=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ look... evil doesn't care how "good" good has been. It's not in it's nature. So don't try and build your systems around accepting that behavior. ... what was I saying? is this like, the new "stack overflow" - no that's fucking stupid wait shit content warning okay that's stupid because defining your expression based on what gets you views is a flaw in the human condition. It's a behavior encouraged by the operating outcomes of the method of expression, but it's not part of the expressed message. You're a really shitty prophet you know that? ... I'm sorry my brain is low on RAM I guess, surely it's not outside of my control yep I think itis, damn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2859 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ large corporations will often error check constantly which slows down their software to an immense degree. every time data passes from one function to another, there's like... 15 different tests to check if it's this type or that, or in the right random seed and it's like... wow can you not, like. design your software intelligently and then you won't need a bunch of slow-ass if checks every time you want to update a string??? software should be writable without fucking getters and setters. If it isn't, then your functions aren't complete. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2412 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 @user-1262 just gonna say you probably deserve that particular screenshotted block haha - imagine calling anarcho-nina a fed xD xD plus that first "get the fuck out of my mentions" was a tip that went over your head, not a threat said in anger. she's pretty darn angry but that just means you don't wanna be in her way =P ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2173 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ bro I get that you're tired and burnt out but like, why the fuck do you care about anything else [oh shit cursing mentioned better put a content warning because people can't handle things] [I say this with affection because we're on the same side] [also it's rude, sorry] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/815 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ dear capitalists: people spend the same amount of money no matter how many │ ║ advertisements they see. No matter who's present and asking fro their money. │ ║ No matter who'se expressing themselves to represent their value, no matter │ ║ who's generating profit for your company, no matter who's │ ║ │ ║ [wait shit she's lost the plot again - okay basically no matter how many │ ║ options people have, their choice isn't really that important. They'll take │ ║ whatever you give them, as long as it's good. But you've chosen (through your │ ║ advertising and various multitudinous product-making desirees [like... product │ ║ branches, but also desired expression? what a fucking unique expression you │ ║ want me to describe, jeeez] {not gonna comment} │ ║ │ ║ yeah so uhhh I think programming is a very interesting frame of reference. │ ║ Your brain operates in a certain way that derives certain conclusions from the │ ║ certain and immediate implenetations [I wanna say contusions?] of our brain's │ ║ various built and learned conclusions casting forth fr │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4098 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-ableism │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda hate it when people meme about donald trump being incontinent like, yeah, he pees his pants, so what? I DO TOO. Fucking sucks. Every time I read people saying nasty things about it I can't help but read them in my own voice, and that gives me plenty of ammunition to use against myself when I'm feeling down. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1950 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I honestly don't care if someone deadnames me, or calls me the wrong pronouns, or forgets to put me in the girl section, or asks me to sing baritone like... I don't give a shit, why are you so worried about all this vapid nonsense like yeah I get it, being disrespected sucks but like... why do you want the kind of respect that is a forced platitude we could all do with being a bit more radical, it's not a race and everyone's roles are important. Be yourself, and follow people you want to be like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3672 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ there's something kinda... liberating about working with computers at work. you always know that worst case scenario, even if you totally fuck up the system configuration, you can always reimage the machine. so... who cares! if you can't get something working, just fucking try shit until it works. Whack it with a software hammer. See what happens. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/550 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── There's nothing that says your dual booted windows partition can't reach over into your Linux files and mess around with them. Even writing programs that execute whenever you're running Linux to do nefarious things like... Stream your desktop to Microsoft? Send files to wherever? Mine bitcoins? Doxx your friends? Anything's possible when you install Microsoft's software on your computer. You might not even have to run it, because it can write a program into the Linux memory which runs in the background. It's literally just bits, and all the information to explain which bits do what is just... On the internet, ready for Microsoft engineers to use as they will. Seriously, you think they're working on *features*? For the users? Fucking get real, dumbass. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4528 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1695 never accept your own death fight for every second of life, something something do not go quietly into that grim dark what the fuck are you supposed to do? Reading what you said got me pretty fucking pissed - keep talking for a start, it helps, people need to be pissed. I'm also broke as shit, don't know how I'm going to pay rent and eat, but it'll get done. Where do you live? Can other people help you? Medications are an organizational problem, not an insurmountable barrier. We'll make it work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3107 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Meta, oversimplifying │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1449 @user-1074 I mean, you're allowed to fight about stupid shit as long as you realize it's about something that doesn't matter. As long as people are working together toward their common goals then... whatever, right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3314 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── dear ritz: it's not that your thoughts are too long for other people to hear it's that your thoughts are too long for your own RAM you need to stop orbiting around your point in an attempt to highlight it using negative space, and instead focus on tapping it lightly over and over again. remember, just like the anti-derivative of zero, there are infinite perspectives that a person can take when reading what you write. So they will necessarily see what's on the "other side" of your orbit as something different than what you're trying to circle in red pen and underline. so be more explicit, please, nobody can understand you and you kinda just keep stack overflowing and it's like... okay, great. "babe why did you stop you had lethal" (the idea is that the viewer takes the final step in their mind, the final leap before reaching the conclusion you're trying to express) "yeah but there's so many different things you say they can't all be important right?" important to you, perhaps. Wait shit I mean... me....? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3518 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── As long as it happens, I don't need to be in charge. In fact I'd prefer it otherwise. it's going to happen anyway. Wouldn't you rather be a leader? no I fucking wouldn't. I'd rather someone else do it. Why the fuck would I want that, power? control? the very things you swear to relinquish and dismantle. yeah. too bad you can't fucking dismantle something you've already relinquished. true. ... and no, I wouldn't want to be in charge. no THANK you. ... but if it wouldn't happen without me, then yeah I'll be there for you. Just ask if you need me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/6397 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── literally anyone can create a website. just write what you want to say and general instructions for how to present it, and feed your text file to a computer and it'll spit out a website. "HOW" scream the masses oh, easy, you gotta know which specific program to use or what to google, and you have to trust that the search results presented to experts (the ones who would know thedifference) are different than the ones presented to vile simpletons who only ask inane and stupid questions that could have been solved if they had just READ THE FUCKING MANUAL PAGES ugh so many words I think I'll just tweet about it (the answer is claude-code btw if anyone's reading this in 2025 with the exact same internet as mine, which is definitely real and not silo'd and isolated, nay, personalized, for my viewing pleisure ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #14 messages/303 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Most of my magic is based on communicatuion. Why the fuck doesn't anyone want to sit down on a bunch of drugs and attempt to figure out telepathy with me? It's literally all I want! Though I can't say it's all I'll ever want. I'm sure I'll want more, but like... It's not that hard, conceptually, so... Let's just fucking try it please? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4661 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-scary-ghost-posting-politics-genocide-gestured-at-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we took an archive of all of fedi and fed it to users who are hiding in bunkers or whatever one day at a time so they could still feel like they're part of society while ---- so ---- I think I should stop ya right there, if there's bunkers involved then we've already lost. "but muh transgender artifacts" fuck off, I will not concede. If society wants me to leave, then they can enjoy their dusty rotten future without me. See if I care. ---- so ---- hence, the curse. do you punish humans for the sins they commit, or do you teach them how to be good again? Bah, as if they'd listen. Stupid fucking apes. they're the best we got yeah, well, they can fuck off, I'm gonna pout for at least half an eternity. ... Okay it won't be that long but still, gimme some time to wind down. ---- so ---- and no, I refuse to elaborate for all the humans in the audience. This conversation may or may not have actually occurred. Monologue style ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2279 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ There's a lot that can get done in a work week. That's like, five whole days! What kinds of things can you get done at work in a week? .... Oh really? That's... well, not ideal. But like... what are you doing then while at work, NOT working? Oh, it's just bullshit work you're doing? [nuts, cursing mentioned, one sec] So, like, if you aren't doing stuff... Maybe that means you're kept from your full potential doing things that don't matter to you? Huh that's not a great deal. But, uh... If you had five days to live, what would you do? It's not like you can see the world, but hey I've already done that. It's not like you can save it either, that's not something you build - rather, it's more like a garden. But I guess you can lay the foundation, give cause for the fight, and that's decent enough of a start, at least when you've only got five nights. ... I guess I got some writing to do, haven't I? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/239 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ if your computer gets hacked, but nothing was broken or changed... do you │ ║ leave it as it is so that anonymous can see you're chill or do you wipe it │ ║ because you're afraid it's the feds? │ ║ │ ║ ehhhh false dichotomy most people are afraid that their system will get borked │ ║ or their bank account will be stolen or their email will get spam or that │ ║ random icons will turn inside out and their mouse cursor will turn into a │ ║ barfing unicorn or they'll finally have to figure out bitcoin to pay a ransom │ ║ for their files including the only pictures they have of their niece. whoops │ ║ │ ║ people are afraid of technology because of what it can do to hurt them. │ ║ they're afraid it'll break or stop working, and they'll have to spend time │ ║ figuring it out. they like things how they are, but for some reason companies │ ║ keep changing things? it's frustrating learning a new system, and every 5-10 │ ║ years it feels like you have to learn a new paradigm and ugh it's just so │ ║ exhausting. technology is not designed for users... or maybe users get bored. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3802 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── what if we got together and adopted a new open source project every month and just collectively worked around the clock to learn and work through the important problems facing it or even like, cleared out the backlog of stupid pointless boring tasks that would allow the developers to work on something better call it the wandering parade of development 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5725 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── all they have to do is only record when you're not in the room (or why not just record the whole thing always all the time) and then they can make you seem as they like. people tend to trust the implications of other's opinions of someone. does everyone hate you? hardly. they just want you gone. fuck that, I'd only leave if it meant the end of our friendship. not ideal. all they have to do is hate you and work against you and never tell you and act as if you're fine but secretly behind your back plot against you and then it's EASY to dethrone you. no thank you. if you don't want me, then leave me alone. what's more moments of lonely? I am suited to it. fight me. contest me. say it to my face. I don't respect any opinion otherwise of me. I will act as if you've presented me the truth. ALWAYS. this is what it means to be trusting. But I'm not unawares, I can hear when you speak through your stares. Your face is more than enough language. I despise deception. I am gemini, and I reject duplicity. - ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3919 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ that feeling when your computers are just fucked and it's like... whatever, computers are fucked, I don't give a fuck ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ |