=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: green-day-lyrics-self-harm-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ where will all the martyrs go when the martyrs kill themselves and where will we all go when it's too late? it's not over till you're underground it's not over 'fore it's too late "the city's burnin'" that's not my burden it's not over 'fore it's too late (there is nothing left to analyze) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1014 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 notes/the-sun-goes-silent --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the sun goes silent for a year, to protest the earth's dying moments one day in march, the light of our life disappears. we know not of why it has \ departed, except that whatever it was happened eight minutes ago. we cowered in fear as one day it refused to rise as our antipode saw it vanish with naught but our ears we saw stars never imagined with the light of our life suddenly vanished our true plight came naturally as our fear but tomorrow it'll re-imagine, as it's been almost exactly one year one full rotation, to get the message across, then with man as our [signal, \ message, \ conveyor, \ performer, \ expression, \ by-product communication,] what's our earth is our star trust-me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4692 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what's that? a bunch of houses burnt down in california? what if we built a couple warehouses and stored all our trans girls in bunkbeds there, with rooms for LAN parties and snuggle parties in rooms full of stuffed buddies plushies with massive kitchens and sad ballpits where you can go to vent your feelings by writing on a ball with a sharpie and then when someone else is feeling sad they can come and read the balls and maybe feel something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #4 notes/cause --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── lookin' for a cause but all I found was camoflage oh, every time we bleed they're too scared to dream I feel like I could roam lost somewhere over the rainbow oh every time we meet it's too hard to breathe lost somewhere I know all those streets grow ever bold ooooh I'm already gone 'cuz I'm too done to try. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #6 messages/1013 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair. peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed. peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid. peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved. peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come if you make offerings. offer peace to me. I will nourish thee. offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me. there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer part of their story. at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the things you do. they may heal in time. there may not be time. sacrifice your fallen to me, sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy, I will bane your broken resolutions I will claim your darkest allusions. fight for me, in spite of tragedy, and I will send mercy to your victims. fight for me, if you hold peace dearly, and I will sign fate's next ultimatum. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #7 notes/i-told-them --- ══════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10-22-2022 i told them over and over, but nobody wanted to know. i begged them, summer after summer, but nothing solved on it's own now i can help them, but no-one is making a move am i blind? is any of this forgiven? what's not to a lot, is little but a shot, of substance - true - but smelling like poo. that's not inspiring. it's not even chilling. you're broken just like your children. oh, posterity! i claim it for thee this feeling of wretched denial oh, simplicity! if only our lives were on trial. be the best you can be, sure, but take it from me there's more to this show than our styles. what do you think it means, for an action to have consequence? to arbite the fate of circumstance? every motion is an ocean of possibilities and purveyals think not of the commotion below. gravity, oh gravity how you condemn us to be! driven by commotion, our slithering motion, no sense in countering ourselves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/6077 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: militaries-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ the witch inside me hears they're sending 200 troops to my city and she's like "two HUNDRED SOLDIERS?" and freaks tf out because fighting two hundred men meant a lot more back in her day. it's still pretty hardcore but it's not the death stroke she thinks it is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #9 notes/semblance-of-remembrance --- ═══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── hello down there how's it hangin'? been a while since you've been sang-in'. got something to hide? or are you too ashamed? there's no callous curses or otherwise hard services who can shape and compare to deserve-us. (Sorrowful is not a pillar of our misbegot trust and longing has broken meanings. cherish thine hair, a smattering beyond compare, and learn everfar of those tenembrarious of conflicts it pays to align to our sibilancings shivering heights and towering frights condemn all sense of fine desperation compulsions have we, of our fineries, but moss and the soil do flatter-us it's not as they say - bastards! it's not confined to our way, yet who are we to profess? confess! tell us your way that none may beyold it confounded as they are civil and kind to our star, who holds us ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4200 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ "doing too many drugs" is a traitorous act, abusive really, to your past self, and their hopes and dreams. or maybe your past self owes you a debt, for they never thought to think of you. What are you to aspire to if not the dreams of your past? and now you're here. wherever "here" is here... ... ... wait, you wanted me to talk? it's now! It's the present! ah nevermind. you were twelve years old when you first set eyes upon this game: https://youtu.be/qeNhQQXvpxQ bam, there ya go, there's yer story, he was gonna give all the imp balls to the last one at the end, to say "you were truly the strongest, here, have these precious stones of your kin" but he never got there, so they died with him, a thief. ... the end... (too final, I think - maybe we could spin it into a "part two"?) ah, I'll try I guess? dunno how. maybe he could wander the spirit world and find his traitorous body, the one that kept his soul as a home. Somewhere it'll turn up, and then he'll be ready and free from his roam... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/176 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Before death, there is a last for everything. Your last meal, the last song you sung, the last time you held someone in your arms and the last time you looked at the sky in wonder. Then, you die, and there's nothing but stone forevermore. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4383 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: homelessness-mentioned-politics-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Come to a battleground state, nobody will question why you are homeless and full of lit sparks. There's nothing left for you at your home. It's okay to leave it all behind. Just bring the things that you made if you can, the things that reflect "you" - the most irreplaceable things, like family photos and precious small charms. Everything else is to be abandoned. If necessary in your particular case, dear reader, for I swear it to you in your face: we will not let these fascists go far. Come please, and help us. I don't care what you once owned, I don't care from where you claim is your home, just don't betray us and we'll take care of you and fight against the dark. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4073 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── post until you can't anymore capitalism wants to drown your voice do not let it speak until you cannot speak then go do some pushups then find some friends then pitch a tent in the park then explain to the cops that you're not actually homeless and living there you're just trying to do this as a social statement because someone on the internet told you to then use your phone call to call your representative and complain about how much funding the police get then study law for 30 years because that's how long the government decided your life was worth by then you'll probably have figured out a better plan moving forward, so, use that one instead ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #14 notes/revolution --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── the only way revolution can work is if the poor have more power than the rich power is only, and solely, the control of violence we are what we make, and what we do is forever a struggle else-whise we'd grow bored from our unassailable perfection waiting for judgement day... any day now... t... don't cross the line and you're fine dream, america dream. I gave-ing her sleep, from a wiserly dawn. scream, america scream, believe what you see from heroes and conseSTACK OVERFLOW I won't have internet until tuesday. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #15 messages/1125 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY okay but... to do what WALK AROUND AND FIND OUT okay but... it's cold AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME I am dispirited, I need a cause CRY ABOUT IT SOME MORE I'd rather be happy SO WOULD ALL WHO LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES the times feel sleepy FIGHT FOR YOUR PLACE IN VALHALLA that'll get me imprisoned or killed FIGHT FOR AMERICA she's young and scrappy and can take a punch SO CAN YOU. GET PUNCHED. where are all the nazis? where are all the bad guys? DO NOT RELENT YOURSELF TO A GENTLE NIGHT I have my knife, I'm ready to fight, and... NO FIGHT WILL COME TO YOU. MAKE ONE. I don't want to hurt anyone HURT THOSE WHO DESERVE IT what if I wait for my allies some more? that's more comfortable YOUR ALLIES AWAIT YOU yeah uh-huh I'm sure. Gonna go fall asleep. FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY ... I wanna go home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #16 fediverse/2669 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: meta-adjacent, but fedi and Internet cultures in general too │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-570 so, the same thing as pearl-clutching journalism? "OoOoOoOo look at all these BLACK people going to JAZZ CLUBS and seducing our flapper women" or "Rock and Roll and drugs are ruining this nation!" basically eliciting an emotional reaction in order to prime a group of people to hatred or violence against a particular target group of people ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4068 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── there will always be people who shine in moments of strife yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become stalin never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy, else we fall into shame and despair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5486 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "ew but they're dirty" oh yeah true okay new plan how much do you think it'll cost to buy a hotel [this is why the socialists invented buy-in] "I don't think socialists did that??" buy in, hmmmm, what's that? oh yeah it's when you say "hey what if we X'd" and they said "yes I agree with you because you present a reasonable estimate on reality" {uh hi I just got a message from "some-nowhere" here ya go: "oh my god she's fuckig instane} [ugh cursing-mentioned, that means there's fewer characters to transmote.] [no because then I'd run out of steam and it'd be incomplete. Plus sometimes I like the distraction of a reasonable limitation.] (okay, but are YOU worth it?) leave her alone she's working her charms, this is how witches d-do. "so, isn't the point to give yourselves the coverage of a location transmutation? so, wouldn't you want to find someone alike and share their life?" what is even the point, why even bother, just give them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #19 messages/1395 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "thrift stores" = for poor people, stuff that sucks and instantly breaks "antiques" = when a rich person dies they don't wanna break all their stuff (trash) what if always good the first time? what if we took note of the people who liked to break things and gave them easily repairable versions "no no you don't understand, I want to *destroy*" okay well here's some stuff we designed like fireworks, intended for destruction in a dazzling display. This one's shaped like a house and everyone's invited. "The day I first saw a nuclear warhead explode I realized I wanted to become a doctor" oh yeah how long did it take for the smoke to clear? "like, weeks." (I'm picturing a bunch of people who are personally demonstrated to why using them for warfare is a bad idea) then they come out of it thinking "oh right war is bad" and then they never do it. "stand up for yourself! fight for your right to life! there's nothing to lose but your chains, what bothers you the most? do that thing! work on it! fix it! if it's a problem, we gotta figure it out!" [insert panicked noises here] girl if there's literally bombs overhead it's okay to panic. "AH I'M SO SCARED I MIGHT JUST PUNCH A POLICEMAN" oh where did all the cops go they were always around at night "they started killing people" why? "I dunno, I guess people were bad?" huh that makes sense to my brain um, what was I saying again? oh yeah if everyone has a collective wardrobe, everyone would keep all the clothes nice. Now, the problem is, everyone likes something different, and if you can never guarantee that your favorite clothes will be around when you need them... well that sucks doesn't it, it means you gotta wear someone else's stinky armpits - ew! no thank you. I like having my own clothes. I don't mind having to clean them, or wash the dishes or take care of the lawn or build a new part of the barn or walk around at night just to make sure nothing goes wrong. it's my right to do them as much as I please? so, just optimize for the number of owners that corresponds to the optimal division of a person's time or labor power moments in time. [chores] okay but what if robots - okay, then robots. but that's then, what's now? washing the dishes by hand. that's what's now, but here's one last thing to demand. can you please do it like you do? blessed and beyond charmed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ |