=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── full time social media teams who mark each post as suitable for the entire internet or the trusted viewers (very exclusive club) that way it seems like everything's fine but you're actually having a conversation ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3099 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── people gravitate toward other people who are in different situations but who feel the same. it's not always a bad thing to "talk past each other" - sometimes you just want to say how you feel. then again, if nobody can understand wtf you're talking about, then surely you are lost. all good ideas come at the cost of the second-most-favorable-option. all good ideas come at the cost of the current destination. [current, flawed,] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2442 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── all media is an echo chamber, between the screen and you. social media just lets you talk back. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3532 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1218 shallow conversations are hardly effective, I find. Unless they're logistical, and then they're just passing information - they're hardly conversational. To me, a conversation is a back-and-forth. It needs to have change, people need to consider, to argue their ideas, to wander through thoughts, to share emotions, and / or to resolve conflict, whether internal or external. It can have some of those, all of those, or none of those, but that's what comes to my mind. So a shallow conversation wouldn't really count as "effective" for the purposes of the original toot : ) ... hehe toot ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2676 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ if you asked me to start talking, I could continue for hours explaining │ ║ technical details of computer systems or the different types of win-conditions │ ║ in different strategy games or how to make good pasta with only 3 ingredients │ ║ or what it's like to be a cat, how must they see things or overcome barriers │ ║ between them and solutions? │ ║ │ ║ ..... anyway it's important to be able to talk for a long period of time at │ ║ the drop of a hat because if your conversation partner needs you to │ ║ immediately initiate a conversation, you can do so. │ ║ │ ║ there are a myriad of reasons why someone would want an immediate │ ║ conversation, including "acting casual" or because they want to be distracted │ ║ from nearby suffering or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ in addition, being able to follow long conversations with little bits of │ ║ useful and actionable information thrown in to an otherwise indecipherable │ ║ melange of verbal goo. │ ║ │ ║ what's important is to trust your conversation partner, and to know that │ ║ they're giving you what they can because they trust nothing around. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1946 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── the art of propaganda is being in the right social media place at the right time with the right things to share. Sometimes you have to blend in, that's okay. The words are what are important, if you think "huh yeah true, where's the lie though" then maybe it'll not be such a betrayal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5067 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── some people think "being honest" is the same thing as "accurately displaying what you think and believe" is the same thing as the not same thing as "being deceitful or otherwise hiding your intentions" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1293 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: fedi meta, the bad space, fediblock, misleading and untrue cw, uspol, speedrunning discourse, industrial revolution, aquarium tips │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-921 where tf is all this discourse I always hear about like what are ya'll talking about ... are you talking about me [silly intrusive thoughts teehee pay no mind] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/89 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Consumption is contribution to a capitalist system. Normalize taking whatever you are given and living as humbly as you can. Only when everyone does that may capitalism die. Talk to them, learn from their stories. Teach them your ways but don't force anything upon them. Any ounce of regret is defined as a mind not aligned to the angle of perception that designs the line that the collective mind co-re-assigns. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/6441 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── you can only ever talk to a community while on mainstage. er wait sorry it was this: you can only ever talk to people in a community, not the community itself. unless you are on mainstage. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #10 fediverse/617 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/424 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Facebook is great because you can talk with your friends, but, like... Facebook knows who you are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/308 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── when tech people are hurt by technology they say "how can I fix this? what do I need to install? what configuration should I use? is this company ethical, or are they going to hurt me in the future? could I make something that fixes this myself?" when non-tech people are hurt by technology they say "okay" because they don't have the bandwidth to figure it out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/6457 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the second rule is you don't have to hang out with mortals. there are places you can go where they won't find you, except by accident, and then you just go somewhere else. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #14 fediverse/94 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-107 If you can figure out how to do it well, everything else seems less difficult. : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4600 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── they say the fediverse is at it's best when it's you and your collection of weirdos hanging out in a room together making toots and posting funnies then the reply guys ruined the fun. how do they keep finding??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1388 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I spend time on Reddit because it feels like a conversation. Well, it used to. Now it's... different. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #17 fediverse/3682 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── being large means that all things are not sized correctly. meaning you always feel out of place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5672 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ companies aren't allowed to hire artists because they're busy making things and would reduce their focus levels graphics technicians don't design the media, they just implement. gross, where's the creativity->? oh, here in the boardroom, great -.- everyone gets a boardroom... jeez, how many companies do we need? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3988 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── being "good at video games" does not mean "are you good at beating the game" being "good at video games" means "can you make the experience enjoyable for other players by using your character in an expressive and dynamic way" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ |