=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1493 the trick is to wait until they congregate on their own, then surround them. They're outnumbered right now, and that's great for us. But it means they stay home, in the shadows, for now. It kinda feels bad to win so handily. Like, damn, their "bark really was louder than their bite", wasn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-138 me neither... guess it's in-person for me. [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go] ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5997 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── they attack the bad guys in our provinces and say that it's our foes, and they attack the bad guys in their provinces and say that it's ours that are foes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2683 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── when people are alone, they fall alone, with nobody to bolster them up. a fallen ally is a blow to morale. shaken morale makes you unsteady - broken morale is the enemy's win condition. help your allies. bolster them up. find those whose cause you share enemies with. we're going to get through it together, or not at all. though I do know we will get through it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 notes/star-realms-balancing-tradeoff --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ the "avoid them" "way too loud" "they're our/an annoyance" sorry I was late a little, I got distracted doing REAL HUMAN THINGS like play video games she's vulnerable because she can't be trusted. if anyone is disappearing after interacting with me, it's because someone is redacting them. go find that person and stop them from redacting people please, because I like interacting with people, not props. "if we just... walked around and took what we needed, would they really be able to stop us?" --- heh what if we psyopped her oh god she ran in circles ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5444 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── if the good guys always win, the bad will slink into the shadows and do dastardly deeds out of sight. if the bad guys always win, the spark of goodness will wink out. I think I'd prefer if they were cowering in our wake. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3076 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol kvetching │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1443 they need to do stuff like that or else the republicans would never win... which honestly is the most heartening thing I've heard all day. there are more of us than them, thank goodness. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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 fediverse/3985 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-hurricane │ └──────────────────────┘ conservatives are going to miss the fuck out of the south when the water overcomes it and it'll be their fault which is tragic and suddenly everyone's problem ... but it's not their fault, it's their leaders and representatives but they're all so separated they don't know how to agree on anything but the stuff they hear from their neighbors. Like... what do you expect that's just crowd dynamics then you have foreign powers who crave our destruction (or so we're told) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2031 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1074 We've always been that way in their eyes. If they make it legal, nothing will change in how people think of you. They might be a bit bolder if there's fewer legal protections, but laws have always just been words. There are more of us than there are of them. If you have community, you'll feel safer. I know it's scary but we can get through it together. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4415 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ [6/5] And now, several months after I made this post, I feel no less inspired. From within me burns a fire and I cannot restrain it any longer. Their numbers are not that much larger. We have many advantages they do not possess. Use them to your advantage, but do not neglect the necessary losses. Fight back with your fists if you must, but do try and fight back with your purses. We are all in this together, each child woman and man. We live on a planet together, and they have forced us to fight for our very lives. Our fates are calling. We will get stronger. We will overcome. They are at their zenith. We can only get higher. Fight until the last day! Today is the day to be inspired. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5156 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── @user-1767 yep... I think they must stay in blind-people-mostly instances. surely they must, right? where else would they be? using screen-readers and seeming regular and normal to you and me? ah gosh who can say, maybe there's some statistics out there or something /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4793 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-fascism-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ fuck fascism, we're doing better than them. their bluff is all bluster, they have no significant community presence, just a hundred years of ammunition for small arms and a rag-tag group of militia-men who think they're better than invisible vampire assassins [... what?] don't worry about it. I got 80 something followers, teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5382 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── they are the players, we are the pawns, and there are oh-so-many more of us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1517 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── if you don't feed the trolls, then they find their own clan. and in doing so, they make their own echo chambers. what would a bunch of trolls do to each other? the poor dears. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/2717 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: USpol; shooting │ └─────────────────────────┘ @user-1328 the only method that needs to fail for them to realize what you're saying as truth is their method to vote. they will quickly grasp for power they once held and realize it was little more than an "I OWE YOU" Then, they might listen. Then, they might hear. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 notes/elective-democracy-electors --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── we need like, several more layers between us and the president. most people only need to worry about what's nearby. sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives" which sorted by social class or relevance. we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators congressional discrestricts or even, what about by affiliation? voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah "I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay" "there will be consequences" omg be an adult (suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing) not ideal. ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship? it could just be... another job where you didn't kill each other but you still blew stuff up and fought in tournaments and had gaming hackathons or sword-fight contests duels between people who disapproved y'know fun human stuff like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #20 messages/1316 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── I don't go to protests because they're more like yelling hatred until you get slaughtered, instead of what I want to meet cute trans girls at which is signing up for a militia and hunting [redacted -> their sons and daughters] nobody knows each other on the internet. of course they're gonna vote for individual personal freedoms. What do you mean they voted for a pedophile acrobat? they don't even know each other! [the only reason you said acrobat is because it rhymed] ohhhh no it's supposed to be "autocrat" but they misheard ah right I see I see. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |