=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── you can take any of my words, I don't care who you are. Take them, change them, use them, say they are your own, whatever you want. They are but dust in the wind, passing from one ear and out another. or eyes and fingertips, if you want. But only with intention, if you knew what I was trying to say. If you had to guess and learn... There's no chance that'll be accurate 100% of the time when used as a policy. But alas, science is a human art. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5292 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── you can trust me, but please don't rely on me, for all of my power is soft. sometimes people just don't want to do what I tell them to, and I wouldn't have it any other way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2466 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── do as I say, and as I do. or don't, do as you want to. I hope you do want to do what I say to do. I wouldn't say it if I didn't think it was right. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 messages/1322 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── To whoever reads this: please use my words to win wars before they start. It's all I ask of my dear readers. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #4 fediverse/996 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ if you don't respect - wait hang on thats not what I was going to say - okay │ ║ here goes: the perspective of others then you are working against them. why │ ║ bother contestation when cooperation could work best? problem is, of course, │ ║ the other side can't be trusted. that's just how it goes, a prisoner's │ ║ dillemna, or rather "dilemma" as they spell it over there. wait hang on that's │ ║ not what I was going to say - oh yeah - if you do something in a place where │ ║ it's not expected then it stands out as a statistical anomaly that can be │ ║ viewed and detected. which is why it's imporant to always be true to yourself │ ║ and virtuous. because your "self" is aligned to the future, a place of warmth │ ║ and compassion, honesty and deliberation. [direct action on a larger than │ ║ personal scale] │ ║ │ ║ what was I saying oh yeah if you mess with fate, it can change things a bit. │ ║ all you'd need is the diffusion of the strands, and then it's a bigger task to │ ║ undo them. like... dancing, when you're really into it. or like swimming with │ ║ ripples, exc │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 messages/330 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── The purpose of life is to read, and to find the answer in the words of your fellow man. Just remember, the map is not the territory. Don't forget to live, too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2330 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── You cannot debase me, well, you can try. But for each of my past mistakes I've learned from, and I can explain in detail how, when, and why. To err is to be human, and some errors are more painful than others. Believe me, I know. I am only as good as my lessons, the things that I've learned on the road. And I never stop learning. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/480 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ There's something important in what I said tonight. And each of you will think │ ║ it's something different, which is by design. Can you find the nugget I wanted │ ║ to share, to you in particular? Can you isolate the thing that is relevant to │ ║ you, the person perceiving the words that I speak? Oh yeah you're only looking │ ║ for things to express to your superiors because someone else told you to look │ ║ for a particular type of sentiment. My bad. Sorry for being cryptic. Am I so │ ║ strange for seeking the human element? Perhaps I lose myself, and I speak to │ ║ the void (and by "void" I don't mean to demean you, the audience, because you, │ ║ the audience, are surely comprised of people who surely have their own │ ║ experience and existence. Surely nobody would seek to harm me, after hearing │ ║ those things I speak. Surely we, as the human species, would not be vulnerable │ ║ to the types of weaknesses that allow for critical failures in our defences │ ║ such as the kind that I am professing to exploit (while being aligned to you) │ ║ surely we wouldn' │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 messages/413 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── Would you like to know how the world works? Then read on, dear reader. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 messages/507 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Trust me, but don't depend on me. I will let you down, for I am just a person, and people pin their hopes upon people and are defeated when they fall. Trust, but verify. Trust, do not depend. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1143 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── ah, but my dear... your "wisdom" has *side effects.* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 messages/783 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── I understand good and evil. If you want a lecture, you know where to find me. I'm not here for that. I'm here for you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse_boost/192 --- ◀═╦══════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════──────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ "It won't be so bad..." *rationalizations galore* │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "If only they'd listened to people like me when I said ..." (comforting │ │ ║ │ righteousness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "What more could I have done?" │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "This only proves why I was right about ..." (more righteousness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "I know nothing. I need to learn more. I must learn from this somehow." │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "I am not surprised." With a thousand yard stare. │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "This can't be real, there is a conspiracy..." (this is a path to │ │ ║ │ madness) │ │ ║ │ │ │ ║ │ "Don't comply in advance." Said in a wavering shaky voice. │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┴─▶ --- #13 fediverse/4953 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1423 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "of course, I'm on lots of places on the internet. I know my way around the territory. I can show you a bit, if you dare, so come on this journey as I share."some person, some-when, in the future looking at our storied and ancient past ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 messages/982 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── if you want a government to be unable to harm it's citizens, you must deprive it of the power to do so. or rather, have the main capabilities in the hands of the citizenry. can you imagine if soldiers had to prove themselves to civilians in order to be trusted with mechano-chinery? who would ever choose the non-valorous and determinable? instilling the culture of greatness within the archetypes and character structures that we believed were confisight bold and determined and measured and freely detectable who would slay the brave paladin? none but the fools, who shared in their lack of conviction. determined? ha, I am as you see me. Come and claim me, that I might determine you some more. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5050 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-theory │ └──────────────────────┘ "mankind would not consent to be governed if it had any other choice" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 messages/1444 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── There is power in restraint. Learn this or be consumed. Use only this and be forgotten. Let the voice of the people sing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3659 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── but to err is to be human ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5914 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── when you have power you find that you "don't have to worry about that stuff" more and more often. It's liberating, to relinquish a chain. ah well just take care not to feel shackled by empathy. dear reader, I want to liberate all mankind, as a start. We'll get around to the rest of the denizens soon enough, if they want it. "can't want to understand what you don't understand" uh-huh true. That's very "Cypher from the Matrix" of you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2489 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ in peacetime, one may live as they define. they can be kooky and precious and beautiful and kind. sometimes, though, that opportunity is taken away, and suddenly life fades from view and all you are left with is perfect clarity. I'd like to clarify why I feel the way I do about the situation at hand. there are three reasons, so I think I'll put them in five posts, including this one. [1/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/5145 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── watch out if you elect a philosopher: lest all their wisdom become fact ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 messages/106 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/14 --- ═══════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 messages/321 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── If you burden others with proving your truth, then you could be right a thousand times in a row, but make two mistakes and they'll never trust you again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/1807 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── the things I write are not meant to entertain. They are to educate, and to encourage curiosity. because questions beget dialogue, and only by testing yourself against another's arguments can you truly improve. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 messages/1209 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Beauty of a thousand words in a thousand characters. That is my writing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #27 fediverse/5831 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── 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 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/4428 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1669 sorry, I'm on a roll. Gotta speak my mind, even if it has other stuff bouncing around in it. I hope you understand : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 messages/143 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── I always figured if people didn't like what I was saying they'd contest me so I could change it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/5430 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "you promise a lot, and deliver very little" I promise nothing. I am showing you the way, not walking it for you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/4012 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── *you can't just* tell *people you're enlightened. You gotta trick them, and convince them you're sane first.* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/1713 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: divination, tarot │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1071 like a king who dictates on high, the taller the chair the farther the fall. how simple is it, when everyone trusts you, to betray the wishes for direction they grant upon you. By leveraging their direction to forward your own ends, you are depriving them of the liberty to choose their own ends. how cruel is it! to be the reason for distrust! alas, who can you go to for guidance if not anybody you trust? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/2786 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ |