriol not unlike this kind that I'm writing right now) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3891 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "no, you're the opposite of a yes-man, AKA a gatekeeper. I don't know how else to explain mentally disabled and barely keeping it together to you, but frankly if you want to take away my house or my weed then why would I do what you say? ... oh right, the state's monopoly on violence [can compel me to do what you say]. Sure seems like a "well regulated militia" is supposed to be a counterweight to that monopoly, to prevent people from harassing and exploiting and destroying. Too bad any "militias" I can think of tend to want me dead. like, seriously, if you live in America, you implicitely trust that your army will be able to protect you from the right-wing bozos who spend all their time drinking and shooting in the woods. Otherwise, if they couldn't / wouldn't, then why wouldn't or couldn't the right wing bozos just decide to wreck everything in spite of our past? We were a proud people once before, and we may be again. If only we fight at the last. [ever since I fell off my bike my body feels strange] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5713 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I hate winning and I don't like losing. The playing is where the game is. [games of life and death are no fun] hence, why nobody invites me, because I try for the middle approach that respects both people. this tends to make people mad because its like "bro they're nazis" and I'm like "okay but how do you know" and they're like "fuck you" so I'm like "fuck nazis? actually?" and they're like "you're with them" and I'm like "I'm with you" and they're like "stop infiltrating" and I'm like "who's infiltrated?" and they say "stop talking to the internet" and I say "nobody reads me anyway" and they say "screensho0ts are forever" and I'm like "I'm pretty as can be" this, combined with a strong sense of justice, implies the narratives I instinctually provide. wei wu wei according to Ursula K. Le Guin, this means "doing without doing", or "show, don't tell" but minus the doing, and adding the "tell"ing. I think I'd look badass with a spear or trident. I have a sword because swords are cool, but spears are bleed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |