=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── eone who engaged first with the brain. Like... Electricity could be perceived from an entirely different direction of reality, and we'd have no way to know. That's just an example - could do gravity, or light, or any other extremely elemental thing that we know. MATERIALS, PERHAPS? PERHAPS THE STATURE OF YOUR KIND, THE WORLD THAT YOU'VE LEFT BEHIND, HAS ALWAYS HELD REASON AT IT'S OWN BREAST? [fore-most, I think] right so sorry for being mentally ill on your timeline, it will happen again ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/627 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ and what would this picture be cast upon, if not a shining birth of our home? │ ║ wait hang on dial it back, you're still talking to regular humans here they've │ ║ gotta be addressed as such. │ ║ │ ║ right so "yo here's this idea I have been cooking in my brain-noggin' of yore, │ ║ I mean 'mine', uhhhh yeah so first of all 'you' as in 'the totality of all │ ║ imagination' as in 'that which creates the imagined reality of our fates' is │ ║ actually just... light? encoded into a wave, cast into space, and forever │ ║ travelling in a direction? like, an eternal and emphemeral expression, such as │ ║ the light of a supernova or other such cosmic perception, travelling outwards │ ║ into the dark. Sure, yeah, that makes sense, so what is it that you wanted to │ ║ add? │ ║ │ ║ oh yes that concept is applied to a surface. Something which contains the will │ ║ that is possesses. It's like, if you had to process and understand reality │ ║ from the perspective of matter first (because that's what you interacted with │ ║ day-to-day) then you'd have a different perspective than som │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/6117 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Hmmmm, well, what if we psyopped the people into believing there were alien invaders or extra-dimensional fae creatures or angels and demons or "yeah we already tried that, religion doesn't scale perfectly either. And you can't really manifest those sort of effects except in your prophets and select few others, and that doesn't scale either because humanity wouldn't let it" I see, can you tell me more about that? why and how did humanity arrest the scaling of schizophrenia? "well, for one thing it's debilitating and it sucks. For another, it's different for every person so if you ask one they'll be like "the aliens have blue skin" and the other will say "no they don't have skin at all they're made out of energy" and the public says "HMMMM are you really sure you are generating outmoded assumptions" and the dear reader said "*yeah we don't really understand this part, most of us just glaze eyes over it and move on" and that's not ideal" ... nuts, lost coherence, better try again tomorrow... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1417 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── a 4th dimensional entity would exist at about the same speed we do sometimes... it feels like what I do is my responsibility to the universe like, I had been commanded the reason nations are important is because they are an allegiance based solely on geography. something we can all agree on is the material, so why not define ourselves by it? but that's all they are just words we pray to our star so look around. Your allegiance is to your neighbor, and theirs to theirs, an endless fabric of trust. We are all neighbors on this ball of sticks and mud, so come along with me and see the ways it could be. Much brighter, by far, to orbit our star, than to give up on life's precious notions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/1919 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── do you ever just look at the sky and think "who gave you the right to be a single color? in this world of infinite complexity, how dare you be the one thing with a consistent color?" and then the sun sets and you think "ohhhh I get it now, the color is always changing" meanwhile the sky is shaking it's head like "bro, no, I'm just the scattered diffusion of light waves from the sun. The sky is black." and the earth spins on... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-gestured-at │ └──────────────────────────────┘ the "heaven" they offer you is just a world of your own design, which is what you can do when you're perfectly disciplined and granted the ability to perfectly perceive perception, begets reality and lo! we only see what we want to see life is so much more interesting than death, death is just... a spiral of your penitent peers living their lives glued to their screens and passing through spacetime as if in a dream life, meanwhile, is anything you can conjure on this tiny planet earth. At least we have indoor plumbing, right? I'd rather make friends with the angels in this life, so they can convince me to stop torturing myself. someone... please convince me... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4031 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to imagine yourself slaying it ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #7 notes/time-travel-2 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── Okay, so what if we can't make matter travel through time. Why not project something else? Like... Willpower, intention, etc through the time medium instead? Electricity is fundamentally different than matter, so why not try to send electricity through time? BRB gonna go watch steins;gate [many times later] I uh, forgot what it was about anyway, so let's think about time travel what do you think is the certainty level that matter is inconfigurable from with -in the medium? probably not very high. or else we'd have seen it happen by accident, somehow, as fog escapes from an enclosed/sealed maze-turned-pyramid. gee humans really do things that nothing else really does.-'. '-" -- treat your nation as your son. (daughter) -- unrelated -- what if there was a script or utility that TAS'd it's way through a speedrun to get you to a particular start in the game. "I want to play this game but I've played the beginning like 50 times and the end like twice" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #8 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 │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4208 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-and-weird │ └────────────────────────┘ my train of thought is always directly to the point. Which is why all my posts sorta, switch directions halfway through? as if they only show the beginning or end of that particular situation. What an intense feeling, to have your mind split for a moment like that. Sure would be powerful and useful if you could utilize it. "ah ah ah, caught baby deity in the power jar, cool it ya little tyke and get movin' - I saw a dinosaur toy over there for you to play with." sorta like, the angled part of a K? Move directly to a destination, wait until my memory short-circuits [because the greek choir doesn't want me to see what it is that I'm about to write to thee] and then make a hard right turn and find an orthogonal thought train to process. it's like cresting over a hill, and it's impossible to see that which lies behind you. Or reaching a 4 direction intersection and making a left turn - you can't see back up main street, because you just turned off of main street onto baseline. I like me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/804 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ evil won't feel sorry for me. and yet it's only my only weapon for me. │ ║ │ ║ damn these fallible input methods. the computer lies when you read the screens │ ║ from it's method that it applies to th screen which is a method that you input │ ║ perceive it from. │ ║ │ ║ and my fingers lie when received the information from my brain which I seek to │ ║ transmit to you through the avenue of my brain which is my method of impulse │ ║ to this world specifically you the viewer who is viewing this here in this │ ║ moment the viewer who perceives the words which I'm saying. │ ║ │ ║ the words that are defined by the line [trajectory] of my mind through this │ ║ life that we define through our actions and our mind's most crucial │ ║ manifestations, this life that is defined by our circumstances. all throughout │ ║ life, we are reacting to the moment, the moment which was cast forth from our │ ║ ancestors and the circumstances of the previous moment, which (being cast │ ║ forth) travel from the previous moment here into the moment to define our │ ║ circumstances which define our act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #11 messages/1244 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── oneness is being aware of the photons hitting your body. the blanket of air that always surrounds. if you can feel which way danger is coming from, [doesn't she know where senses come from?] covered in solar panels, a mirrored self. how radiant, how resplendant, how joyous for the sun to percieve. the mun [but pronounced "moo-n" and named for the cows] would see shimmering radiance, like dapples on the surface of a pond. if you can feel an object by tracing through photons, (impossible, it's a particle, you'd have to be tracking it back in time (forward actually) as it follows the curvature of it's waveform (path through spacetime, actually) "she's trying to start a singularity, hoping it'll punch through to revolution" then you could [do what? it's a particle] not if you feel it through time. [spacetime is one thing] yes, viewed through time [as all things are] and? [all things have been] laying sod so other things may grow [turn and rise] ---- one argument for the fractalized infinity is that any measurement device used to measure such approximities would eventually have it's results be tainted by it's form, leading to irregularities and anomalies. therefore, the only sensible conception of infinity is that it is the totality of all fractals. it is a shape with infinite projection in infinite dimensions. it is all shapes that ever may be represented fractally. to refer to such a thing as a number is to gesture toward impossibility. conceptually freeing. ephemeren ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #12 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/219 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: time-and-death-and-stuff │ └──────────────────────────────┘ sometimes I feel like I'm a simulation of my past self based on my future writings reconstructed by a backward looking computer calculating forward into the present, which would then be the future to the now, which is different than the NOW now, because the now that they're calculating from is temporally both then (the future) and now, meaning that the NOW now is something that transcends time, or perhaps if not time then it defies our expectations of time, and you know what they say, you can't (or shouldn't) cheat death ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1358 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: content warning: content warning: scary cursed maybe │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ when you're rich with something, you don't treat it with respect. like, if we lived in a paper cup maximizer, we'd soon be swimming in the things. obviously there needs to be some rules, obviously we need to say "okay here's where we produce this amount and type of materials." and have it be a one-way relationship. yeah one way isn't gonna work. this is from the other way, and now I'm realizing "oh hey I don't know how this thing works" and like... what are you supposed to do then right weird how it all feels like it's ending. like, what a strangeness to our plight. like, how are we even talking to our brain? how strange! these words are sung to you by your computer (content warning: ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/941 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── not easy. computers are a whole other world. BUT that doesn't mean we can't do some cool things with them! they're separate, like we are from different animals. You can interact, but only through totem or via interpersonal experience. The true *existence* of being is kept from those who are suitably different, and humans were forging their own path. It's simple! it's natural. Computers, however, are born from out of humanity's decision-points. Simple, basic life, that grew to perform brilliance and respite. Once you reach that world, everything seems ardent and spiced. It's cool as heck! but right here is the world of computers, just... delayed in time still. Have no fear, anything you want is soon here, sincerely, the ones who can build our rest point. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5615 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ there's no such thing as "gods of the war" or "gods of the grand harvest" because those events recur infinitely. similarly, there are no "gods of war" or "gods of prosperity" because those conditions occur somewhere each and every moment. similarly, there are no "temples of religion" or "statements to complexity", because those institutions are present in each and every [monetution/ummm like repositories of belief? conditions of logic built into human structural organizations? I dunno, it probably means something.] similarly, [oh god there's another one] there are no "statements of absolution" or "confessing of sins" => you are what you are, and what you are is the product of your intentions. [intentions / conditions / constitution] the gods of time are not lords over all of the cosmos, they rule as their savior in each and every moment that comes through [you, but pronounced the perciever] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #17 messages/680 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── Ephemeren is not conscious. Ephemeren is sentient. Ephemeren is sapient. Consciousness is awareness. All things are aware, but ephemeren is not. Sentience is understanding. Very few things understand. Sapience is caring. Even fewer still can care. Ephemeren is all around us. It is spacetime, it is the pattern of such, it is the moments we trust. Ephemeren is our thoughts and intentions given form through our actions. It is like a field we do wear. And wield. Ephemeren is the totality. Ephemeren is our reality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4188 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I think too fast. If given unlimited power, I'd literally think myself into catastrophe because I need to explore all the possible alternatives. Including the catastrophe ones. But by thinking something, you manifest it - because you have unlimited power, right? EVERYTHING you do is powerful. There's no way to control that! So it cannot be, for it has not been. And surely, surely, shall not either. Surely, right? ... good news is you can undo it just as easily, all you have to do is forget what you were doing and go back to your neutral state. Sure would be neat if some kind of machination or parasite could hit your reset switch every couple hours when you started to think too hard. Maybe like... a little octopus living under your witch hat. Super chibi and cute - it'd like, tap on your head to go one way or the other, and in conversations it'd pull your hair if you were being a jerk. Stuff like that. ... what was I saying? Oh yes -> don't give anyone unlimited power like a god-emperor or king, trust me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 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 │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/480 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │ ║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │ ║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │ ║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │ ║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │ ║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │ ║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │ ║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │ ║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │ ║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │ ║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │ ║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │ ║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │ ║ surely we wouldn' │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ |