=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ some day, the past will exist only in the media made in that era and the threads that it left in that which came later. for now, it still persists in our memories. But we shall die, and with us our recollections. How sad, that the eras before us shall depart upon our graves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5528 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── the trick about the future is that once you reach it, you'll never remember what it was like to live in the past. all you'll have are shadows of your memories, while the time before you were born is eternally inaccessible. ... yay -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #2 messages/290 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/114 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Every moment spent is another one. Each is a reflection of eternity, as time is an illusion that helps things make sense - for we are always living in the present tense. The past is unforgiven as all good things end, for you know I will always be condemned. Will happen, happening, happened Will happen, happening happened Will happen, again and again, our timeless tale of how we wend ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5372 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ the past was so fuckin' cool. hence, nostalgia. the past fuckin' sucked. hence, progress. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #5 messages/552 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── There is no past, only history There is no future, only planning Today is everywhere all the time. Nothing changes the fact that we all sleep at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 messages/1005 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── The past slips through our fingers like grains of sand while the dead grandparents continue to die. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1202 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: deranged, murderous │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-882 true, and that was somehow seen as progressive ? ? ? The past was wild ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1607 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1037 Okay I'll add you to my friends list so everytime I'm thinking about memories of people by looking through the people I'm connected with on each platform I'll remember you and our short quest to uncover the secret of the thing-I-might-have-dreamed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3483 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── sometimes I think about how it'll never be yesterday again and that makes me kinda sad. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/180 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── The worst thing about the past is: A. How much it sucked B. How it's not here anymore ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/1382 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Some things will be broken. It's okay! Fireworks rejoice at their glorious end! But, history tends to rhyme. What once was a symbol of oppression, might one day be beloved cultural heritage. The older something is, typically, the more precious, as you can never recover relics that are lost. But, fireworks! Celebrate! Make good decisions, love to the middle east <3 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #12 fediverse/2134 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 messages/570 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── There will come a day when all the things you did under capitalism feel like a distant dream. Like all the trials you faced were more human than not, and all the suffering artificially imposed and fulfillment delayed. You will think of the time you wasted on Reddit and TV and you will weep for your lost years, as they spiral out of your reach. The new days are dawning, yet all of the world is still asleep. You slept walked for a while, but could not get anyone to leap. Alas. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4068 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/141 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-135 if you're cringing at past behavior, then you've learned and grown enough to see the mistakes of the past in sharp contrast to your temperament in the present. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1383 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── if you can't remember right now, then perhaps your soul is saving it for a better time. memories are write-only, afterall. WOM ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/861 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I can't remember any of my pinky swears. Like, not a single one. I feel like I could get in trouble if I renounced errr, instead made human mistakes and forgot information that wasn't relevant anymore. phew that was close, almost a disaster, anyway how's your lunch? [that's not fair it's always lunch somewhere on earth] reality is a form of eternal computation, a continuous re-updating of stored matter (data). also, values of fields, (like rules and regulations), would determine the structural complexity and organizational expectencencies. I miss my family. I miss the past, that can never be revisited, [every time you remember a memory it writes over it. virtually guaranteeing that you'll only preserve limited information that slowly degrades. how slowly is up to you... once you run out of memories, it's bad news for your life. but GOOD NEWS, that only happens for certain mental health conditions that primarily target the elderly. For most people it's a continuous process because you're cared for and ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/112 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── I live through the moments where I find a folder of stuff I made that I forgot about and I can go back and see it for the first time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body language spoke for them. I'll try that next time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1285 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── In the future, we won't need preservation because we'll have solved aging. In the future, we will have magic. Programmable matter. Psychic telepathy and experience transference. Free instant perfect virtual reality for anything we can dream of. There will be no war, no suffering, just endless joy and moments we care for. And we will be happy about it. We will look back at the world of today and rejoice, for upon these moments, we have built our permanent golden age. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |