=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1487 because we already did it to the far-left during BLM, when we called them "rioters" and "looters" (note, overton window shift, it's "protesters" and "rioters" not "rioters" and "looters", but what did the media cover?) now it's the far right's time, to be purged by ritual examination. hence why they detain everyone at a crime-scene, so they can sort out the facts. sure hope they're not corrupt. We just gotta... trust them, I guess, because they've always been on our side. ... well that's enough internet for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/423 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: us-pol-cursing │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ How about next election after this clusterfuck where we demolish the fascists │ ║ we take a breather and say "okay every candidate submits their plan for a │ ║ controlled demolition of capitalism, the winner gets to implement their idea" │ ║ │ ║ wait that's a terrible idea people will just vote for the thing that makes │ ║ them feel good and is vaguely shaped like a D or an R. │ ║ │ ║ How about this: we design a decentralized program that can run on any computer │ ║ or phone that locally analyzes every file and pattern to generate a │ ║ personality matrix that will interact in a massive simulation that is a │ ║ mirrored reflection of the structure of our society as it currently exists │ ║ (and as it'd be proposed to exist) and anyone who wants to vote can run │ ║ through pseudo experiences tailored to their personality / demographic or │ ║ whatever and play with the proposed system to see which one they like more. │ ║ It'd have to be very statistically sound in order to accurately reflect │ ║ reality. │ ║ │ ║ wait, that's just a torment-nexus-precursor. Darn. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #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 fediverse/5223 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if all the followers on your profile who only know you through the │ ║ fediverse (after having known each other in person, this part is crucial) who │ ║ don't talk anymore were like, killed and replaced with someone who is always │ ║ busy │ ║ │ ║ so many people just... disappear from things │ ║ │ ║ where did they go │ ║ │ ║ why is their chair empty or filled with another │ ║ │ ║ why can't I place their name │ ║ │ ║ what kind of clothes did they wear │ ║ │ ║ oh right they had such-and-such │ ║ boots-or-piece-of-adorn-jewelry-handheld-possession-just-the-same-shape-as-some │ ║ one-i-knew │ ║ │ ║ then I heard they gave them to so-and-so so that they could wear them for clout │ ║ │ ║ ah, well, I guess they're busy, got stuff going on, things to write about │ ║ today... Guess I better hear the story, what's the news, ah, well, okay, guess │ ║ I'll go back to programming. │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what she'd say? │ ║ │ ║ if everyone knows the gay agenda, then they can work on it by being gay and │ ║ doing crime │ ║ │ ║ [[ then the cops beat ya up and it hurts and you can never walk right again ]] │ ║ │ ║ what if gypsies were ga │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4365 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if Trump controlled x% of the land (according to electoral college votes) and kamala controlled y% of the resources (according to popular vote) and they each could do whatever they wanted there the house and the senate in congress would function the same and unite the two, but anything the president disagreed with they could veto for their particular pieces of land and it would only affect their constituents. why should we settle for anything less than legitimate representation, unclouded by the division and spite? if some combination of presidential vetos created an impossible situation, then by law people weren't allowed to interface. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2724 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-cursing-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "second american revolution" yeah fucking right it's liberals versus fascists, and once the liberals win the leftists will be marginalized again because that's how it goes. though who knows, maybe periods of intense tumult are the perfect times for restructuring society. After all, the traitors HAVE been slowly twisting things to their benefit every chance they get. And hey, these leftists really seem to know what's going on - I mean, have you heard that guy's rant about the minimum wage? or hey check out this video essay that goes into the politics of gender and how they relate to the justification of hierarchy, so neat glad we can hear these voices while we shiver in our homes waiting for the brave ones to save our lives. Cowering sure is neat, it inoculates you to trauma and then every news story feels like just another pile of shit to eat. Though, frankly, we're pretty inoculated already. Too bad cowardice has been our song ever since the Red Scare and Civil Rights movements. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/1466 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ dear god, why don't girls carry around swords? nobody's gonna wanna mess with you if you got a blade. [nope wrong they still will, but close. the actual answer is that if you notice injustice, you can draw your sword and engage. "stop, why are you doing this sir" attends to the citizens like a justice police.|'-> I see, well please step aside so she can pass.] when people are noticed from their flanks, they tend to panic and disengage. unless they're in a frenzy or a rage, then they are an uncontrollable storm. but once it wears off, they are surrounded. frenzies are rare. often glorious in their flair. hence, why a lady with a sword can help clear the air. in a crowded room, she approaches when she notices there are enough swords for those belligerents who are armed. otherwise, she is outclassed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #11 fediverse/6054 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── Trump threatens US government shutdown unless trans healthcare is made illegal wow, so... okay are they really willing to go to war over men in dresses? I think they might. I am shocked and amazed at their audacity and extreme stupidity. so, trans people: would you rather live in Gaza or go into the closet and buy testosterone on the dark web? death before detransition is not about trans rights. well, it's about trans rights because they made it about us. Buncha weirdos, so concerned about our styles and emotional states. It's not about trans rights. It's about that one poem, you know the one, "first they came for the immigrants, then they came for the trans people, oh and there's socialists in there somewhere frankly they aren't picky about who they go after because ICE doesn't care if you're brown" if they come for us, they will not take us. "just adding fuel to the fire, y'know" yeah, well, not only did they light it they also are holding buckets of gasoline (not even a sealed container smh) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2948 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-violent-imagery-colonialization │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ just wanna say that the reason Biden gives arms to Israel is so they can │ ║ contest Saudi Arabia and others. │ ║ │ ║ we also buy a lot of oil from Saudi Arabia, because that's their primary │ ║ export. │ ║ │ ║ they are a rich nation because of their natural resources, which would │ ║ otherwise be stagnant under the desert, and so this gives us (through them) │ ║ the right to pollute our atmosphere and melt the bones off of people at the │ ║ equator (in however many years) │ ║ │ ║ however, if the military (we've built) combined with the economy (we sustain) │ ║ then they could dominate any players in the region. Thus, a new kingdom │ ║ ascendant, which is kinda their long-term plan. gotta have a foe to pit your │ ║ citizens against, or else they'll never listen to you. │ ║ │ ║ those dummies just want to sit around and watch clouds all day! listen they're │ ║ sitting on a WEALTH of natural resources and what, they just want to be │ ║ hippies in the forest? (same justification was part of the argument for │ ║ European colonization of America) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4665 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ literally all it takes to activate me is for someone who's more radical than me to point me out and say "hey. you. you need to do more." and then I fuckin' go, like a beyblade (emphasis on blade) nicking the shins of allies and... probably foes, right? there's foes around here, right? I'm not just nicking my allies, right? ... right? anyway every top winds down and then I collapse and wail for a bit because I'm just like that I guess. Don't mind me, just self-immolating my way through history, let's see how it goes... you're supposed to be inspiring, but you just sound like you're whining ah. right. well... lemme catch up on sleep debt and I'll get back to valorizing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5257 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: protests-mentioned-then-communism-mentioned-then-ghosts-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if everyone at a protest is showing up for their first time like, c'mon don't be that dull, just make plans with the people standing next to you. gosh why is everyone shouting I can't plan out how to divert water down a hillside because some jerks are singing protest chants ... wait is no-one else talking? gosh I gee sure wish someone told them to not do what you're told and to instead do what will get you [gold/told] the first communist internationals were basically people sitting down and going "okay what kind of communism should we make and where" and I think about that a lot while making signs to let the surveillance know what matters personally to me and exactly how much pressure they can apply before your demographic swings to contest their brutal fascist facts. -- who is them and why are they watching theea provisionist's [screed/creed] -- what the heck is a tryptaminea boomer aunt and uncle out on their honey/versary ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5329 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: the-world-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ trying my best not to think about communism too much right now. Mostly because I'm waiting for everyone to catch up... when the day comes when people stop saying "based" and leaving it at that, then I'll make more theory. But as a consequence of my queer nature I shall deliver such things in the form of an insane twitter post on the fetlifeverse. the world waits with bated breath in the eye of the storm. Nobody knows whats coming, and everyone prays that it's nothing [short of revolution] ... I should probably go back to sleep, I just had to wake up and write about linux or whatever... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #17 messages/1431 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ ever since I left home I've felt in danger. constant, everpresent. I opposed the current regime, democrat or republican, but I only sorta knew what I stood for I thought it was liberal democracy then social democracy then free market controlled economy then disestablished federations of communal autonomies (this is when I started producing my own works) now it's some semblance of a ratio'd and innovation incentivizing crypto monarchy of the masses? bah, whatever. that's just how I'd most like to live. Reality is about solving problems. What's your problem? here's how to solve it. Please, begin again. gah. fine. start from the beginning I guess. You know, I've never read my own work? I sometimes skim through bits and pieces, but I don't go back and review it. Not regularly. I'm sure there are vast portions that I've never read after the first couple times I saw it while writing it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #18 fediverse/6055 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── the longer we wait, the more their hypocrisy becomes apparent, and the more "the people" get it but, uh... I think enough people get it. They at least know something is going on, whatever it may be. they will tell their base whatever they want to hear and their base will have hate. they're itching for it. volunteer for things if you want a say in how they turn out. risk your life to live longer. there is no way to know when the time is right because nobody knows the truth of our times. Even the president is misled. gee I sure wish there was like, some form of centralizing intelliagentic knowledge that pulled the strings and led us puppets toward liberty, justice, and freedom for all (as a baseline) surely they'd be able to see the corruption and rot that imperils us all, might they have a better design? who can say, they are quiet as the grave, here's hoping they stay that way. "you know the powers of which you speak are not to be trifled with" you can't trifle with your own life. be thorough~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #19 fediverse/157 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 the scariest part is you don't need AI for any of that. people have been scamming with call centers in indonesia. election campaigns are essentially generalized information spreading machines. (whether mis, dis, or just... regular information) Marketing is an entire discipline dedicated toward making people believe something they previously did not - that product XYZ is worthy of their dosh. But it doesn't have to be like that, it could be using it's powers of analysis for good. But alas, if only we had an economic system that allowed for anything but a race to the bottom. I mean yeah racing is great when you're competing with a bunch of other nations, but c'mon do we really need to fight? Every inch of earth has been claimed. Let's just... draw a line in the sand and say "okay no more changes" and focus on more important things? Like climate change for example? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4422 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1013 They may return to us if they choose, when they realize that we were right all along. Otherwise, they might feel disenfranchised and choose to disengage. That is expected and allowed. Others amongst them might go right. Fuck 'em, they always cared for gold over lives. You are right, their methods have not worked. They have sustained our society up to this point and for that I thank them - but we are entering a new age for our country, and we shall build it as a federation. They are more than welcome to observe and offer insight from their years spent observing and wrestling with Republicans, but understand that much of their insight is dealing with their elite class of politicians and not with who you and I might come across on the street. They are encouraged to learn from us. To do otherwise is at best to neglect our only route to a bright future - at worst it is to obstruct us, to delay us, to keep us running in circles. Find the people who are sabotaging our efforts and move on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ |