=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: re: food-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ energy drinks and coffee will keep you awake, but they're a false promise, as │ ║ once they're gone and digested your body's gonna crash harder. You'll have to │ ║ sleep it off, like a hangover. But that's okay if you're getting somewhere and │ ║ have a day to rest. │ ║ │ ║ sugars found in fruit can give you a burst of quick energy, but they make you │ ║ sleepy overtime. If this were a video game, they'd give +50 energy points but │ ║ -1 per second for the next 100 seconds. Not ideal, but there's some vitamins │ ║ that are only in fruit so it's a good idea to eat fruit at least once or │ ║ thrice a week. │ ║ │ ║ bread products are the opposite - they give you long-term energy. It takes │ ║ your body longer to digest them, which means they're good for vitality. But │ ║ they also don't have many nutrients, so don't forget your vegetables! Plus, │ ║ more calories is always good if you've got time to spare. Just make sure you │ ║ aren't using calories to store calories in your fat cells, that's like │ ║ double-stacking condoms - not ideal. Store nutrients. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2286 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ ... dangit, these sandwiches are getting kinda gross. Guess I'm gonna have to eat them myself, which, uh... idk what I expected xD sometimes you just have all this energy, right? and you don't know what to do with it, so... sandwiches. And hey, sandwiches are cool, they're a pretty neat anti-hunger tool! but uhhhh idk if I really want to eat six whole sandwiches myself. I'm gonna do it though hehe wish me luck [ding] ah nuts my rice and beans are done, hang on lemme eat those first [passes out from exhaustion] exhaustion can be cured with a nap exertion can be cured with water and a few rest days trauma can be allayed for at least a few days with soul food and compassion. maybe laughter too, depending on the mood. fear can be bolstered with a smile, a wink, and a courageous act, and loss is just change you didn't consent to. they won't consent too, so let's give them some change to tolerate. [internally salivating over all the piles of weaponry that I envision them surrendering] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3128 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-disordered-eating │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ I never should have bought these crackers. They trick me into thinking I'm eating something nutritious. But that's the case with any empty calories. but hey, calories are calories, right? I guess that's true. Still, I'd rather make something. oh would you now would you REALLY rather MAKE something ... I should rather. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4283 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── whether you eat halloween candy by the handful or savor each and every bite, what matters most for tooth decay is duration 1 person who spends 2 hours eating a snickers bar is going to get more cavities than someone who spends 10 minutes eating 22. but your stomach doesn't care when you ate them, only that you ate quite a few. Meaning you're likely to either get sick, or put on a pound or twenty-two. I think it's better to try many different tiny little treats, but always remember that the time you spend consuming bits of the sugar dimension add up, and eventually your time will come to resign yourself to a fate with little candy remaining, for you've grown too old for such childish things as tasty yummy splendor. old, or fat. Heh heh heh, can you imagine that? your belly sticks out from under your hat! how cute. But dearie, dont you know that every pound you bear is another that you have to carry around with you? It can be useful sometimes to be so prepared, and othertimes not. I trust you know that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2557 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: water-drinking-tips │ └─────────────────────────┘ best way to stay hydrated is to take small little sips every 15-30 minutes rather than down a huuuuuge bottle once every 6 hours the reason is that your body absorbs water like a sponge might. but, it's a slow-acting sponge, and the water only stays in your blood for so long before it's filtered by the kidneys. meaning you're only hydrated for a short while, and then you gotta whiz meanwhile if you take little sips often throughout the day, you'll always have sweat to cool you down, and you'll need to pee a lot less - probably only enough to remove materials your body can't use from your food and such. also waste-products from your cells as they work. which is to say you'll pee less, and it'll be less and less useful for um "recycling" if things get dire. so... become un-piss-drinkable! you'll be healthier anyway! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2932 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ food tastes better with more nutrients in it. │ ║ │ ║ when food is grown with the bare minimum soil, and bred to look better but │ ║ uptake fewer nutrients, it will taste worse because your taste buds light up │ ║ for vitamins but sleep for textures and colors. │ ║ │ ║ Massive monocrop algriculture has allowed us to feed billions of people (well, │ ║ not all of them) and yet it's unhealthy because the soil is tilled, killing │ ║ the vibrant ecosystem that lives in all soil, and then it is supplemented with │ ║ specific nutrients that cause plants to fruit faster and larger. │ ║ │ ║ But larger isn't always better. much the same way that hardwood is slower │ ║ growing as it takes longer to deposit the carbon and nutrients in the denser │ ║ walls of the bark, so too is fast-growing food less healthy as there's less │ ║ time to uptake nutrients (that might not even be present in the soil) │ ║ │ ║ food tastes better when it's good for you. │ ║ │ ║ I promise. │ ║ │ ║ The American diet is primarily sugar and meat, with flavoring added and │ ║ processing for texture. But there is a better way. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2294 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ Vegetables are delicious! There's lots of nutrients. However vegetables, while can be eaten raw, are much more useful for your body molecularly if you cook them first. I think it breaks down the cellular walls so that your body can digest the juicy tasty nutrients locked within. Vegetables also don't have calories, that you get from things with vitality. You are what you eat, and sometimes if you need it you might want to try meat. Me? I'm a vegetarian, that's why I'm so skinny! Carnivores have it so easy, I have to eat about 2x as much rice-and-beans by weight. At least I'm not vegan - I can supplement with fats like butter and cooking oil, which are useful when combined with nutrients, as they allow your body to store them for later. Just make sure you eat enough calories which are energy for your body, otherwise it won't have the chemical energy to store said nutrients in your latent fat cells. Like, building up a pantry, or a squirrel saving nuts for winter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4541 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ I'm on half rations dollar-wise, but 1.5x rations nutrition-wise. "oh boy, formless gruel for breakfast again. Can't wait. Maybe I'll splurge and put extra jelly on my PB&J for lunch." It's healthier to eat rice, beans, and vegetables, with some fats added in via butter or oil. The goal is to build up fat stores that are high-value. When your body has excess calories, it takes whatever nutrients are CURRENTLY in your system and stores them in fat cells, like stocking a pantry. If all you eat is cheetos, your pantry is gonna be useless. It'll just slow you down. But if you have highly nutritious foods, you will perform better as your body consumes the fat when it needs to feed, but you haven't eaten much lately. ... I should apply for SNAP. Gonna do it right fucking now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2089 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ "ah nuts, the crows are back. Better give them some diced-up carrots so they │ ║ shut up." │ ║ │ ║ BAD, this teaches them to "sing" for attention which is annoying af │ ║ │ ║ "Hmmm, this carrot looks kinda withered. I'm going to dice it up to throw to │ ║ the birds because it's better than rotting in a dump" │ ║ │ ║ BETTER, because you're being sustainable and nourishing local wildlife, │ ║ │ ║ "That songbird is beautiful! And that squirrel is building a nest. I'm going │ ║ to throw some of this pre-diced carrot that I keep in an air-tight container │ ║ on my porch to them so they feel rewarded for doing things that I want" │ ║ │ ║ EVEN BETTER, but requires more effort and forethought │ ║ │ ║ [noooo didn't you read ranger rick as a kid you're not supposed to feed the │ ║ wildlife because it'll teach them to trust humans in a world where humans can │ ║ be total assholes to them and also we don't want them hanging out in cities │ ║ because they might get run over or whatever] │ ║ │ ║ listen, they're gonna live where they can find food. And if they can't find it │ ║ in the woods, they'll liv │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4653 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned-sleeping-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────┘ phew, just got back from a long nap and I had such a lovely dream! Gonna write down everything I can remember in my dream journal, will letcha know when I have something to share. Also... sorry about the sun. I have no idea if it was worth it because I woke up quite a bit later. Ah well anyway gotta do some writing, I hope everyone has a pleasant day. Make sure you eat nutrients and stay hydrated and do your stretches and work on your posture and all that. vegetables have minerals, fruits have vitamins, rice-and-beans or meat have protein, and oils and fats have calories. try and eat a lot of different colors of veggies and a lot of different colors of fruits (a green fruit and a green vegetable are not necessarily the same nutritionally) well brb goodnight gonna drink some water ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/200 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── congratulations, you never need to adventure again. your necessities are taken care of. ah, but that'd make for a pretty boring life, wouldn't it? perhaps, depending on your personality type. but you're not one to stick around doing nothing but eating, drinking, and being merry. no, you're an adventurer, you crave excitement and glory. whatever that means to you... just make sure a goblin doesn't come across your corpse, they have a VERY short term memory and a propensity for collecting shiny things. That's just asking for dragon-bait, and we don't want that in our area, no thank you. This is a nice neighborhood you see, my neighbors three miles away all agree, so you can take your magic pocket and see all that you can see... way over yonder, if you please. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2235 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol-tips │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ sometimes it's good to assign bodyguards to people helping far from home │ ║ │ ║ like, "hey so uh what can I do" "yeah sure hey so-and-so can you tell them │ ║ what they can do? stick together and help each other, buddy-system style, and │ ║ never stop thinking of ideas" │ ║ │ ║ don't forget to always be thinking on your feet │ ║ │ ║ and remember if you don't want a hard job you won't be given one. │ ║ │ ║ consistency is more important than urgency or vitality, if you're tired don't │ ║ be afraid to go home │ ║ │ ║ just know that stuff happens when you're not around, so people might have │ ║ moved on [pronounced own?] │ ║ │ ║ I'm making sandwiches for a picnic! You never know when someone's hungry. │ ║ Don't forget to drink water! hydration is important. Soda desiccates you, │ ║ better to do water. │ ║ │ ║ I mean, don't leave food unattended, someone might come along, take it all, │ ║ and throw it away, because honestly it's just too suspicious without you │ ║ there, reading a book, saying "hey want a sandwich?" │ ║ │ ║ ... at least that's my theory. │ ║ │ ║ ... I only got like 12 slices of b │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ in the past, people could eat canned food not necessarily because of the way that it was canned, but simply the fact that it was sealed and comprised of a liquid form that was inhospitable to bacterial life. Like vinegar with pickles! But only for the things that were meant to last for a while - if it was just for next month, then you don't need BPA liners or microplastic dissolvers or any of that junk. Just a fully recyclable can that vacuum seals itself shut using the power of machinery and heat. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5843 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── me when it's cold out: we should all bundle up and get through the winter, every year that passes is more time to gather our strength me when the temperature rises: okay so this is being handled by those guys, we're moving this way to do this, and - when did you say the this-and-that was happening? alright so when you do that-or-this, make sure that you pay attention to the so-and-so and don't forget to eat real meals, candy or chips don't count. me when the eyes are on me: imma play video games and smoke weed and be a useless little creature who does nothing but occasionally wanders around the city doing nothing for nobody and dropping notes on post-its that don't mean anything but are kinda cool to read ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2562 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: rich-apologia │ └──────────────────────┘ among all the others, I want a wonderful and fulfilling life for the socialite. they deserve light just as you and I might. "eat the rich" bruh there's like, 100 people who are running the show. everyone else is basically just a syncophant who's trying to get ahead and stay working. then there's like their families and such and like... they didn't do anything wrong, they just eat cheese and wine and laugh at memes all day with their besties. they are basically pets ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5201 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── @user-192 is okay, girl time will be richer sooner don't poop your pants just yet remember, good is just a shade of gray away from silver which you can use to line your pockets with tinfoil hats beep boop computer touchers anonymous called they said they want their secret handshake back if you wanna diss your associates go ahead but I sure as heck love my rad-ical com-patriots just as much as I love my ice-cream salad friend witches ... whoops there I go being insane again, hope you feel better friend ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3925 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── most people, when they run out of toothpaste: "oh huh I should buy more" me, when I run out of toothpaste: "verily in three monthes time, when I shall next possess toothpaste, I shall forsoothe brush TWICE as hard and TWICE as often, to make up for the holes inflicted upon my teeth. Innest addittioneth, no more candy shallest be eateneth untileth ye toothpasteth be acquiredeth" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3891 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "no, you're the opposite of a yes-man, AKA a gatekeeper. I don't know how else to explain mentally disabled and barely keeping it together to you, but frankly if you want to take away my house or my weed then why would I do what you say? ... oh right, the state's monopoly on violence [can compel me to do what you say]. Sure seems like a "well regulated militia" is supposed to be a counterweight to that monopoly, to prevent people from harassing and exploiting and destroying. Too bad any "militias" I can think of tend to want me dead. like, seriously, if you live in America, you implicitely trust that your army will be able to protect you from the right-wing bozos who spend all their time drinking and shooting in the woods. Otherwise, if they couldn't / wouldn't, then why wouldn't or couldn't the right wing bozos just decide to wreck everything in spite of our past? We were a proud people once before, and we may be again. If only we fight at the last. [ever since I fell off my bike my body feels strange] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/341 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── solar energy is vegan you're not taking anything from the sun, just capturing it's natural expulsions. It's like... sun poop, and we're using it to post memes and hang out. okay food, emergency services, and... what else do we really need that consumes power? Obviously entertainment, but frankly without internet we'd probably keep to ourselves. I know I'd read a lot more books and chill out with my neighbors and whatnot. is that why similar people tend to live together? then why are cities so diverse? who can say... I dream of an ordered society, but frankly the kind that are most fun are the ones where a single person doesn't define their contents. Liberty, liberty, the freedom to be, and by god all men are created equal. the things we owe to one another are the things that bring order to a just and sane world. our future is blooming : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2359 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1248 everyone does, it's natural to rest. I slept like a rock last night because I rode my bike all day yesterday. Not ideal, I didn't have any useful dreams! There's a difference between downtime and freetime. Freetime should be spent toward something you care about, downtime is time spent recovering from the things you don't. I think in a better world, we'd only have freetime. Perhaps then we wouldn't need to feel so down in our time. I will use my freetime to build a world where we live as we define, that is my goal, that is what I care about. you do you tho 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3575 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: leftist "talk to ur neighbours" thing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1567 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds. Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive. I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past. People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them. They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months or whatever. I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ |