=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── if I don't take this job, then I'm going to be homeless. if I do, then I'll be moving to a different city. a city that I don't know. my upbringing tells me that this isn't a choice at all, but... at least I have a place to keep my stuff. maybe I can find a different job. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1818 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── my previous job didn't do anything to harm me. And yet I left. I let them down in a way they could not have expected. Which was unfair of me, but I couldn't resist it. I don't know what I'd do better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/1480 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I need to move out. I need to find my people. I don't know where they are. Wherever I look I see strangers. Nowhere do I see people like me. It's been like this my whole life. Where do I belong? Please don't say the underworld. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #4 fediverse/4345 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-883 every time I've tried to get a job for someone in the tech industry they turned out to be a fed, so... I do know people that you'd like to talk to, though. Just a few. That's all I personally can do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4787 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── don't take on more than you can handle. if your plate is full, don't check out the notes by the roadside. Doing so tells all the nearby drivers "hey I need a job, anyone got anything for me?" which they'll then drop off further along the route to your house. if you just walk on by then nobody will notice as you head home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3793 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ oh huh I really don't want to work anymore. I used to, but they wouldn't let me. Then they did let me, but I worked too hard and burnt out. Then I recovered for a while, and asked to work again, and they said no. Repeatedly. I don't think I want to work anymore. It's an abusive relationship. It feels demeaning. I'm better than employment. [rent comes due] oh no ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3755 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1071 hehe it was my favorite job I've ever had downside is... it was hard to get to work every day. I'm not built for long-term dedicated labor. Maybe I should freelance? idk where to even begin with that, though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/239 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Each of my previous jobs I left because my friends did. I quit of a broken heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/1039 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── I'm worth it. I don't demand much. Feed me, take change of me, care for what i do, that's pretty much all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1203 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 darn. Yeah I know that feel. Currently trying to find a job doing anything tech related, because frankly there isn't much else to do in america besides tech and service. And service jobs don't involve solving problems, which is the only thing I'm good at T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6292 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── I'm stuck. I don't know how to leverage whatever talents I have into making things happen. Maybe I should seek advice from a wise elder... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1844 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ I got a job offer for a job outside of my state. But I don't want to leave my │ ║ home. I feel safe here. I know people. I know the places around me. │ ║ │ ║ The one perk is that goods and services are easier to acquire, but I don't │ ║ need much. I'm fine where I'm at. But where I'm at has rent. │ ║ │ ║ What a plague is it, that we must suffer for life! │ ║ │ ║ there's no entry-level jobs for working with our sight. │ ║ │ ║ only when youre too tired to complain will they let you direct others, or │ ║ share creative ideas for fixing the problems you're paid to assuage. │ ║ │ ║ Alas, that my life had meaning. That my words were better off spoken. Maybe │ ║ then Id live as I define, designing a world of my own hearth. │ ║ │ ║ but if a king lives in decent frugality, are they really so bad for our flock? │ ║ │ ║ and if a wizard spins tales that are weird to consider, but not much else... │ ║ are they better off starved in the dark? │ ║ │ ║ no-one likes me. computers are paper-weights given light. sure would be nice │ ║ if none but the fools went wanting. │ ║ │ ║ I mean yeah I'd live in a treehouse │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 messages/143 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I always figured if people didn't like what I was saying they'd contest me so I could change it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5650 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I exist now at the height of my gluttony. I need more to be demanded of me. I am not afraid to ask for help. I solve other people's problems before my own. I have very little insight into my habits and patterns. My memory isn't great, but I recall details that matter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2215 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I'm kind of a hermit, but it's sunday and I have nothing to do, so I'm going to get lost on my bike today in a city I've lived near for almost 5 years and really should know better by now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse_boost/5655 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════════───────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I'm crying over the fact, that me, or folks around me aren't capable of organizing jailbreaks. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ And we aren't even trying 😢 │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ I clearly have been taken major wrong steps in my life that I ended where I am now. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ I am sorry. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Yes sure we say abolish prisons, but without attack it will never materialize. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────╝─▶ --- #17 messages/214 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Gonna take a break from this whole thing. I got a sign that I'm a bad person, twice. To confirm. I need to change, and since I don't know what I'm just going to try and do nothing for a bit. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5694 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── if I can convince them not to fight will you give me what I demand? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1895 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: C-programming-and-alcohol-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 yeah drinking's overrated. I know I'd rather eat a home-cooked meal any day. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1157 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-woe │ └──────────────────────┘ oh no, apparently I'm gonna be forced to drop out of university again in 9 days unless I do half a course and a final exam before then. Tell me again why I spent the last 6 months doing nothing? Oh yeah the mental illness, that's it. Yeesh you're such a drama queen, just do your work and you'll be good. what's that? intrusive thoughts time? Don't you mean "nap until they go away" time? oh yeah that's probably at least part of the problem with the whole "dropping out" thing. If only I didn't have the same reaction to "doing things I don't want to do" that most people have to "touching hot stoves", that'd be nice. my mother's voice ripples across space and time "you're such a smart boy, if you just apply yourself you can do anything! You can do anything you put your mind to. I believe in you and I love you." thanks mom brrrrr it's so cold here. wish I could afford to run the heater. - actually no I don't because it's not solar powered and I refuse to use fossil fuels if I have blankets >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ |