=== ANCHOR POEM ===
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 @user-521 
 
 perhaps we as humans needed to face them not just physically, but spiritually
 as well. Hence the focus on willpower and fighting prowess.
text from the post that was included in the image, but not the text body of the post:  perhaps we as humans needed to face them not just physically, but spiritually as well. Hence the focus on willpower and fighting prowess.  at the beginning of the movie they might try shooting them with guns / explosives, I forget? if they don't work then maybe it's because these types of monsters don't "believe" it'll work (because they don't "get" what an explosion is) but punching it will because they "get" what being punched implies  ... haven't seen the movie in a while. They're from a different dimension, right?
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 fediverse/5694 ---
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 if I can convince them not to fight will you give me what I demand?
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--- #2 fediverse/963 ---
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 @user-690 
 
 clarity and focused will, respectively
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--- #3 messages/1126 ---
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 life isn't meant to be destroyed, but, humans these days will only really get
 up to fight for the end of the world.
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--- #4 fediverse/4333 ---
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 @user-1660 
 
 welcome to the fight
 nurture that ember, and spark others alight
 
 what feelings you have tonight
 are what give you sight.
 
 the strength in our core
 delivers us from plight.
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--- #5 fediverse/4014 ---
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 I don't know about you, but "trying my hardest" involves giving up sometimes.
 
 How else are you to know your limits if you don't test your boundaries? And,
 after finding that there's nowhere else for you to go, you turn around and
 "give up", until you're ready for your next expedition.
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--- #6 fediverse/3261 ---
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 did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with
 olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over
 lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish
 their presence in our life-world-line.
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--- #7 messages/204 ---
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 Don't be afraid. You will overcome every challenge that becomes you, it's just
 a question of how. That's up to your expression, so do as you will.
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--- #8 fediverse/2134 ---
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 but we, being united in our shared common societal solidarity, as in the
 shared struggles and hopes that we have, perceive each and every things that
 passes through us. Our thoughts. These, we
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--- #9 fediverse/1672 ---
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 @user-1037 
 
 speaking from the perspective of a witch, the land does not care what lines we
 draw in the sand. Lines are a human thing.
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--- #10 messages/250 ---
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 The hardest part about mental struggles is that the battlefield often turns
 out to be your relationships with your friends.
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--- #11 messages/530 ---
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 The strength of a leader is determined not by how many arms they may bear, but
 by how many sets of arms they may bring to bear
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--- #12 fediverse_boost/95 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  "A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."  
  
                                                            
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--- #13 fediverse/2278 ---
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 confidence is contagious, but so is despair.
 
 courage is the strength to channel despair to confident power. It is the means
 by which all contests are won.
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--- #14 fediverse_boost/5566 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  We have to figure out how to take care of each other and fight alongside one another which means we have to actually, like, listen to each other.  
  
                                                            
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--- #15 messages/279 ---
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 If you lack burning passion, seek to empower those that do. There you will
 find fulfillment, and perhaps you'll find your passions become aligned to
 theirs.
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--- #16 fediverse/946 ---
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 @user-661 
 
 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear
 from ruling your life?
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--- #17 fediverse/6225 ---
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 high weight, few reps = strength
 low weight, high reps = stamina
 
 strength will fail you.
 stamina won't avail you.
 
 both is good.
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--- #18 fediverse/3932 ---
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 @user-889 
 
 don't give up!
 
 I know that feeling!
 
 it is defeated with persistence!
 
 don't give up!
 
 you can make it!
 
 there's always tomorrow!
 
 so don't give up!
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--- #19 fediverse/5496 ---
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 "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your
 own?"
 
 - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard
 
 empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how
 are your traps mentally prepared?
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--- #20 fediverse/1275 ---
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 Our chances may be
 
 far from pioneered
 
 but our chances may be in our favor
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--- #21 fediverse/5267 ---
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 "okay but why are you so focused on outliving it"
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--- #22 fediverse/886 ---
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 if you want to win when confronting a spirit, all you have to do is convince
 it that you've beaten it.
 
 as long as you're persistent then you're fine. Unless, of course, there's a
 beast of a man hiding behind the illusion, in which case you should do your
 best to avoid being stabbed or whatever.
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--- #23 fediverse/688 ---
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 @user-514 @user-515 
 
 when humanity is fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth.
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--- #24 fediverse/14 ---
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 ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of
 burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and
 renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are
 imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from
 you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if
 not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand
 but pronounced  weird)
 
 the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance
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--- #25 fediverse/6342 ---
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 revolution
 doesn't
 have
 to be
 about
 them
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--- #26 messages/1027 ---
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 And the people did lose faith, for the king was an amateur who lacked the
 hypervigilance of professionals
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--- #27 fediverse/2882 ---
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 in regards to my food habits, PLEASE do as I say, not as I do. for your own
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--- #28 fediverse/5608 ---
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 socialism, in my mind, will always be a war-time economy.
 
 If there is no martial peril at stake, the war will be fought against
 scarcity, until one day communism is implemented.
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--- #29 fediverse/1424 ---
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 the devil shows you the plan, and then prevents all others from understanding.
 
 the angel is when you give up and focus on purity.
 
 what is life if not the will to power? there's nothing stranger than a
 follower. [I don't understand that, feels like a diversion]
 
 [huh new paragraph I guess]
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--- #30 fediverse/2224 ---
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 No plan survives contact with the enemy, and any plan that everyone knows is a
 plan that your enemy knows.
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--- #31 fediverse/1708 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 people who don't write have no idea who they are. perhaps in time they will
 know enough to describe themselves with newfound language they never knew how
 to wield.
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--- #32 messages/81 ---
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 If humans don't have intrinsic worth, then neither do animals. Yet we humans
 respect animals to the best of our abilities.
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--- #33 fediverse/6264 ---
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 the more you can make your opponent adjust, the more you progress toward
 victory.
 
 burn their calories. make them work for it. if they're stronger, you're weak.
 plan as with that in mind.
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--- #34 fediverse/5997 ---
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 they attack the bad guys in our provinces and say that it's our foes, and they
 attack the bad guys in their provinces and say that it's ours that are foes
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--- #35 messages/1123 ---
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 Heaven is when the (human) spirit is allowed to shine. It is a place of magic,
 luck, and lessons.
 
 We built it for you. It will always follow you, ever just out of sight,
 waiting for you to fall, that it might catch you and help you stand.
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--- #36 fediverse/1558 ---
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 Just because you haven't won yet, doesn't mean you've lost.
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--- #37 fediverse/4432 ---
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 @user-1678 
 
 warriors need help the most.
 
 why should they cook and clean if they're busy dying for you?
 
 help them. Do what you can for them. Or become one yourself.
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--- #38 messages/476 ---
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 Disasters and their consequences have been the circumstances for the entire
 human race.
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--- #39 fediverse/2541 ---
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 rhythm and rhyme are meant to be abused. be creative and it won't matter.
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--- #40 fediverse/6328 ---
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 part of the responsibility of being part of a tribe is to relinquish control
 to others. your fates must be intertwined, and if this is to be the case, you
 must be guided.
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--- #41 fediverse/1861 ---
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 reminder to always have someone in your life who is more hardcore than you.
 
 also, try and always have someone in your life who is less hardcore than you.
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--- #42 fediverse/313 ---
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 when we're fully grown, we won't need all the resources on earth.
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--- #43 bluesky#36 ---
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 people are terrified, yet within me I feel a bright brilliant light.
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--- #44 fediverse/5640 ---
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 protests are where they prey on your most faithful.
 
 EDIT: with energy, but in a riot much more so.
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--- #45 fediverse/6262 ---
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 don't ever sacrifice a creature to a fate that is unknown.
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--- #46 messages/956 ---
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 Dear me:
 
 You are not a god, you are what the gods wish to be.
 
 You are beautiful you are inspired you're anxious and always tired. All these
 are necessary for me.
 
 Do you want to be mortal forever? Die in battle and be rewarded. Risk your
 life to live longer.
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--- #47 fediverse/5144 ---
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 my fediverse posts are not campaign promises, and should not be received as
 things I will always continue to believe.
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--- #48 messages/1133 ---
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 if you ever survive a conflict, convince everyone to travel to different
 nearby cities. Continue to do so, spread the word of your victory.
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--- #49 fediverse/2713 ---
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 if you aren't organized enough to protect your commanders, then you don't
 deserve leaders.
 
 build the structure first. build it on honesty and trust and dedication toward
 a goal. then build the necessary adaptations as you encounter problems, trying
 vaguely to head in a particular direction, and eventually you'll become
 self-sustaining.
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--- #50 fediverse/2773 ---
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 my mask is the best worker I've ever met. They're kind, thoughtful,
 hardworking, sharp, precise, value driven, and will always help their allies
 when they finish their work (to a fast and high-quality degree). Shame they
 can't last too long before the mask starts to slip, at which point I become
 essentially unemployable.
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 [6/5]
 And now, several months after I made this post, I feel no less inspired. From
 within me burns a fire and I cannot restrain it any longer.
 
 Their numbers are not that much larger. We have many advantages they do not
 possess. Use them to your advantage, but do not neglect the necessary losses.
 Fight back with your fists if you must, but do try and fight back with your
 purses.
 
 We are all in this together, each child woman and man. We live on a planet
 together, and they have forced us to fight for our very lives.
 
 Our fates are calling. We will get stronger. We will overcome.
 
 They are at their zenith. We can only get higher. Fight until the last day!
 Today is the day to be inspired.
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 everyone in the world wants to know how to resist
 
 so... let's show them how to do it *right*
 
 it's our duty, and theirs, to fight what what is right.
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--- #53 messages/226 ---
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 The fighter doth not know who he is fighting
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--- #54 fediverse/962 ---
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 when considering the benefit of the doubt, consider doubting the benefit of
 consideration.
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--- #55 fediverse/2881 ---
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 "never lose your totem"
 
 I only lose things when in motion. at rest I know where everything is.
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--- #56 messages/625 ---
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 I am not personally prepared for violence, but that doesn't mean I won't tell
 you why to do it.
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--- #57 fediverse/4049 ---
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 humans can only do what they believe they can do because they believe they can
 do
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--- #58 bluesky#47 ---
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 when tension increases, decrease the amount of decisions made so we have more
 time to decide how we feel.
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--- #59 messages/400 ---
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 The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man,
 while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with.
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--- #60 fediverse/1771 ---
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 if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them.
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--- #61 fediverse/1989 ---
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 I don't care who you are, but if others aren't fighting to be in your life,
 then do they really belong there?
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--- #62 messages/1234 ---
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 "how much time do we have?"
 
 "not enough for fear."
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--- #63 messages/353 ---
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 Just think about what a good person would do, and there's your answer to each
 question in the moment. Just... Be strategic about it, make sure you're always
 working toward a goal. Do it with intention, do it with heart, and never hide
 your true impulses - they are what your demon seeks to corrupt.
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--- #64 messages/106 ---
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 You are but human. You are fallible, which is known to us. This is why they
 tempt you, and why they remind you of perils.
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--- #65 messages/666 ---
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 It doesn't have to be more complicated than "give us money and we'll fight
 back the right wing death squads"
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--- #66 fediverse/5650 ---
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 I exist now at the height of my gluttony.
 
 I need more to be demanded of me.
 
 I am not afraid to ask for help.
 
 I solve other people's problems before my own.
 
 I have very little insight into my habits and patterns.
 
 My memory isn't great, but I recall details that matter.
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--- #67 messages/103 ---
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 *which is why I try to be as unique as I can.
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--- #68 fediverse/4068 ---
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 there will always be people who shine in moments of strife
 
 yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses
 it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead
 
 the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value
 
 during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become
 stalin
 
 never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy,
 else we fall into shame and despair.
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--- #69 messages/1138 ---
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 Valor, for the Iranian people.
 Vigor, for the American people.
 Violence, for the principled few.
 Authority, for those who knew.
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--- #70 fediverse/2774 ---
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 I want to emphasize that my mask is just as much a part of me as the other
 part.
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--- #71 fediverse_boost/4779 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  I genuinely wish all Nazis in this world either an epiphany of the truth or a bullet to the head.  
                                                                              
  Either one is fine.                                                         
  
                                                            
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--- #72 fediverse/5577 ---
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 for every foe, you must face the woe.
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--- #73 messages/359 ---
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 "God doesn't know he ate the universe, and we're doing everything we can to
 make sure it stays that way."
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--- #74 messages/663 ---
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 "cheetos are not a healthy dinner!" my mother's voice echoes through my mind
 as I reach for my chopsticks
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--- #75 fediverse/3107 ---
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 │ CW: re: Meta, oversimplifying │
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 @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?
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--- #76 fediverse/1722 ---
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 │ CW: food-mentioned   │
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 harsh lessons of adulthood - sometimes food is not eaten for the taste, but
 rather for how it will make you feel slightly better in the next few days.
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--- #77 notes/be-not-afraid ---
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 Be not afraid, my darling sweet one
 Time will find you, no matter what you have done
 But be not afraid, and you will not perish,
 
 Be not afraid, though terror may come.
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--- #78 fediverse/3453 ---
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 my favorite thing about strategy is how it can be abstracted!
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--- #79 fediverse/6454 ---
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 the first lesson for an immortal is this: the humans will always be smarter
 than [you/you expect/you except].
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--- #80 messages/565 ---
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 What if we told teachers to teach lessons like "the urgency of time" or "the
 frailty of life" or "divide and conquer" or whatever
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--- #81 fediverse_boost/4943 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Ask people to work against their better judgement                           
                                                                              
   #ObliqueStrategies                                                         
  
                                                            
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--- #82 fediverse/3767 ---
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 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: personal-medical-health-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────┘


 "having trouble doing anything at all because you have too many thoughts? Here
 let's give your body a turbo-boost so that you won't be able to help but skip
 those pesky mind critters!"
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--- #83 fediverse/5896 ---
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 I'm not evil. I have the potential to tho so I always have to keep an eye out
 for what it looks like.
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--- #84 fediverse/6125 ---
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 @user-1871 
 
 conquer your foes and they will never again harm you.
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--- #85 fediverse/4706 ---
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 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: cursing-mentioned-nazis-mentioned │
 └───────────────────────────────────────────┘


 "oh also I should mention that if you think about her too hard or too often
 there's a chance she'll overhear what you're talking about anyway so try not
 to think about her too much."
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--- #86 fediverse/1131 ---
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 @user-850 
 
 true T.T I forgot about physical ailments. Was mostly thinking about
 interpersonal relationships because that's what's on my mind rn in my life.
 
 @user-5
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--- #87 messages/765 ---
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 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.
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--- #88 messages/361 ---
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 "we don't negotiate with terrorists. But perhaps there may be a way we could
 find it in our hearts to agree, by earnestly and honestly seeking true
 justice, where everyone gets what they want? Tell me, what is it that you
 want? And most importantly, tell me why it is that you want what you want?
 Please be as specific as can be, and explain your desires down to the root of
 human nature so that we can be assured that we may find something we share.
 Anything less is not an honest attempt. I look forward to working with you
 toward our bright future."
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--- #89 fediverse/1321 ---
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 whenever I look away they put more work at the end of my to-do list. or
 sometimes in the middle. It's like they care less about the destination and
 more about the continuous arduous prolonged manifestation of articulation.
 >.>
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--- #90 fediverse/4411 ---
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 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: uspol            │
 └──────────────────────┘


 There are no safe outcomes. They have forced our hand. We are as we are, and I
 can think of no better life lived than a life of our own design spent in
 pursuit of our hopes.
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--- #91 fediverse/4408 ---
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 │ CW: politics-guns-mentioned │
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 "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a
 rifle.
 
 Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who
 wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration.
 
 Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as
 you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what
 you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage.
 
 Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now
 beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will
 burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires.
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--- #92 fediverse/5933 ---
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 @user-217 
 
 the darkness
 how resplendent
 would be incomplete
 without that present
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--- #93 fediverse/4953 ---
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 "I love you, I trust you, I believe you, I just don't understand you, so I
 can't do what you do"
 
 great. that's alright. I get it. re-orient, focus on what's important.
 
 wear many hats and you'll do many things. just don't forget to sleep every
 once in a while.
 
 the more you can do in a life the more valued it becomes, so do the right
 thing and keep getting better.
 
 human lives are measured not in bodyweight, but in mystery. The divine can't
 understand benevolence, nor can the devils understand the desire to inflict
 suffering. So they ponder and pontificate as they watch humans wander and
 magnificate.
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--- #94 messages/572 ---
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 I am not a worker 
 
 Though I try and try, I burn right out and through 
 
 I wish I was a worker, able to apply my trade or skill 
 
 But I'm not 
 
 I do hope we can be allies, still
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--- #95 messages/1154 ---
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 Freedom to do anything, and the liberty to choose as you please.
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--- #96 fediverse/4568 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 ... and like. idk what do you do at that point
 
 say "fuck it" and live with imperfection? embrace anti-natural selection?
 valorize deviance and queerness in digitally appropriated artistic media
 collections?
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--- #97 fediverse/2974 ---
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 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: uspol            │
 └──────────────────────┘


 currently on turbo mode trying to "find myself" because I figure I might not
 get a chance next year, so... whatever, right?
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--- #98 fediverse/2756 ---
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 my ideas are not the useful ones. the thoughts they spark in yours are.
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--- #99 messages/1182 ---
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 I have a sword, because I'm not built for the frontline. I have a different
 battlefield. I needed a sword, to feel until when the pen was no longer
 needed. I haven't wanted to slay anyone yet. Pen still in hand.
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--- #100 messages/901 ---
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 If war is not "volunteer only" then you have nothing to fight for.
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--- #101 fediverse/4072 ---
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 I like games that test my reflexes
 
 I also like games that test my wit
 
 but most of all I like games that test my patience with strategy
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--- #102 fediverse/5254 ---
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 │ CW: witch-posting    │
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 I feel more of a hunger for cackling than I do thirst for food
 
 like a MADWOMAN or a witch who has certain magical powers, unbeknownst to any
 but the spirit who follows her my dears.
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--- #103 fediverse/421 ---
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 one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed
 things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm
 you.
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--- #104 messages/1024 ---
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 I do feel in my heart that not only is my and our cause just and righteous,
 but that we are winning.
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--- #105 fediverse/5135 ---
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 I think it should be a warcrime to attempt to summon demons to slay your foes.
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--- #106 fediverse/5053 ---
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 all people are people, and nothing will convince me otherwise.
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--- #107 fediverse/986 ---
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 adding dashes to your text - like - this - is a punctuation choice, not
 formatting or grammar.
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--- #108 fediverse/905 ---
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 having trouble naming things?
 
 just name it after it's inevitable logical conclusion! AKA the message you're
 trying to get across.
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--- #109 fediverse/5831 ---
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 it's okay to be a little evil sometimes
 
 all things are defined in waves, and your highest peaks are nothing without
 low valleys to accompany them. Balance arises naturally from the contest of
 these two natures, and, well, you're gonna figure it out anyway no matter what
 I say so why bother teehee
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--- #110 fediverse/3995 ---
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 ┌────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │
 └────────────────────────────┘


 the reason most humans are unaware of *magic* and all it entails is the same
 reason you can't NOT think about a purple elephant.
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--- #111 fediverse/5345 ---
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 you can't win every battle, but if you're losing then you've lost.
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--- #112 fediverse/5397 ---
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 this is why I strive to get people to move. get ready. for what? who can say.
 but the more power to you, the greater our potential as we thrive.
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--- #113 fediverse/1286 ---
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 the fact that business types don't listen to the engineers and their "ethics"
 means they shouldn't be in charge of them.
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--- #114 messages/891 ---
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 AI is worth less if it can't learn what a human can with the same amount of
 facts as a human.
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--- #115 fediverse/2786 ---
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 the best way, I find, to be deserving of trust is to do the best that you can,
 and be honest when you cannot do more.
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--- #116 fediverse/4255 ---
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 I think a lot of my problems would be solved if I could internalize the
 thought/feeling of telling yourself "stay focused"
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--- #117 fediverse/2620 ---
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 I am not asleep. But you cannot expect a strategist to act based on
 information she doesn't have.
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--- #118 fediverse/5050 ---
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 │ CW: political-theory │
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 "mankind would not consent to be governed if it had any other choice"
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--- #119 fediverse/2547 ---
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 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: politics-mentioned-kinda-silly? │
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 @user-1073
 
 hence, why it's important to develop strong bonds with others in the masses,
 so that you can stay afloat, contribute, and rebuild the world they're
 cannibalizing.
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--- #120 fediverse/2807 ---
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 @user-1361 
 
 truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and
 morally. you just need the right incentives.
 
 however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are not the kind that
 accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all
 the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good.
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--- #121 fediverse/5287 ---
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 we all need each other, no matter how much we don't want to need.
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--- #122 messages/483 ---
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 "hey listen! Do this thing to hurt me! Build the infrastructure to do it so
 that you can use it on people who deserve it!"
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--- #123 fediverse/6292 ---
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 I'm stuck. I don't know how to leverage whatever talents I have into making
 things happen. Maybe I should seek advice from a wise elder...
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--- #124 fediverse/1825 ---
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 if one person is honest to everyone, then no-one can be honest to them for
 anything they want to keep hidden.
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--- #125 fediverse/5910 ---
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 ┌───────────────────────┐
 │ CW: fascism-mentioned │
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 "can you just shut up for a second, we're trying to fight fascism"
 
 me too babe
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--- #126 fediverse/3525 ---
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 @user-1268 
 
 so true.
 
 I try to focus on uplifting the least privileged
 
 and highlighting the cruelty inherent in having privilege over others
 
 while safeguarding the things we all cherish as "communal privilege" like...
 running water, computers, and culture.
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--- #127 fediverse/5361 ---
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 may the world be fixed by example
 
 failing that,
 may the world be fixed by diligence
 
 failing that,
 may the world be fixed by sacrifice
 
 failing that,
 may the world be fixed by hope
 
 failing that,
 may the world be born anew in bright vibrant tones of heart and splendor.
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--- #128 messages/928 ---
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 such feelings are treated as insight, as it feels good to be un-abandoned.
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--- #129 fediverse/4404 ---
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 ┌───────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: uspol-on-my-honor │
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 I swear this to you: on my life I will be honorable and fair. I will seek true
 justice when I can, where everyone gets what they want, and failing that I
 will be plainly just. I will respect all peoples, and do my best to fight for
 a brighter tomorrow.
 
 I dare for the bright age. I see nothing else that I'd like to spend my life
 doing than daring.
 
 Do not give in to despair. They've trained us to cope. Expect losses, and
 celebrate victories. We can do it together, you and me.
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--- #130 fediverse/4895 ---
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 don't think about how rare something is. think about how useful it is to you.
 
 we can make more stuff.
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--- #131 fediverse/4036 ---
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 everyone's paying attention to you Ritz, why are you self destructing?
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--- #132 fediverse/2391 ---
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 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: food-mentioned   │
 └──────────────────────┘


 C'mon Cameron only five or six more bites to force down, you'll need your
 strength
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--- #133 messages/89 ---
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 Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever
 you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that
 may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your
 ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a
 mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the
 collective mind co-re-assigns.
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--- #134 fediverse/2717 ---
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 │ CW: re: USpol; shooting │
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 @user-1328 
 
 the only method that needs to fail for them to realize what you're saying as
 truth is their method to vote.
 
 they will quickly grasp for power they once held and realize it was little
 more than an "I OWE YOU"
 
 Then, they might listen. Then, they might hear.
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--- #135 fediverse/4024 ---
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 my cat doesn't know that my family is my family. She thinks they're just some
 other people who visit the house.
 
 but they're special to me, as all people are, and I think she takes notice.
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--- #136 messages/1143 ---
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 if you wanna do drugs on a battlefield, get twisted and high and drunk. Just
 enough, not as much as usual. let adrenaline focus take care of the rest.
 
 "uhhh, yeah can you file that one under advice for warriors?"
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--- #137 fediverse/3351 ---
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 privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the
 internet doesn't mean anything to "them"
 
 gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face
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--- #138 bluesky#34 ---
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 breathe... it's okay.
 
 calm comes from within. confidence comes when you win.
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--- #139 fediverse/3295 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 I never really imagined myself as a person in the future
 
 it was always focused mostly on handling the present
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--- #140 messages/1056 ---
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 That which tends to guide your thoughts.
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--- #141 fediverse/5876 ---
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 @user-1643 
 
 good, now they have sknin the fightlightright. I wonder if they know what to
 do?
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--- #142 fediverse/2009 ---
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 @user-1126 
 
 Yep. I am not concerned though, because of that map I shared. Whosoever shall
 draw the sword (of the people's will) shall be the righteous leader of US
 
 We can build a world where democracy flourishes and we don't need to remain
 vigilant. It is within our power.
 
 And we shall. I have faith.
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--- #143 messages/399 ---
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 The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh
 incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you
 can understand and work with.
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--- #144 fediverse/2222 ---
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 Fear is a call to action, not a pain for you to distress.
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--- #145 messages/255 ---
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 Has that tree always been there? How is it so tall with such a thin trunk?
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--- #146 fediverse/2610 ---
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 learning martial arts is not useful for the combat capabilities gained through
 practice
 
 but rather for reading the flow and rhythm of an engagement.
 
 to learn the discipline to practice a craft
 
 to develop healthy and honorable relationships toward competition and jealousy
 
 the practice the drive and passionate motivation that comes with performing an
 art to your utmost capabilities
 
 and to keep you in shape.
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--- #147 fediverse/1986 ---
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 when cornered, is it your instinct to escape? or to take one of them down with
 you?
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--- #148 fediverse/2677 ---
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 the better you eat, the more ready your body will be for unexpected situations.
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--- #149 messages/392 ---
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 Hey, can someone please accomplish my dreams for me? I'm too busy being a
 waste of potential!
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--- #150 fediverse/5652 ---
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 @user-443 
 
 natural disaster vulnerability is freedom from liability if they ever did lose
 their charges.
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--- #151 fediverse/4025 ---
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 the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is
 in on it.
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--- #152 messages/290 ---
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 The problem with the past is it exists only in our Write Only Memory. Once you
 remember it, you only remember the last time you remembered it. Ah, if only
 our records were immutable! Surely that wouldn't bring about its own
 challenges.
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--- #153 fediverse/4017 ---
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 the only way to get people to fight fascism is to affect them with it.
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--- #154 fediverse/2495 ---
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 @user-122 
 
 because you were born, and you grew!
 
 what else would you ask a person to do?
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--- #155 notes/to-fight-ice ---
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 if you want to fight ice, patrol your neighborhoods where all the mexicans
 live.
 bring a gun if you're willing to die for liberty.
 
 Don't wear all black. Wear your favorite outfit, to be remembered.
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--- #156 messages/626 ---
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 Talk to veterans for tactics and discipline.
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--- #157 fediverse/1684 ---
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 that which you resist is what you'll find, but contextual resistance is better
 than going in blind.
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--- #158 fediverse/6420 ---
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 nobody said psychic communication wouldn't require computers.
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--- #159 fediverse/4274 ---
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 this is how I nourish my brain.
 
 By being hopelessly profane.
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--- #160 messages/315 ---
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 The need to engage with capitalism has reduced my output dramatically.
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--- #161 bluesky#29 ---
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 I praise victories more than losses.
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--- #162 fediverse/6429 ---
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 with a sword, consider "stabbing" to be "the fundamentals". If you master
 stabbing, you will naturally excel at other arcs.
 
 my sword is evenly weighted instead of balanced at the hip. It is a
 short-spear in function, with blade all the way down.
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--- #163 fediverse/3912 ---
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 the quickest flaw in a novice's strategy is to act upon what is there, not
 upon what may yet be.
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--- #164 messages/452 ---
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 Some day, they'll start to describe your home as "pre-war america" and you'll
 start to feel foolish for complaining about workers rights or whatever.
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--- #165 messages/189 ---
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 If one side aligns themselves toward truth and righteousness, then those who
 oppose them must necessarily utilize the opposite in their intentions.
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--- #166 messages/212 ---
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 Also she's just a person, a cursed person but hey she's just trying to do
 right. So am i. I believe in goodness, and so does she (even though she can be
 a bit evil about it) (without trying, I might add, it just comes naturally to
 her) (she's better now though)
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--- #167 fediverse/5597 ---
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 @user-1370 
 
 If you don't have the energy, then people need to take care of you. Maybe they
 do anyway. If you're anything like me, and in this regard I think we might be
 similar, having people take care of you is important.
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--- #168 fediverse/4620 ---
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 "is she bipolar or does she just consistently forget her estrogen injection?"
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--- #169 fediverse_boost/3198 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  If #Musk is allowed to say "#CivilWar is inevitable", we're allowed to say revolution and the uncompensated nationalisation of the assets of billionaires is inevitable.  
  
                                                            
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--- #170 fediverse/5185 ---
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 frankly it makes a ton of sense to me that computer programmers would have a
 game playing in the monitor. Gotta keep those brains active after all.
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--- #171 fediverse/3491 ---
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 @user-620 
 
 "hey I have an idea let's poke a wounded animal with sharp teeth until it
 feels like it's backed into a corner because it's been spending the past
 couple years ruminating and telling itself that we want to kill it and it's
 children"
 
 it doesn't matter what the truth is - they believe what they want.
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--- #172 fediverse/1769 ---
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 the feral urge to post unfinished projects on the internet and ask for
 guidance or motivation
 
 the civilized urge to keep them on a flash drive and swap them with people you
 trust in real life and ask them to finish it while you work on their stuff
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--- #173 messages/151 ---
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 Alright, if the average person is sorta stupid and cruel, then are we not
 tending to a kingdom of ogres, rather than humans?
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--- #174 messages/1067 ---
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 My feet are so heavy! Whoever thought shoes were a good idea?? I mostly walk
 on padded dirt!! - said the human
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--- #175 messages/551 ---
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 This gun is my sword 
 This blade is my weapon 
 And my foes will lay before me
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--- #176 messages/377 ---
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 infinite dedication implies stagnation, don't be so quick to trust.
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--- #177 messages/780 ---
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 In their darkest moments 
 Do the dead with 
 That they were still alive?
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--- #178 fediverse/3266 ---
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 how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website
 are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the
 html?
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--- #179 fediverse/2994 ---
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 "do as I say, not as I do"
 
 because the philosophy I follow is too hard
 
 and you don't have to do so much
 
 (says the college drop-out (4 times I might add) who can't stop getting stoned
 and psycherwauling instead of applying herself toward something useful)
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--- #180 notes/dear-me ---
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 dear me: 
 
           DO SOMETHING USEFUL FOR ONCE
 
 that's all, fuck off and be helpful
 
 ... wow, rude.
 
 yeah I mean, I do helpful things. useful things, somethings.
 
 helpful.
 useful.
 
 many such cases, she says, with ultimate certainty, as if narrative could be
 prologued. but pronounced prolonged.
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--- #181 fediverse/2700 ---
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 AI will be the end of corporations, as we all build from their ashes and
 crumbled aspirations.
 
 take heart, for a brighter day is being forged through their cruelty and
 malice.
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--- #182 fediverse_boost/4482 ---
◀─[BOOST]
  
  Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.  
  
                                                            
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--- #183 fediverse/4889 ---
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 is it really sedition if you have EVER even ONCE thought "I wonder how my
 country will kill me?"
 
 yes
 
 of course it is
 
 that's why it's important
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--- #184 fediverse/108 ---
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 @user-95 I'm also fond of "I can't know", for things that exist beyond our
 finite existence. For example, the perspective of another, for all it's
 intrinsic value. Being too quick to trust, though, is an easy path to follow.
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--- #185 fediverse/4225 ---
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 I'm not scared. I know that whatever happens, we're here for each other.
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--- #186 fediverse/6359 ---
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 @user-192 
 
 it is rarely more efficient to think through a problem than it is to calculate.
 
 But, speed isn't everything, so think we do some more.
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--- #187 fediverse/2273 ---
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 @user-1203 
 
 perhaps they learned from our mistakes, or they were guided by better sense
 during their founding.
 
 I wonder, with our title of Commander in Chief, do those governments you
 mentioned also invest supreme military direction into their head of state? I
 don't see how it could be any other way, as the military must be tied to the
 will of the people.
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--- #188 fediverse/3405 ---
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 on a scale of notways to almostever how would you rate your pain?
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--- #189 fediverse/3915 ---
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 psychic damage doesn't work against mechanical opponents.
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--- #190 fediverse/2326 ---
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 I'm not afraid to die, but if I was I'd probably just lie. Fear is the
 mindkiller, and to share it as terror and not caution deals morale a blow.
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--- #191 fediverse/2719 ---
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 a person is bravest with friends at their back.
 
 a person is boldest with friends at their sides.
 
 a person without friends is not a coward, they are searching for a place to
 abide.
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--- #192 messages/431 ---
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 Rent is expensive because they only want you living there if you're working.
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--- #193 messages/747 ---
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 if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture
 
 what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind
 of "evil"?
 
 fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.-
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--- #194 fediverse/3142 ---
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 all that is sufficient to be a good person is to choose the best option
 whenever you can.
 
 that's it
 
 we act with the decisions we are given. Hence why it's important to be as you
 believe.
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--- #195 fediverse/1801 ---
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 people call me "hypervigilant" as if being constantly aware is not a normal
 state for them.
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--- #196 notes/craving ---
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 a craving to know more and a carefully examined set of actions which
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--- #197 bluesky#41 ---
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 the hardest part is seeing your enemies in pain.
 
 oh, angel of mercy, spare me my duty. I will never spare, comes the reply.
 alas, a golden ally.
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--- #198 messages/326 ---
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 The only valuable thing to them in the cities are the people whose jobs
 they're currently eliminating.
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--- #199 fediverse/2411 ---
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 @user-1165 
 
 yeah.
 
 true.
 
 though I think at a certain point, reformism kinda gets thrown out the window.
 the more people fight, the less they'll want to die for something old, and the
 more they'll want to reach for something bright.
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--- #200 fediverse/3392 ---
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 @user-246 
 
 or why they'd ban you without fighting you, trying to change your mind
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