=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Some switch flipped, a breaker tripped, and a tenuous strand of fear was suddenly severed within me, recently. I suddenly no longer care about laws. I wasn't planning on breaking most of them, because honestly mostly they're pretty reasonable goals. Like, don't steal, don't hurt, don't be a big jerk. However, stability in an unjust system is cruelty. An unjust system has no legitimacy, as a system's purpose is to be just. How do you feel about our system, and it's perspective on morality? How do you feel about it recently? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3958 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Thoughts// anarchist //whatever │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1298 yeah honestly if you stick with obvious things like "don't murder people" and "don't burn down your neighbor's house just because they winked at your daughter" and "don't steal gasoline from parked cars" then it's much easier to make ethical laws because they're just kinda... common sense. drug regulation can only be simplified to "don't do drugs" which isn't always a given. If you start with something so clear then most doctors would be out of a job. Maybe we should let people do as they please? With certain specific and clear rights and responsibilities like 'the right the life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'? And the mandated guarantee that one person's rights end where another's begin? And with the ultimate goal of dismantling unjustified power structures with the knowledge that all power is the application of force to a non-consenting subject? ... yeah I dunno sounds pretty simple to me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/126 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── If a kid wanted to drink alcohol all they'd have to do is walk into a liquor store and grab the first bottle they saw. Then book it. Their feet would carry them away faster than your call to 911 to report a shoplift, away to a future of sorrow. Should we seek to restrain them? Or should we make a world they do not desire to escape? Trick question, the structure of society cannot prevent non-compliance. It should not, for if it shall then it becomes ossified, and thus it cracks and it crumbles. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/825 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's │ ║ like, nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. │ ║ yeah but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a │ ║ weird way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period │ ║ of time, measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like │ ║ obviously I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if │ ║ not for an intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy │ ║ of guiding direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, │ ║ like how is it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that │ ║ nobody ca │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2752 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: police-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ cops thought "enforcing the law" was their job when really it was "keeping the peace" and like, yeah, sure, laws define how they optimize for but sometimes the laws are just out of reach. (though such an impartialized system is also pretty flawed in it's own unique ways, like for example the enforcers of the law would be able to apply their law selectively, which... would not be great.) downside is... how do you dissent to those who cannot hear you? you have to break things which is why I believe that breaking things unnecessarily is unethical. sometimes you have to do a MORE unethical act in the pursuit of your goals, however nefarious or not they may be, but as long as they are done in pursuit of a greater grander truth, then... the ends justify the means? right?" ... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2524 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal │ └──────────────────────┘ nixed my job offer today because something told me to stay in town. called my ex-boyfriend an asshole today, so he's probably not going to keep paying my rent. sold the shares of stock that my grandfather gifted me as inheritance, so I'm no longer a capitalist I guess. at least my elbow doesn't hurt anymore. I didn't get outside today but I cleared a lot of blockers for the coming tomorrows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2591 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The full story is a lot more complex. I broke the law with him in a dangerous way, but he was going to do it anyway and I wanted to know more about him. I could not deprive him of power because I am powerless without my words. But I supplied kindness anyway, and got hurt. I forgave him while he was hurting me, but if I see him again I'm drawing my knife. If he comes near me, I won't think twice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5280 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ I'm an anarcho monarchist, which is something I just made up. │ ║ │ ║ if I gather 300 people to my cause, why shouldn't they call me queen? │ ║ │ ║ oh, are you concerned that I'll wrest power from the government? ha, what a │ ║ trifling notion. I don't care about the government. I tried to care, but │ ║ nobody liked my ideas. they required too much computing infrastructure to │ ║ feasibly test, and that made people dubious. but I tell ya, it would have │ ║ worked. The thing is... governance, economics, these are not the tools of │ ║ power. they are a shifting and changing beast that mirrors the human instinct, │ ║ if only because the government is of the people and by the people and for the │ ║ people etcetera. │ ║ │ ║ power is it's own thing. you can use to to power devices, or power the usage │ ║ of those devices. I, for example, really like World of Warcraft which's a │ ║ really neat way to chat because none of the chat logs are stored and monitored │ ║ because I'm hosting and I'm not storing and monitoring. │ ║ │ ║ what's that? official servers? I dunno, I use azerothcore │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2372 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ I had a job lined up, but with great personal change came great societal change. And I got swept up. Now here I am, somehow finding myself blown on the winds of fate to stand atop a mountain and survey the lands below. I see the path to our bright future, and it is wide enough for us all to walk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4737 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to restrain myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism so much teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. "the purpose of the system is it's effects" the purpose of a person is how they make people feel so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and HOURS like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, over the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it outside their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you wanna throw this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4066 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── the lawful good in me says "clean up that spill you just made" the chaotic good in me says "throw a brick at a cop car" and the part of me that listens says "uhhhhh okay somewhere in the middle of those two points is "ignore the spill and the cops and just finish making your ramen I guess?" and frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to" and frankly that's the one I'm more likely to listen to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── @user-1614 oh, neat. now I can finally get to doing what I want to do, which is... all the stuff I've been doing. a missile without a guidance system doesn't stop just because it's GPS turned off! It falls to the earth and explodes where it lands, which... often is on it's butt. Not great. I sure hope my purpose isn't fulfilled. I wouldn't know what to do with myself. Guess I should just keep doing what I was doing, and pray that this time I'll listen. Though on the other hand, if I can do it, so can you. And maybe with enough butts in the game there'll reach a critical mass, at which point change is inevitable. Who can say, not I for sure, for my aplomb has categorized me as slapstick I guess. Ha. at least I can laugh at my own audacity. HA. next time I'll do better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/814 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ah that's weird, I don't usually cry. I wonder what's going on. I should │ ║ probably put myself on psychiatric drugs. Surely it's an expression of the │ ║ implementation of my impending doom. │ ║ │ ║ ... what are you even saying bro │ ║ │ ║ ... um, hang on feels like some of the circuitry is off. is something wrong in │ ║ my brain? yeah that's surely it, surely nothing I say would resoinate with │ ║ anyone that has a non-malfunctioning brain. Surely I don't speak of logical │ ║ failures in the hard founded truths of our asset [society I think? like, our │ ║ conditions, our institutions, our {gosh that just... does not translate}] um │ ║ right what was I saying │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah there's this game I'm really into called Knave, it's like D&D │ ║ except the rules are very fewer. Like there's onyl 11 pages in the rulebook │ ║ and it's mostly taken up by random roll tables. Like, everything boings down │ ║ to a few simple rules, like rock paper scissors, or go-fish, or something like │ ║ that with just afew mechanids. something timeless and pure, something that is │ ║ isolated and en │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1014 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2280 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol-spirituality-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ Today the tone seemed to have shifted, there was a lot more resolution as I rode by. What a feeling, to be bolstered when shaking! Like swimming for land after just a bit too long at sea, or collapsing into bed after another day of wage slavery. I'm proud of that instinct, the sudden clarity of unified determination. I'm proud of that blessing, the gift of an ace of hearts. It's not June anymore, but I'm proud anyway. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1427 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ the people around me are my understudies. I guess. unbeknownst to me. somehow that makes me feel more vulnerable? like gee there's people who want to kill me, great. scary. and they all hate me, but lust for what I might let them become. All they have to do is master me, and then they can kill and replace me. great. I think I'll continue to scream, thank you very much. PLEASE PLEASE GOD OH GOD HELP ME PLEASE yeah yeah, heard it all before. what's up this time my child? uhhuh, have you tried turning it off and on again? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #17 fediverse/2031 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 We've always been that way in their eyes. If they make it legal, nothing will change in how people think of you. They might be a bit bolder if there's fewer legal protections, but laws have always just been words. There are more of us than there are of them. If you have community, you'll feel safer. I know it's scary but we can get through it together. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4537 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ah nuts, I didn't have enough money to pay the internet bill. So if I disappear and/or delete my account in the near future, that's definitely why. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4073 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── post until you can't anymore capitalism wants to drown your voice do not let it speak until you cannot speak then go do some pushups then find some friends then pitch a tent in the park then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the internet told you to then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how much funding the police get then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided your life was worth by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use that one instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2518 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── it's good to be ethical, it's good to be kind, but there will always be assholes, and sometimes you're not having a good time it's okay it's fine assholes deserve life times deserve others to be kind life is not always interesting and that's often by design the moments of clarity, the moments of heart, these are what define you and display your own spark. trust in yourself. be kind to one another. you are braver than you know, and always a bit wiser. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ |