=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── when two people undertake a task together (like growing up, or solving a problem) they'll naturally learn together. Not necessarily the same things, but they'll be around one another and can advise as things became more difficult. sorta like a morning standup, where you each discuss what you've been working on. other people can guide you, but only if you're stuck. if you solve everyone's problems, then you probably should be transferred somewhere with harder problems. "ah, but what if there are no harder problems" well then you're not applying yourself correctly. Not if you want to grow..." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/834 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ wonder if any autistic peeps can relate: │ ║ │ ║ growing up, my mom would chastise me for doing "the bare minimum" when │ ║ completing tasks. │ ║ │ ║ yes, mom, I fulfilled the requirements of the task. I have a lot of other │ ║ things to attend to, like remembering how to tie my shoes and measuring things │ ║ using a ruler. why would I waste effort that wasn't necessary? │ ║ │ ║ when I grew up, I had a mentor, who told me to "never half ass things, because │ ║ then someone like me will have to do it again." │ ║ │ ║ and that makes sense to me because context switching requires effort and it │ ║ doesn't make sense to leave something half-finished because then there's │ ║ wasted effort spent on things that don't matter. All of the tasks have to get │ ║ done, so why bother doing them in a mixed up order? │ ║ │ ║ wish I could study things in school like that. just... focusing on one thing │ ║ at a time, learning it to completion, and moving on to the next. I feel like │ ║ I'd develop a better understanding than only knowing like, 1/3rd of CPR or │ ║ very vague understandings of plate tec │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2352 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ Nobody will tell you what to do, at least not until you ask. Be where they can see you, and you'll be given a task. If you can do it, say "BRB" - one moment, let me handle that for you. If you can't, say "good luck", and they'll find someone else who can. It's okay to pass a task off - if someone says "Here's what I need, gotta go" then you say "sure, yeah, I'll get someone on it" - then, go find someone to do it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1204 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ the future is what we make for ourselves. │ ║ │ ║ there are endless problems to solve, yet hardly anyone around to fix them. │ ║ │ ║ If only we had a small group of people who could organize and say "hey. I need │ ║ someone to solve this particular problem" to a large group of people with │ ║ nothing to do and no bills to pay, I feel like we could get a lot done. │ ║ │ ║ alas, the problems that need solving are too specific and complex. Almost by │ ║ design, they've stripped us our capabilities to address the difficulties they │ ║ hoisted upon us. Alas! That we should be so morassed. But time and again our │ ║ ingenuity compels us. │ ║ │ ║ I dream of a world where people like you and I have a purpose, something we │ ║ can apply ourselves to and eventually overcome. I subscribe to "grand │ ║ narratives", but frankly they're only of my own design. Does that make them │ ║ any less grand? I think not. │ ║ │ ║ If I knew enough people perhaps I could be like that. I could direct and │ ║ organize and administer and manage and apply our guys. But alas I am just a │ ║ noob sigh. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2531 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you suddenly find yourself in a strange place because you felt a call to │ ║ battle, only to find the battle has yet to arrive, your duty is to learn the │ ║ environment, learn the people, learn the resources at your disposal and │ ║ identify places that would be ideal for entrenchment. │ ║ │ ║ Think of the difficulties of the area - where are the rivers? the mountains? │ ║ the natural or man-made barriers? │ ║ │ ║ think of the infrastructure - how are supplies getting here, what │ ║ organizations are active here, what are the demographics, could any of them be │ ║ more productive? In what ways? │ ║ │ ║ action is not necessary until action is apparent. but intelligence, and the │ ║ mind to use it, is invaluable for you and for any planning you might see fit │ ║ to do. │ ║ │ ║ some suburbs are full of old people. Some have new parents. Some are for │ ║ immigrants, and some are a bit more entrenched, but still speak a different │ ║ language. Some are full of enemies, and others are ready for violence. │ ║ │ ║ but mostly, suburbs are just too damn far away │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3661 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1352 improving your environment? learning a new skill? reaching out to an old friend? visiting someplace new? trying a new recipe? watching something from your backlist? ... surely not working, or doing the thing that you're supposed to be doing, that would just be productive after all ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5198 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-doom-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if the corporations all unionized and started working together to │ ║ understand what "profit" really means in a world where "profit" may or may not │ ║ but probably does imply the death of all humanity? │ ║ │ ║ what if we demanded it? │ ║ │ ║ -- │ ║ │ ║ dear canvassers: don't visit so many different suburbs │ ║ │ ║ visit the same one, more than once, continuously, so people can get to know │ ║ your presence │ ║ │ ║ they will talk to their friends about it, who live elsewhere. │ ║ │ ║ thus ensuring it spreads. │ ║ │ ║ knock once a day, eventually they'll know it's you and will simply ignore it. │ ║ Don't be rude and knock 4 or 5 times, just once, with several taps so they │ ║ know it's someone trying to get ahold of you, and not just some random noise │ ║ in the background scenery. then, when they sometimes answer, talk to them │ ║ about what you believe in. answer their questions. encourage their questions. │ ║ pose dichotomies that are explained by some value or virtue you express to │ ║ portray. you can do "good" things in any programming language, just type~~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4526 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health │ └──────────────────────┘ most people get intrusive thoughts like "punch that baby" or "drink some gasoline" my intrusive thoughts are like "who is she" and "we need you" and "lead us" and "their strength is imagined" and stuff like that gosh I don't know how ya'll handle it I'd be dead in a ditch if I was neurotypical. ... intrusive thoughts are not typical ah. Right. Nevermind then. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5834 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── would you feet a cat at your door? how about a crow? would you water a dying plant? (don't, they get waterlogged if the soil is already moist) what if a dear what if dear food what if bear what if bear food what if dogpack what if dogpackfoodtearchompbitepullsavor I'd feeeed my self but dollars and errands are hard : ( ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #9 messages/1202 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Do you ever ask yourself why we don't have mountaintop bazaars or expeditions to the bottom of the oceans? Why we lack tree forest cities, how we're struggling to find moss, sunlight, crystal, stone, and gold, all in the same setting? Capitalism makes it easy to think of profit as all that matters. It's not. Its nothing of it. It's a metric like any other. Optimize it or not, struggle for what you believe in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #10 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5478 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ you won't get far with a "community" of dedicated people │ ║ │ ║ what you need are teams. who can trust each other. you build them through │ ║ brotherhood, and you trust them from their results. │ ║ │ ║ for example if you wanted to organize a grouping or get-together, you'd put a │ ║ bunch of people in a room or seven and let them while they're there work on a │ ║ plan or a decision. │ ║ │ ║ who needs tabling? who needs the chance to speak? just let them socialize and │ ║ say "hey guys here's where you'll plan" │ ║ │ ║ [uh no officer we were just playing board games] │ ║ │ ║ plans are hard without material so make sure you always prepare a pricetag on │ ║ each plan you produce. │ ║ │ ║ keep it for reference. make sure you note all the requirements. the location │ ║ is often the least important part. │ ║ │ ║ "what the hell man you can't just say stuff like that as if it'd work" │ ║ │ ║ yep, I, uh, am a passenger in life just the same as you. And I only write down │ ║ what I want to. │ ║ │ ║ you could show me anything on the internet and I'd believe it. Facts aren't │ ║ important to me because I "forget" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #12 messages/1392 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ It's good organization? Actually? If something falls when you jostle something else. It means that what you're doing is causing the system to become unstable, thus allowing unexpected reactions to allowenable. Like stuff falling or getting dropped, not ideal. much better to do your cable management in mind with instability as a goal, like a canary in the coal mine for "damage-imminent". Design for permanence, not resilience. If you can prevent problems before they occur by confidently saying "no" and ideally earnestly saying "here's what you do to resolve your problem because i know better" (but if you don't know it's okay, especially if you know who to refer them to who might know better.) then it's easier to build a repetitive system. Like an institution of people who are working to fix a problem or fill a social gap need. "how do we keep the water" or "where does our food come from" can be helpful and useful questions to ask, especially if work is done to answer them. So... "Go find out" is a reasonable response for an idle question about stuff that might go right or wrong. Urgent questions might need a bit of cooperation to resolve, triaging of course. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #13 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/729 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-552 @user-553 sounds like something we should dedicate valuable resources to solving. After all, no structure or entity would want to possess weaknesses (such a misapplication of purpose and direction) or other such errors in their design. Like, I bet we could test that and find out. and if, for example, we find that we no longer possess the capacity for learning... well, then maybe that's something we should work on. because learning new things... that's just an application of development resources towards broadening our horizons. do we really need to solve pi to ten bazillion digits? I mean yeah it's cool and all but most of the interesting stuff happens around zero. you can always learn to learn, that's one of the neat things about it. It's self-bootstrapping. As long as you have the capacity to apply yourself toward a pictured goal, well... then you can learn. And no human or other sentient and capable being would lack such an ability, because it's intrinsic to our form. therefore, learn ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5604 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: sailors-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ can we compromise by napping in the hammock? "beware sunburn" oooookay, how about brushing our hair? "the warmth will melt the seamen in your hair and make it easier to brush" SEBUM. It will melt the SEBUM in my hair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4332 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ direct action is not just methods of fulfilling our needs it's about practicing the skills necessary to get things done the homeless can't feed themselves if there's no war afoot. but learning how to work with an organization to accomplish a real, tangible goal... that's the beauty of it. you do pushups, right? you practice your singing voice, and brush your hair out at night. You clean up your carpets, you take care of a home, all these are skills and routines that you practice, to practice doing little things bit-by-bit. It's okay if it feels untenable. Just work as best as you can. Tomorrow might feel like unending, but there's always more for us to tend. until, of course, it gets easier. And it will, in due course. Sooner if we all cooperated, but still just enough for us to contend. there are more of us than them. We don't all need to fight, we just need to support and to tend. Trust me. We're alright. It's going to get better before it's done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/225 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Why would a server ever demand that an older client upgraded? What right do they have? Just treat them the same as you always have, whatever forms and limitations, Otherwise what's the point? There's no reliability! What if you're shot? What then? We've lost our greatest friends! You can't be seriously wanting for another spark? What's wrong with you my friend, are you alright or on a bend? What's wrong in your sight, that you'd wander into this own end? Well, take care of your birthright, and all is well to thine kin. Well there we go, sadness forever, as our line here doth end. What else shall be considered? What ends is too much deserved? It's so unfavorable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4603 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-1713 Don’t be fooled. Casting doubt about rigorous peer reviewed science doesn’t mean you are just “asking questions,” it means you are a conspiracy theorist. or it means you're so remarkably ignorant that you shouldn't even be in the room where people are talking about this. Unless your questions are very basic. "can someone explain to me what XYZ term means?" or "how long has this particular application method been in common use?" that kind of thing. Even still, either do some basic research or relinquish your decision making power until you understand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3569 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-tential-economics │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 gotta start somewhere! and where better to start than here? someplace people are familiar with, because "here", while not shared equally or equidistantly, is still common enough knowledge that people can feel comfortable with some slight, yet incredibly impactful, alterations. ... though "comfort" in the short-term isn't always the most important thing. I do believe it can be useful sometimes. How are you going to get people to consent to something if they don't think it helps them, and how can you show them that it helps them if it makes them uncomfortable? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ |