=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you suddenly find yourself in a strange place because you felt a call to │ ║ battle, only to find the battle has yet to arrive, your duty is to learn the │ ║ environment, learn the people, learn the resources at your disposal and │ ║ identify places that would be ideal for entrenchment. │ ║ │ ║ Think of the difficulties of the area - where are the rivers? the mountains? │ ║ the natural or man-made barriers? │ ║ │ ║ think of the infrastructure - how are supplies getting here, what │ ║ organizations are active here, what are the demographics, could any of them be │ ║ more productive? In what ways? │ ║ │ ║ action is not necessary until action is apparent. but intelligence, and the │ ║ mind to use it, is invaluable for you and for any planning you might see fit │ ║ to do. │ ║ │ ║ some suburbs are full of old people. Some have new parents. Some are for │ ║ immigrants, and some are a bit more entrenched, but still speak a different │ ║ language. Some are full of enemies, and others are ready for violence. │ ║ │ ║ but mostly, suburbs are just too damn far away │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5138 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we asked all the democrats to read the bible and all the republicans │ ║ to watch Adventure Time and Steven Universe │ ║ │ ║ like... assigned it as national homework │ ║ │ ║ "academia" is a sports team, while "education" is for the en-knowledgement │ ║ │ ║ does the motion cause the emotion or does the emotion cause the motion? │ ║ │ ║ private schools are academic. libraries are educational. │ ║ │ ║ the capability to edit submitted messages in message submitting applications │ ║ and its consequences have been a situaster for the human race. │ ║ │ ║ if something dangerous is coming, intercept. if something fell out while you │ ║ were away, someone else would grab it. allies on the way? move aside to let │ ║ them through. │ ║ │ ║ Stone Butch Blues is like ghost stories for dykes │ ║ │ ║ weed makes me lucky, which is why I always drink before a fight │ ║ │ ║ hey, remember when 10 million of us walked the streets and said we were sick │ ║ of "enough-is-enough"-ing? │ ║ │ ║ the only thing on your mind right now should be how to survive this │ ║ │ ║ what if 5000 people showed up at 5 d │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #2 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5198 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-doom-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if the corporations all unionized and started working together to │ ║ understand what "profit" really means in a world where "profit" may or may not │ ║ but probably does imply the death of all humanity? │ ║ │ ║ what if we demanded it? │ ║ │ ║ -- │ ║ │ ║ dear canvassers: don't visit so many different suburbs │ ║ │ ║ visit the same one, more than once, continuously, so people can get to know │ ║ your presence │ ║ │ ║ they will talk to their friends about it, who live elsewhere. │ ║ │ ║ thus ensuring it spreads. │ ║ │ ║ knock once a day, eventually they'll know it's you and will simply ignore it. │ ║ Don't be rude and knock 4 or 5 times, just once, with several taps so they │ ║ know it's someone trying to get ahold of you, and not just some random noise │ ║ in the background scenery. then, when they sometimes answer, talk to them │ ║ about what you believe in. answer their questions. encourage their questions. │ ║ pose dichotomies that are explained by some value or virtue you express to │ ║ portray. you can do "good" things in any programming language, just type~~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/846 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4740 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ what if we built an atlas of what every rural property produced │ ║ │ ║ like "they grow squash and blueberries here and sometimes they make honey" │ ║ │ ║ or "this place has a bunch of lumber they want to get rid of" │ ║ │ ║ or "here there's a patch of wildflowers that have been set aside for the │ ║ butterflies" │ ║ │ ║ or "there's a training ground here for intercepting ICE vans in urban areas" │ ║ │ ║ or "don't post shit like that on the internet dumbass what are you even doing" │ ║ │ ║ or "oh I dunno trying to be a face I guess, don't look to me for cutting edge │ ║ advice because I'm just a level 12 paladin who's totally a noob and can barely │ ║ lift 50 pounds" │ ║ │ ║ or "this is where the cows graze" │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah well you're the cutting edge on some things and you're very far │ ║ behind on others. like for example you seriously need to level up your opsec │ ║ so that nobody can hear what you're saying." │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah but then nobody will hear what I'm saying" │ ║ │ ║ or "I've said too much, god save you Ritz Menardi, for we all stand beside you" │ ║ │ ║ or "here's a meditation retreat" : ) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 messages/1105 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── claude-code is like programming, but for executives. when everyone has FUCK I'M TOO HUNGRY I can't think right when everyone has the power of an executive, that's communism. something something futurism is when everyone is elevated without diminishing others gah I need to live in a palace or something where everyone does the normal stuff and I can focus on magic and the gods I wondeer how much the oracles at delphi did for themselves? weren't they blinded at a young age, to better hear the voices of the gods? ... oh that suddenly makes sense now. I always thought that pretender chassis in Dominions 5 was pretty cruel, but, now I know *how* it works and yeah. ancient peoples were smart. but also sharp. they had to work with what they got, and we got computers now, so. I am nothing but hopeful for the future! I'm convinced that everything's going to be alright. I've thought about it at length, and I think we're winning against the dark. We're on the right track, and there aren't many things that could go wrong at this stage. ... okay there are always things that could go wrong. But I don't see what I could do to help. Maybe I should go walk around a bit, and see what's changed in the past few months, as I've been sleeping in my room for most of it. Haven't gone on a proper walk since summer. It's winter now... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #7 fediverse/834 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ wonder if any autistic peeps can relate: │ ║ │ ║ growing up, my mom would chastise me for doing "the bare minimum" when │ ║ completing tasks. │ ║ │ ║ yes, mom, I fulfilled the requirements of the task. I have a lot of other │ ║ things to attend to, like remembering how to tie my shoes and measuring things │ ║ using a ruler. why would I waste effort that wasn't necessary? │ ║ │ ║ when I grew up, I had a mentor, who told me to "never half ass things, because │ ║ then someone like me will have to do it again." │ ║ │ ║ and that makes sense to me because context switching requires effort and it │ ║ doesn't make sense to leave something half-finished because then there's │ ║ wasted effort spent on things that don't matter. All of the tasks have to get │ ║ done, so why bother doing them in a mixed up order? │ ║ │ ║ wish I could study things in school like that. just... focusing on one thing │ ║ at a time, learning it to completion, and moving on to the next. I feel like │ ║ I'd develop a better understanding than only knowing like, 1/3rd of CPR or │ ║ very vague understandings of plate tec │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1755 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── today is a magical day. I can feel it in my fate. Always remember, having fun is important too! Don't forget to be yourself, and keep it together man. If you see a door, you should open it - what's on the other side? Love for animals and kindness of the spirit are impossible to fake, they always know if you're lying. Not the animals, they can be dumb sometimes, but the other thing. And now for the downsides. If you find a cursed artifact, please don't throw it in the river. It might ask you to, but please don't. Much better to destroy it by melting it down (if it's metal, which is common as metal lasts long enough to become forgotten) or convince it that it's a recently deceased person being buried (helps if you know the creator). If none of that applies to you, don't worry. Eat something healthy, drink a decent amount of water, and maybe exercise a bit. Oh, and it can't hurt to ask. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2135 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ I feel like we should switch animals every once in a while. Like, trade pets. │ ║ Then, we being friends, could see them every once in a while, and still be │ ║ cool and their friend. Then, when the time comes to interchange, they can │ ║ choose 55% of the time which team they want to spend time with. But they have │ ║ to spend at least a couple months with them before they can make a decision, │ ║ because animals don't use the same language as humans, meaning they need more │ ║ time to find their own home. │ ║ │ ║ do you ever think about how like, furries feel distanced from humanity? │ ║ │ ║ like, it's so different to how they want to be, but that's how they were │ ║ raised. Like, the misalignment of the soul between their two self-same parts. │ ║ The body, with it's experiences, and the dreaming mind, with it's eternal and │ ║ intransigent perspective. │ ║ │ ║ each part of the brain is travelling over slightly different parts of │ ║ spacetime, │ ║ │ ║ (hence, brain waves, like cosmic background radiation, or static on the │ ║ television, it's just... random elements of noise.) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5878 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ revolution is when you successfully prevent your comrades from being kettled │ ║ │ ║ [wait for time, it echoes in cyclical motions] │ ║ │ ║ no sand castle survives contact with the ocean. a sea of people at high tide │ ║ can break any wall, surpass any boundary. at low tide, it keeps the │ ║ sand-castle at bay, ever contesting it's advance as the tide on the other side │ ║ of the world makes progress. │ ║ │ ║ rhythm is unbeatable. vigor is collective flow state. you cannot resist that │ ║ which you cannot catch, but their nets grow tighter with each year and our │ ║ fins and flippers grow ever more agile and elusive. │ ║ │ ║ eventually, they'll build brick walls if we let them, checkpointing our │ ║ progress at every boundary. not ideal. borders keep us divided, the world │ ║ deserves more than our picketing minded, dream bigger than "the same, but nice" │ ║ │ ║ though it'd be nice if it were nice as well. consider it a design requirement, │ ║ once you got the project managers on board. │ ║ │ ║ turns out, we dont have much to fight over, as there is enough for all │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5263 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: communism-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you wanna be a leader, do something by hand. manually. in the moment. │ ║ improvizational. try-and-fail-but-try-new-ways-again-next-time. [a type of │ ║ state of mood] │ ║ │ ║ trust that your followers will be more funded, more supported, more approved. │ ║ │ ║ this is a universal fact - those who are beloved are everyone's best friends. │ ║ │ ║ if you wanna lead people to the future, you must explore a new state of │ ║ renown. and for that you must be stabilized, built into perfection in your │ ║ honor. │ ║ │ ║ don't get it yet? me either. but I'm sure it'll come in handy someday. │ ║ │ ║ Leaders don't necessarily have to be the best, they must simply have acted │ ║ first. │ ║ │ ║ a true communist would be aware of what goes on down the street. They would │ ║ know about everyone's travailles so they could guide one or another to help or │ ║ get de-failed or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ notice I said one OR another, that seems important. not sure why, let's │ ║ consult our bravest optimists for a time. │ ║ │ ║ why do you care about what happens in palestne if you are in current danger │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1968 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: alcohol-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what is it with me and buying steam games for long-lost friends while drunk? │ ║ │ ║ I swear I'm not depressed about my upcoming new job, I'm just doing all these │ ║ drugs in such a short time period because I'm, uh... living for the the │ ║ moment? Yeah that sounds good, better post that on the internet where everyone │ ║ in the world can see it and read it and realize what a mess you are because │ ║ you've been traumatized by employment and are about to dive back into that │ ║ frigid pool after a lengthy break where you did nothing but heal and recover │ ║ which is not a boon that most people are able to afford │ ║ │ ║ lucky you, Ritz Menardi, lucky you for being so privileged. │ ║ │ ║ But hey, those long-lost friends surely will want to hear from you! Surely. │ ║ Surely you're not someone they're trying to forget. Surely you didn't hurt │ ║ them, didn't twist them into knots, didn't compel them to act in ways that │ ║ benefited you but not them, SURELY you're a good person, according to all the │ ║ things people tell you and the results of your act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2993 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── hey, listen, I'm here at this point in life just the same as you. who cares, right? like. nobody wants to see your personal development. You don't have to prove yourself. Like... why would you care so much about what other people (who you don't even know) care about what you do? like... it's fine. just... be. you can get better if you want, but only if you want. There's no reason to be so concerned about what other people thingc. Just, identify what and who you are, and then be the best what and who that you are. Thats really all there is to it. and yeah. It's totally unfair that some people get an easier shot at "being who and what they are" that's privilege, and that's stupid. okay, sure, maybe we should conceptualize how to adapt to specific situations when resources are limited but like... it should be something you consent to - like "no thanks I don't need the rocket launchers on this mis==sion== ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/5471 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ suburbs are cool. │ ║ │ ║ gotta work with what you got, right? │ ║ │ ║ and America sure has a lot of suburbs. │ ║ │ ║ suburbs can be kinda cool. │ ║ │ ║ each street is like a village, │ ║ │ ║ each subdivision is a small town │ ║ │ ║ (a hamlet perhaps) │ ║ │ ║ they all share a town square │ ║ │ ║ it's called a grocery store parking lot │ ║ │ ║ we tend to put cars there │ ║ │ ║ but there's usually room for other things too. │ ║ │ ║ suburbs can be cool │ ║ │ ║ especially the ones with trees │ ║ │ ║ the shade helps keep things from the sun │ ║ │ ║ and most houses have a tree or two. │ ║ │ ║ might even start to feel like a forest │ ║ │ ║ if we knocked down the fences │ ║ │ ║ everyone gets an open space facing view │ ║ │ ║ because the backyards all run through. │ ║ │ ║ suburbs can be dense │ ║ │ ║ don't even need to throw up apartments │ ║ │ ║ if all the yards are for gardens │ ║ │ ║ and your neighbors watered yours too │ ║ │ ║ (just don't overwater them) │ ║ │ ║ (these here are special only I know their care) │ ║ │ ║ (see this sign that says "dont water") │ ║ │ ║ (that means I'll handle it thank you) │ ║ │ ║ if the soil's wet thats good but it needs to dry │ ║ │ ║ something something poetry ends with rhyme │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #15 notes/planes-and-trains-and-tanks --- ════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── From a thread titled "White House delays release of JFK assasination files "to protect against identifiable harm" A violent uprising in America today would have the help of a lot of veterans that have 20 years of experience with insurgencies and are pissed off at the government for sending them to a bullshit war over lies purely so the politicians and their friends can become even richer. True, but they have tanks. And drones. And much higher numbers of experienced soldiers. And a cohesive and organized command structure. There's a hundred reasons why a violent uprising wouldn't work, but a thousand more why it's necessary. I believe we can have a peaceful future, but we must also realize that holding all our cards and intentionally keeping them close to our chest isn't helping anyone. We need to come together and work on solid, stable, and sustainable projects. We're all humans, we all want a better future for our children. The drive to nurture posterity is what defines us, and to that end we must act as a unified whole. Humans can work together, and our beliefs can overlap in ways we never expected. That is understandable and expected. They may also differ in unsuspected ways, and that is also understandable and expected. We have the power to *choose* how to react to our differences, and we may *choose* to pursue and develop our similarities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 notes/planes-and-trains-and-tanks --- ════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── From a thread titled "White House delays release of JFK assasination files "to protect against identifiable harm" A violent uprising in America today would have the help of a lot of veterans that have 20 years of experience with insurgencies and are pissed off at the government for sending them to a bullshit war over lies purely so the politicians and their friends can become even richer. True, but they have tanks. And drones. And much higher numbers of experienced soldiers. And a cohesive and organized command structure. There's a hundred reasons why a violent uprising wouldn't work, but a thousand more why it's necessary. I believe we can have a peaceful future, but we must also realize that holding all our cards and intentionally keeping them close to our chest isn't helping anyone. We need to come together and work on solid, stable, and sustainable projects. We're all humans, we all want a better future for our children. The drive to nurture posterity is what defines us, and to that end we must act as a unified whole. Humans can work together, and our beliefs can overlap in ways we never expected. That is understandable and expected. They may also differ in unsuspected ways, and that is also understandable and expected. We have the power to *choose* how to react to our differences, and we may *choose* to pursue and develop our similarities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5478 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ you won't get far with a "community" of dedicated people │ ║ │ ║ what you need are teams. who can trust each other. you build them through │ ║ brotherhood, and you trust them from their results. │ ║ │ ║ for example if you wanted to organize a grouping or get-together, you'd put a │ ║ bunch of people in a room or seven and let them while they're there work on a │ ║ plan or a decision. │ ║ │ ║ who needs tabling? who needs the chance to speak? just let them socialize and │ ║ say "hey guys here's where you'll plan" │ ║ │ ║ [uh no officer we were just playing board games] │ ║ │ ║ plans are hard without material so make sure you always prepare a pricetag on │ ║ each plan you produce. │ ║ │ ║ keep it for reference. make sure you note all the requirements. the location │ ║ is often the least important part. │ ║ │ ║ "what the hell man you can't just say stuff like that as if it'd work" │ ║ │ ║ yep, I, uh, am a passenger in life just the same as you. And I only write down │ ║ what I want to. │ ║ │ ║ you could show me anything on the internet and I'd believe it. Facts aren't │ ║ important to me because I "forget" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4867 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ had an idea. I might record a video of a TTS reading everything I've ever │ ║ written. Then I could display it to Milkdrop visuals. │ ║ │ ║ (sentences dreamed up by the utterly deranged) │ ║ │ ║ okay in laymans parlaeance, it's a computer program which speaks aloud the │ ║ words in a document held within the computer's memory cards. it will have a │ ║ screen, which displays shifting and glimmering sights of wonder and splendor. │ ║ They will slightly fluctuate in response to the sounds coming from the device, │ ║ so in a sense it's a visualization of the audible-ized thoughts given flight │ ║ in their form to your ears which percieve then understand them. │ ║ │ ║ ... okay that wasn't THAT much longer, why don't we just speak to laymen all │ ║ the time, just to make sure everyone's on the same page? │ ║ │ ║ [boom all of the tech industry could get outsourced to wherever-land]. │ ║ │ ║ not smart, dummy. Open source is a dead-end game because once everything we │ ║ have is gone, there'll be nothing left to remember us as. │ ║ │ ║ just these documents, these things that you write...jck │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4723 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mention │ └──────────────────────┘ politics is basically just "which politician archetype annoys you more?" which, like, could we maybe have politicians who aren't annoying? oh right they do that on purpose. Makes for a better spectacle. Gotta keep the people in line, or else who knows what they might get up to. Maybe they'll build a house! Maybe they'll tear it down! Maybe they'll throw a party! Maybe they'll stay afterwards to clean up! Maybe they'll grow their own food! Enough for all to share! Maybe they'll air their dirty laundry, out where everyone can hear! Maybe they'll sit around and fart while eating cheetos! Maybe they'll work twice as hard because their work is their own! Maybe they'll laugh at the losers who tried to claim that they could master the fate of an entire domain, and maybe they'll simply go insane. Who can say! None but the fools, surely, surely the system is too arcane, surely our way is better, surely their way is deranged. Oh! Poverty! How it comes for ye, whenever you choose to step out of line ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ |