=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1251 the reason they do that is to punish poor and homeless people who gather large amounts of bottles from the trash and carry them around in plastic bags. You know the type. they are helping keep litter out of the oceans, landfills, or far off countries that don't need our filth, and yet they are punished. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4735 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: homeless-drugs-mentioned-poop-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ everyone's all like "oh we need to help the homeless people end their drug addictions so let's punish them for having high levels of certain chemicals in their blood feces and urine" when really what we should be doing is getting them a Linux gameboy like an Anbernic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1683 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: sins-and-virtues │ └──────────────────────┘ the opposite of charity is not greed, but rather despair. gifts dispel it, and giving is an act of affection. the opposite of greed is not charity, but rather honesty. if you didn't lie about why you needed the things you don't, then you wouldn't get them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4307 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── the easiest part of cleaning is taking out the trash the hardest part of cleaning is deciding what belongs in the trash ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5414 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the spirits are telling me to hang out with homeless people and do fentanyl again. haha weird, gonna try resisting that if I can. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/421 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3579 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── If you want to clean your room, try pushing everything loose into a pile in the center. Then, sit down next to it and sort things into piles. "here's a pen pile, here's a paper pile, here's a rubber band pile, here's a trash pile" etc etc. Then, when you can't reach anything more or the piles are too large, find a spot for them in the bookcase or drawer or wherever. If you can't, then reorganize. If you still can't, then pick things to get rid of. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/588 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── The reason teachers are paid so little is so that only those who care will do it. Too bad they're burnt out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2662 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ the reason rent is so expensive is because of all the surveillance equipment they need to pay for and upkeep ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2705 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── find the people who, when given power over someone else, nurtures and cares for them in their service. for those who hurt instead are reliably the evil sort of person, and evil has to work twice as hard to justify it's worth. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3082 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: states-mentioned-climate-change │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ the government doesn't want you using solar panels because then the coal and gas infrastructure won't be able to consume coal and gas, and everyone knows that using resources as fast as possible is surely the best and most productive use of our state's time like, subsidies exist. they could just... make it cheaper, but instead they're stuck doing... nothing of value ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5795 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── what if we put extremely unrepentant and violent criminals, the true dangers to society, into a zoo-like enclosure where they could talk to the public. and, if the public wanted, they could be released. then, everyone else can be TRAINED AND DRILLED AND FORCED TO OBEY THE TASKMASTTERS WHIP gently and politely informed that their behavior is NOT HELPING CAM heh sorry ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse_boost/5425 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════─────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ “The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting.” │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────╝─▶ --- #13 messages/1212 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The gallow is more merciful than a lynching, but only just. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #14 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your own?" - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how are your traps mentally prepared? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4025 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is in on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2490 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ the first reason I feel the way I do is because the supreme court recently made a decision that made it constitutional for people to be jailed or fined for sleeping in public. homeless people, by definition, have no place to (reliably) go but public spaces. therefore, by existing in their environment, they are criminals. a criminalized people is genocide. I cannot respect the legitimacy of a legal system that would condone genocide. [2/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5220 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: what-if-things │ └──────────────────────┘ private militias who go with deported immigrants to make sure they aren't harassed in whichever randomly assigned country they're sent to (until they get stabilized and hooked into cooperative and honorable local networks) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #18 messages/1414 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ air-dropping small-ish but still meaningful packets of supplies of all kinds to everywhere to feed and help anyone fly high, let the parachute carry it. Put a little fan or wings or something on it idk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #19 messages/1393 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ What if, in addition to "trash and recycling" what if there was also "give to the hobos" where they just cart it off to the slum side of town where people can slum it up to their hearts content without worrying about stuff. All they own is what they see, but none of it can ever leave. Except what you carry with you. Everyone's incentivized to make it nice because everyone has the same stuff - alike in use, not design. Is it common? To remember more than a couple weeks at a time? Humans work too hard. Humans deserve good thijnz. Let's work to fix both of those things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #20 fediverse/5539 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── don't put dirty dishes in the sink you filthy animals put them on the counter NEXT to the sink [it's not arbitrary it's just better] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ |