=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-trauma-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ the contrast between what you want and how things are is the source of all resistance. it is also the intersection where mindsets of "denial" appear. the only person you can trust is yourself - why would you bury things like that? I bet a lot of queer people can relate... (the answer to "why" is of course, almost always trauma) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1713 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: divination, tarot │ └───────────────────────────┘ @user-1071 like a king who dictates on high, the taller the chair the farther the fall. how simple is it, when everyone trusts you, to betray the wishes for direction they grant upon you. By leveraging their direction to forward your own ends, you are depriving them of the liberty to choose their own ends. how cruel is it! to be the reason for distrust! alas, who can you go to for guidance if not anybody you trust? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5496 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: weirdness-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ "why bother disadvantaged and vulnerable people when you could just grow your own?" - motivations of a capitalist-in-regard empowerment requires strength. do you force people to unbecome the victim? how are your traps mentally prepared? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3235 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: conservatives-and-liberals-mentioned-gender │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ conservatives think gender is assigning yourself to a particular social role liberals think gender is sort of an aesthetic and way of presenting yourself queer people tend to think of gender as how you feel and what sparks joy in your heart the truth is much more complicated and involves all three, and many more things besides. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4658 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ... and then things got turned up to eleven what were they at before? ... eleven. why do you ask? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse_boost/6270 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════──────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I am once again begging people to understand that “the government” already knows you’re queer whether you do elaborate online opsec dance rituals or not, and if they decide to just start shooting people for being gay, they’ll do it whether the evidence is airtight or not. is that grim? yes. but you can stop giving yourself undercover superhero identity PTSD about it │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────╝─▶ --- #7 fediverse/3475 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── you know that feeling when you realize the person you're talking to is a demon? sometimes I think they don't even realize it. other times, they do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4737 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to restrain myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism so much teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. "the purpose of the system is it's effects" the purpose of a person is how they make people feel so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and HOURS like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, over the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it outside their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you wanna throw this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5397 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── this is why I strive to get people to move. get ready. for what? who can say. but the more power to you, the greater our potential as we thrive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #10 messages/747 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind of "evil"? fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6416 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── group of people who trick others into committing sins through everything from hypnotic manipulation to cult-style separation and psychotic suggestion just because they want to send more people to hell EDIT: why? ... I'm not sayin', wink >; ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1124 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Transposting, request for advice │ └──────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-255 we are our own worst critics. But hey assuming he's right, trusting the validity of his experience, then I'd say: some people are born short and ugly, just gotta be confident and people will gravitate to you. "he may be an ugly son-of-a-gun but he's pretty good at [insert thing he's proud of being good at]" that kinda vibe though I will say there's very few truly ugly humans, we're all beautiful in our own ways. Just gotta find a presentation that you like and that aligns with the expression of your innermost form. That's how we express ourselves to the world in a way that others can understand and make sense of - the quality of our representation of our selves determines how it's perceived. especially for trans people... "passing" is essentially "how much does this person A. confine to gender norms and B. go above and beyond to hide parts of themselves that typically are associated with their opposite gender (the social role they were raised to perform) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/303 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Most of my magic is based on communicatuion. Why the fuck doesn't anyone want to sit down on a bunch of drugs and attempt to figure out telepathy with me? It's literally all I want! Though I can't say it's all I'll ever want. I'm sure I'll want more, but like... It's not that hard, conceptually, so... Let's just fucking try it please? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4208 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-and-weird │ └────────────────────────┘ my train of thought is always directly to the point. Which is why all my posts sorta, switch directions halfway through? as if they only show the beginning or end of that particular situation. What an intense feeling, to have your mind split for a moment like that. Sure would be powerful and useful if you could utilize it. "ah ah ah, caught baby deity in the power jar, cool it ya little tyke and get movin' - I saw a dinosaur toy over there for you to play with." sorta like, the angled part of a K? Move directly to a destination, wait until my memory short-circuits [because the greek choir doesn't want me to see what it is that I'm about to write to thee] and then make a hard right turn and find an orthogonal thought train to process. it's like cresting over a hill, and it's impossible to see that which lies behind you. Or reaching a 4 direction intersection and making a left turn - you can't see back up main street, because you just turned off of main street onto baseline. I like me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6117 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Hmmmm, well, what if we psyopped the people into believing there were alien invaders or extra-dimensional fae creatures or angels and demons or "yeah we already tried that, religion doesn't scale perfectly either. And you can't really manifest those sort of effects except in your prophets and select few others, and that doesn't scale either because humanity wouldn't let it" I see, can you tell me more about that? why and how did humanity arrest the scaling of schizophrenia? "well, for one thing it's debilitating and it sucks. For another, it's different for every person so if you ask one they'll be like "the aliens have blue skin" and the other will say "no they don't have skin at all they're made out of energy" and the public says "HMMMM are you really sure you are generating outmoded assumptions" and the dear reader said "*yeah we don't really understand this part, most of us just glaze eyes over it and move on" and that's not ideal" ... nuts, lost coherence, better try again tomorrow... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #17 notes/trials-of-an-angel --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── people seek to manifest their desired results in the principles of the people who they are engaged with. that is a reframing of the idea that people engage in conversation to sway their partner to their side of an argument. however, when one person is like... way WAY ahead of the other, it's not because they have more confidence, but rather because they have learned the most independent of their partner. ... wait what was I saying? oh yeah supreme commander is a GREAT game because it teaches you to handle and address multiple different situations or tasks all at once. because no true strategist could ever be ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3314 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── dear ritz: it's not that your thoughts are too long for other people to hear it's that your thoughts are too long for your own RAM you need to stop orbiting around your point in an attempt to highlight it using negative space, and instead focus on tapping it lightly over and over again. remember, just like the anti-derivative of zero, there are infinite perspectives that a person can take when reading what you write. So they will necessarily see what's on the "other side" of your orbit as something different than what you're trying to circle in red pen and underline. so be more explicit, please, nobody can understand you and you kinda just keep stack overflowing and it's like... okay, great. "babe why did you stop you had lethal" (the idea is that the viewer takes the final step in their mind, the final leap before reaching the conclusion you're trying to express) "yeah but there's so many different things you say they can't all be important right?" important to you, perhaps. Wait shit I mean... me....? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/1424 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── the devil shows you the plan, and then prevents all others from understanding. the angel is when you give up and focus on purity. what is life if not the will to power? there's nothing stranger than a follower. [I don't understand that, feels like a diversion] [huh new paragraph I guess] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ |