=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1209 change is a natural part of the cycle of life. when your thing dies, make another. defend it for a time, you might even persevere true. but should it's end be apparent, be displaced and fight for something else. the largest pictures require the most maintenance. meaning they are the easiest targets. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/111 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's meaning ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish their presence in our life-world-line. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2111 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── when someone deletes what they were typing and starts over, that means they have something more to share and you should try and figure out what it is with questions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-gestured-at │ └──────────────────────────────┘ the "heaven" they offer you is just a world of your own design, which is what you can do when you're perfectly disciplined and granted the ability to perfectly perceive perception, begets reality and lo! we only see what we want to see life is so much more interesting than death, death is just... a spiral of your penitent peers living their lives glued to their screens and passing through spacetime as if in a dream life, meanwhile, is anything you can conjure on this tiny planet earth. At least we have indoor plumbing, right? I'd rather make friends with the angels in this life, so they can convince me to stop torturing myself. someone... please convince me... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/765 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice for when secrecy is intended. OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/1214 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── Anger is rarely a reason to act. Make movement because it's right, not because it's easy when you're mad. Get mad on purpose to do the things you could never do while calm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #9 fediverse/1292 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: mental health question │ └────────────────────────────────┘ @user-78 anhedonia perhaps? the difficulty of identifying or feeling emotions? (emojis as you put them) you shouldn't overexpose yourself to things regularly. Think of it like you're slowly adjusting your body to a poison - you need to start out slowly to build up a tolerance. In the same way if things make your heart hurt then you shouldn't expose yourself to too many of them all at once - face the darkness you find, but only enough to contrast with your bright. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2480 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as they like their life. their ONLY life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 messages/356 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── When good people die, when they drop out or leave the industry, they no longer have access to the levers of power that guide our collective fate. Meaning those who persist are those who covet power. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4469 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── doom is like sand thrown on a fire. don't spread it unless you are intentional about it. sometimes it's good to smother fires. other times it's cathartic. that's okay. but keep in mind the future goals. where are we trying to get to in the near future? work towards that. your emotions are fuel, not despair to wallow in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/14 --- ══════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────── ye who it is nature to fight take heart - we will bear your harshest of burdens. As best as we can, we keep stillness at hand, focusing on life and renewal. In all of it's forms, we are not born out of acorns, instead we are imprinted upon one another. A life lived well is all that is required from you, and does it not fulfill your expectations? Why seek power over others if not to direct and support them to something much bolder and aggranding? (grand but pronounced weird) the only purpose in the pursuit of power is a perfectly prepared penance ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5831 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── it's okay to be a little evil sometimes all things are defined in waves, and your highest peaks are nothing without low valleys to accompany them. Balance arises naturally from the contest of these two natures, and, well, you're gonna figure it out anyway no matter what I say so why bother teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/739 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── one important thing about image generation algorithms like Stable Diffusion is they can reveal something about our hearts. all data derived from the masses is naturally inclined to reflect the affections of it's kind. Otherwise it'd be unstable, and find itself it's own ways to not fail, including moving somewhere it feels safer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2441 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── if someone on the street asked you, could you point to the nearest power station? wastewater treatment plant? hell even a gas-station if you live in a city, probably not. They put them in fake buildings with hollowed out exteriors in order to keep the city looking nice. these crucial pieces of infrastructure are important to defend. but if you don't know which street to turn down, then you might miss them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5840 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ]]]] I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time. every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the cause. -- turn-of-the-century-autocrat enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory please, please, please let me teach you magic? enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #19 messages/467 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── Laws should be required to be marked [short term] or [long term] Short term means it should be redesigned after its effects become apparent. Long term means that if there's sufficient demand, an alternative should be created. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/904 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── if the devil gave you false paradise since birth, why would you not seek to destroy it? if an angel gave you an easy hell on earth, why would you not seek to deface it? if your ancestors put you on the path to success, would you follow them and forever do the same? if your family urged you to study rocket science, would you bomb indescriminately? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |