=== ANCHOR POEM ===
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If you're running away from something, you need to make sure that you're going
fast enough and far enough away that you can look forward for interception
events. Otherwise you are vulnerable.
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=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===
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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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--- #2 messages/629 ---
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If you swim in the deep red sea, assume that all of your actions will be
perceived
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--- #3 fediverse/1022 ---
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@user-750
if you aren't afraid, then either you aren't in danger or you've misjudged
your opponent.
if you're constantly afraid, then they cannot yet defeat you.
EDIT: either that, or they need you.
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--- #4 fediverse/6349 ---
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if all you see are allies, slow down.
never come to a stop, even through sleep.
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The unknown is scarier than the new. The more you learn, the more you
experience, the less afraid you are.
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@shiri
If you're going to flee, flee to me. I will make use of you, by pointing you
to someone who knows what to do.
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... That's not true, I am incapable of fear. I possess an abundance of
caution, however.
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when they come for you, simply buy enough time for your allies to
overcome-intervene. This is the truth of all conflict.
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It's a false sense of security
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--- #10 fediverse/6457 ---
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the second rule is you don't have to hang out with mortals. there are places
you can go where they won't find you, except by accident, and then you just go
somewhere else.
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applied intuition combined with well developed imagination is a dangerous tool
to behold. *useful*, but dangerous.
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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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🖼 things-I-almost-posted: economic-abstractions.png
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To tempt fate is to invite "forever" consequences into your life
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A choice ungiven is a chance never taken.
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if you're afraid of spies, then they've already won.
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Fear is a call to action, not a pain for you to distress.
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in a battle, your foe's greatest weapon is the screams of your falling.
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If everyone can do whatever they want, they'll tend to prefer the easy way.
And the easy way is rarely the right way.
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"situational awareness" is just street-smarts for nerds and feds.
I'm not the smartest street on the block, but there's only like four of them so
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If you've ever been deceived, you'll forever be aware of it as a possibility.
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"patience" is just: waiting as long as you can.
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The best way to survive a storm is to lean into it
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if you can't find them when you need them, then you don't have them.
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don't be too quick to judge others based on your assumptions. After all, it
could be worse than you think!
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║ │ Never responsible for other people. │ │
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if you spot an ambush about to strike, shut the fuck up and get in position.
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if you want time to go slower, stop entertaining yourself.
"time flies when you're having fun"
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enemies are just guys you haven't figured out the value in cooperating with.
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if you aren't careful, the stuff you own will come to own you.
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"how much time do we have?"
"not enough for fear."
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if your zone of influence is larger than your degree of control, you will be
completely overwhelmed.
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Sometimes it feels like I'm the only paranoid person with terrible opsec T.T
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