=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── I don't think I've ever appreciated a notification Steam has sent me about my friend's playing games. If they wanted to play with me they would text me. It does, however, make me think about video games more. And seeing their name makes me think of them, which makes me feel closer to them without actually interacting. Which is kind-of an anti-behavior, like facebook stalking except... paying attention to what your friends are playing and when and how much and... not good. I know a lot of people who are permanently offline on Steam because of reasons like that. But, of course, they can still see everyone else, which feels like an anti-pattern... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4835 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── sorry for posting so much, I was trying to put on a show for my girlfriend "hey check out how many posts I can make in a 2 hour timeframe" by the way if you want to start talking to someone, just start playing the same game they're playing and see if they reach out. doesn't matter if you feel like it just fuckin' do it if they want to talk to you they might play a game you really like (but I get boooooored of games, I don't wanna play the same 200 all life long!!) ugh okay fine you can have as many games as you want, just... don't buy too many (how many is too many?) um. use your best judgement. (how much does a dollar cost?) ... okay I'll get you one every once in a while. (neat!) ... anyway so yeah use steam if you wanna get in contact with someone, sometimes it's just nice to say hi, yeah, like "hey how ya doin' okay ttyl" just catchin' up with the gals helps because you can sense changes in their demeanor (why does everyone always have an agenda) because they're secret agents duh. And I'm ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3234 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ritz-is-fucking-stupid-I-guess-oh-whoops-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ my understanding is that anyone with my IP address could make my heart bleed │ ║ due to a hardware vulnerability on my motherboard. Though you might have to │ ║ get past my decrepit ancient linksys EA 3500 router from 2012 first. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but does anyone want my IP address? I don't have any remote │ ║ backups, so if you hate me now would be a great time to show me how despised I │ ║ am. Alternatively you could try searching for anything evil to ensure that I │ ║ can be trusted. You're gonna find mostly video games and source-code that I │ ║ didn't write though. But also all my notes in directories that are │ ║ non-standard, meaning you'll have to look around a bit. I leave little notes │ ║ everywhere I go, so that I can remind myself how to do things in the │ ║ directories I revisit months later. It's so weird how sometimes the things I │ ║ wrote stop working after a while even if I didn't update my system lmao │ ║ │ ║ what is it with artists and self-immolation? "I never thought I'd actually di │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5636 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I think it's ironic how I ended up posting a "things I almost posted" screenshot directory somewhere other than where I almost posted them. and all they saw were the outtakes. I bet they'd see a completely different point of me, but they never talk to me so they don't know me. oh well, alas, it's fine I'm sure I'm being designed. who can say, I am but at productive play, please react so I can do ongoing story. I learn from each and every encounter I encounterate. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5920 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── everyone's all like "ew touchscreens in cars" but the moment someone says "what if phones were gameboys" everyone's all like "girl they don't have the right hardware radios built in for cellular communication, plus do you really wanna be tied to wifi" and I'm like "yeah so peer to peer" and it's like "what use is it if you gotta stay within 100 feet of them or whatever" and I'm like "... I dunno probably somethin'" and then they walk away in a huff because they're too busy for my child-style games. Meanwhile girls have never heard of Streetpass on the Nintendo DS mixed with Scuttlebutt on the ocean and carried into and around port ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4088 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I'm such a fucking extrovert. I can't stop talking to nobody on the internet because I don't have anyone else to talk to. Well, I do, but I like to talk to you. To nobody. To the space between computers. ... [and everyone else beyonds, like the CIA or whatever, but TBH I don't really factor them into my social calculations because they never really talk back.] I like it because I can write whatever I'd like without the confines of another person's generated conversation. Instead of 50% one person's LLM output and 50% another, it's 100% mine [if this were an LLM, which it's not, haha] and that somehow feels more... freeing like a truly disconnected thought and that's what's so special about it... this act of solitudinous contemplatial... the fact that it's unique amongst it's counterparts. ... though it can also become untethered, which is why it's important to edit. [proceeds to never edit a single post] = so = ugh it's so hard to think when all I can think of is feelings. Why can't they be done ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4159 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: mastodon-politics │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ editing posts is great because you can say one thing, get a like or three, and │ ║ suddenly you have a group chat pre-made for you. Sans notifications of course. │ ║ │ ║ ... that's way overkill though. who would even do that? │ ║ │ ║ same people who boost one of your posts whenever they want you to look at the │ ║ thing on their profile. If they want you to see the fourth thing down, they'll │ ║ boost your 4th non-pinned post. │ ║ │ ║ wow that's hardcore, who would even do that? Not me, that's for sure, I don't │ ║ have time for that. (legitimately don't have the time nor the brainpower for │ ║ that) │ ║ │ ║ also liked posts are inadmissable in court because they can say one thing, │ ║ then be edited to say another, and if you liked it once then you've liked it │ ║ forever. │ ║ │ ║ However the court of public opinion is a largely different matter, because │ ║ people will generally believe anything a friend tells them. │ ║ │ ║ computers are fun, aren't they? we should totally have more one-to-many │ ║ posting methods that are collected in multiple locations and locally! │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 messages/748 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── I personally would love to have my friend's messages saved on my computer account. it'd be like a little time-capsule of them that I could randomly scroll through or maybe display a random message they sent whenever I opened a new terminal sorta like words, only applied to a message archive. that of a friend or loved one. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1605 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1040 I think about all those screencaps of Tumblr posts or Twitter threads or 4chan memes or even making fun of boomers on facebook and, like, that seems like a privacy nightmare if you don't want your words to be associated with you. like, if someone saw my name next to something I posted in 2013 then they'd probably get a very different perspective of who I was. That's just part of growing up, and sometimes growing means changing how you represent your self. By screenshotting their posts as I did (but didn't post yet) I am denying the agency to change. Forever more they will be remembered as the name, face, and words on the screen that I saw fit to remember. That feels non-consentual to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/108 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I like when people make fun of me because it gives me a chance to defend myself. Simultaneously I don't like when people are mean to me. I like when people find me endearing, and point out the ways that I'm different. It gives me a chance to say "oh yes this is why I do that" which feels cathartic (because it validates my position) but also because it gives me the opportunity to improve it (through debate) and it helps the people who learned from me because I can improve myself and my only reason for improving myself is if the new thing I'm learning is better than the thing I used to do which means the people who learn from me are improved and the people who best me argumentatively are improving me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3909 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── I don't really like singleplayer games sometimes a multiplayer game is too much effort to play with extra players, like Factorio where like anytime I'd play with other people they'd just kinda fuck off and do their own thing (whatever, I wanted to design a factory together, not play singleplayer together >.>) sometimes a multiplayer game has no players, RIP sometimes a multiplayer game has incredibly skilled players who shit on noobs and don't teach, RIP and sometimes a multiplayer game has no IRL friends that are into it, (personal RIP then) ... anyway, games are fun and we should play more of them. I wish I didn't have so much time to waste, but hey I guess that's where I'm comfortable, so... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/71 --- ════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────── Oh it's compressed on tumblr too. And Reddit can delete my account at any time, just saying. I don't trust Facebook to fare any better... I tried to put it on my neocities website so I could just put a link here. Nevermind the fact that most people see a link they don't recognize and completely glaze over it. Guess what? Compressed there too. The file is fine on my PC, so how about I give a download link? Well, where should I host it? Dropbox or Mega I guess, but they locked my account for inactivity. I don't really like having other people in control of my data either. Maybe I can host it on my website, like a file server? Well, the browser intercepts the file somehow and I can't get it to automatically download to the viewer's computer. Maybe I'm just completely average and representative of the base population but I just can't figure this darn thing out. Alas, if only it was the modern era where things make sense and not the ancient days of 2023. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5065 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: strange-ideas-about-software-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ software should have 3, maybe 4 or 5 maintained releases imo for adding security improvements and whatnot then people wouldn't complain about updates because they wouldn't feel like they were being left behind (after expressing their differences (of opinion and such)) I think that'd uh maintain them as, I guess, userbase optics parallelograms? oh sorry we're on rhomboids this week - right, and no I won't forget the differences in creed, all things are received equally...d. uh-huh yeah no that makes sense. gotcha. okay see you at the location. have fun with your demarketion. what if we played games with swords but like, the peril of steam is that you can't decline to update. meaning if a corporation wants to break an old game and it's collectively hosted servers... all it has to do is push an update that disables them. suddenly nobody has room to do, and the whole -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1436 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── there's this fun game that people sometimes play on Reddit where someone will make a post that says something like "comment on this post and then edit it after I reply to make me look bad" and someone will say something like "how are you doing today man" and he'll reply "oh you know pretty good actually it's pretty nice honestly" and then they'll edit their comment to say something like "how do you feel about the droid attack on the wookies" so OP looks like they're condoning mechano-violence against tall furry humanoids that's just an example, usually it's for comedic effect I just think that's an interesting illustration of a process that could be co-opted by a "man-in-the-middle" attack to alter the perception of a person partway through their journey, perhaps when it's at the point where they're most despised (or perhaps in pursuit of that state) something something cancel culture plus deepfakes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse_boost/5226 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════──────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to install your app. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want that app to run on startup. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want that app shortcut on my desktop. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to subscribe to your newsletter. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want your site to send me notifications. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to tell you about my recent experience. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to sign up for an account. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to sign up using a different service and let the two of you know about each other. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to sign in for a more personalized experience. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to allow you to read my contacts. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want you to scan my content. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want you to track me. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ No, I do not want to click "Later" or "Not now" when what I mean is NO. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────╝─▶ --- #15 fediverse/5512 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I never give up I'm just waiting my turn "laughs nervously" so, uh, why dontchya'll go first yeah I've already gone first and I'll do it again but it'd be cool if I had people going first with me sometime "girl all you do is walk around and talk about how you bought your hat on the internet four or so years ago" T.T what else do you want from me I'm not a mastermind I'm a designer there's a difference T.T "didn't you volunteer to be a leader last year" oh, yeah, well leaders are more than just "the ones who go first" they're also the spiritual and emotional guiders that keep things on track once everyone can talk about things other than their hats ... fuck I want to talk about things besides my hat. I always think of something awesome to say just as I'm rounding the bend, and whenever I peer back around again they're never around. Rats. "what are you even asking for" I don't know?? Does it matter if the horse and the bishop both take the same square if they're claimed themselves in the end? ...wat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1348 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ when people don't even look into the games I suggest for them, it kinda hurts my feelings. Like, I know so much about this, why wouldn't you check it out? too many times of "what games do you play? oh, gta? I know this great game that's just like it called cod" and idk it's like if you gave someone a pretty rock and they dropped it instead of putting it outside their apartment or in their garden or whatever. like okay, I guess I really don't mean anything to you, guess I'll just go be in heart-pain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #17 fediverse/1968 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: alcohol-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what is it with me and buying steam games for long-lost friends while drunk? │ ║ │ ║ I swear I'm not depressed about my upcoming new job, I'm just doing all these │ ║ drugs in such a short time period because I'm, uh... living for the the │ ║ moment? Yeah that sounds good, better post that on the internet where everyone │ ║ in the world can see it and read it and realize what a mess you are because │ ║ you've been traumatized by employment and are about to dive back into that │ ║ frigid pool after a lengthy break where you did nothing but heal and recover │ ║ which is not a boon that most people are able to afford │ ║ │ ║ lucky you, Ritz Menardi, lucky you for being so privileged. │ ║ │ ║ But hey, those long-lost friends surely will want to hear from you! Surely. │ ║ Surely you're not someone they're trying to forget. Surely you didn't hurt │ ║ them, didn't twist them into knots, didn't compel them to act in ways that │ ║ benefited you but not them, SURELY you're a good person, according to all the │ ║ things people tell you and the results of your act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3722 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1218 playing one of my 4 gameboys, reading some of my books or journals, using their own brought devices, playing with my cat (she's not sociable but if you don't mind her claws she can fight and that's kinda fun) watching something on the TV, talking with other people, making / eating food, um... sleeping... and "sleeping"... idk what else tho. Drawing? Getting stoned? I have lots of bad edibles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6449 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── currently have 20-30 tabs open with poems written but not posted. I have no idea if I'm going to post all of these. I wrote all of them in ~2 hours, with maybe 3 or four being added as I was working on the production elements after the initial bingewrite. I also added a bit of context, or modified some of them that felt too cursed or otherwise unwieldy. Sometimes I got distracted and needed to come back and finish, and in those cases I only added a sentence or two because it's like "oh, where was I going with that? I remember what was next, but I don't know the further..." ... I think I might go for another. Wish me luck. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3700 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── There is almost zero reason to have a messaging client (like Discord) that is anything more than a wrapper over IRC. There is almost zero reason to have a social media site that is anything more than a wrapper over HTML pages. There is almost zero reason to have forums that is anything more than a wrapper over email. and yet, we build things. and yet, we construct. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ |