=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1141 gender police: "pardon me but do you have a license for that presentation? it doesn't appear to be completely sedimented in society. Also I'm a bastard" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-138 me neither... guess it's in-person for me. [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go] ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #2 messages/105 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Hi, please give me a list of your tattoos and scars so they know what to put on your synthetic body double when they "accident" your house and kidnap you to a black site. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/459 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── You know, you can always ask me what the fuck I'm talking about. I am more than willing to share, and I don't mind taking a moment or three to explain. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2441 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── if someone on the street asked you, could you point to the nearest power station? wastewater treatment plant? hell even a gas-station if you live in a city, probably not. They put them in fake buildings with hollowed out exteriors in order to keep the city looking nice. these crucial pieces of infrastructure are important to defend. but if you don't know which street to turn down, then you might miss them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 notes/dear-me --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── 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. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1916 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── "you don't seem autistic" wow no shit almost as if I had acting classes as a child ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4855 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "you should be acting like these people want to destroy you."me, to me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/612 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3266 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── 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? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/1204 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── when people say they want a woman president what they want is not a woman president. what they want is a kind old lady. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4744 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cat-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ me to my cat: "don't eat so much that you puke, okay?" me to me: "yeah I can take on another task, I'm almost done with this one and then I'll just do that one and maybe this one'll get back to me at the same time as this one which conflicts with this other thing so maybe I'll just puke, okay?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5544 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── when people need you but don't believe in you, it's easy to find it difficult to get out of bed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2292 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I don't know who needs to hear this after staying up all night driving, but it's ideal to get where you're going with at least a day to rest. The body can only do so much, and isn't it better to be fresh? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1986 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── when cornered, is it your instinct to escape? or to take one of them down with you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 messages/159 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Only the good die young, and I'm 29 It can't be much longer, can it? What do you want from me? Must I prove myself, or am I just fated to be as I am? Every lesson I've learned pales in comparison to the lessons presented to me, but still I ponder. I've grown myself into a corner, and now I am empty. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1950 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I honestly don't care if someone deadnames me, or calls me the wrong pronouns, or forgets to put me in the girl section, or asks me to sing baritone like... I don't give a shit, why are you so worried about all this vapid nonsense like yeah I get it, being disrespected sucks but like... why do you want the kind of respect that is a forced platitude we could all do with being a bit more radical, it's not a race and everyone's roles are important. Be yourself, and follow people you want to be like. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/630 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── Pay attention to me, for I am convinced that "me" is what we need. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2911 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── and now for my unrepentant littlespace arc! Look at me I'm SoOoOoOo silLY 🤪 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |