=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── On Reddit, you talk about ideas to faceless users whose names are almost entirely irrelevant. on Twitter and Mastodon, you speak to people and "sound your barbaric yawp" into the void. on forums, you have a continual conversation that ebbs and flows and occasionally returns to the main point, but often will spiral out to random places that the responders decided were worth exploring. instagram and facebook and the like are designed to share your real life - your experiences and your masks. tumblr and cohost are designed to blog about topics and interests, abstracting the "communal" aspect away and essentializing connections to the tenuous ties between people who enjoy similar pieces of pop media. reddit's style encourages discussion. twitter's style encourages expression. forums encourage conversation. instagram encourages perfection. tumblr encourages culture. I'm from Reddit, so please feel free to tell me how and why I'm wrong. Here on Mastodon if more than 10 people reply, it'll be impossible. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1410 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ whoa, what time is it? "time for your daily sleeping babe" yes babe... │ ║ │ ║ but first, some horror [beware the psycherwaul, for she likes to dream and has │ ║ no idea what she's talking about] │ ║ │ ║ {why would you post these all at once? people are going to get pissed at you │ ║ for breaking rules that you didn't know. And by "you" I of course mean "the │ ║ kind of people you are, not you in particular because you know things" and by │ ║ "kind of people you are" I mean "the type of person who spends enough time on │ ║ the internet to know how internet things generally work" like my goodness │ ║ internet people are dramatic. There's sooooo much drama all the time, like... │ ║ why │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah because people are dramatic. duh. How could I be so vain. │ ║ │ ║ what's your deal │ ║ │ ║ is it wrong to post links to things you've written in the past? ehh it's not │ ║ like there's rules on the sidebar like on Reddit or whatever. what would a │ ║ sidebar even look like on Mastodon? │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah, a person's profile. Except, the consent is backwards, because people │ ║ hear what they hear. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/419 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ good version: normalize putting the people who can help you in your bio │ ║ │ ║ evil version: oh yeah sure a list of people that they need to ensure are │ ║ handled when they come for you. they know your patterns. they know your │ ║ functions. all it takes is to isolate a social network (whether real or │ ║ imagined) and de-escalate. │ ║ │ ║ good version: sorry had to cut you off there, sometimes it's too hard on my │ ║ heart. let's come back to that, tell me the story in multiple points, so I can │ ║ take a breath and orient my surroundings. your ideas are so long, yet somehow │ ║ impossibly wrong? like something out of a myth we have a limitless supply of. │ ║ where do you come from? what's your purpose? why is that wrong? something │ ║ something perceptual misunderstandings and cognitive recomprehendings, stifled │ ║ and swallowed by our harm. │ ║ │ ║ evil version: I'm not sure what you're saying about that, but it's interesting │ ║ where your mind goes. the patterns of redirection are perplexing to me, │ ║ because they somehow seem more aligned than mine. do I persist? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/967 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ the reason I say that is because if you block someone, they can continue to │ ║ alter the dynamic of the environment you're in even if you don't personally │ ║ see them. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize ad views, but on the fediverse nobody │ ║ cares about buying products. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you want to maximize engagement, because new people (who │ ║ havent yet gotten upset with the person) will engage and fight them. As they │ ║ should. But eventually, if the person's a troll or a goon, they'll get tired │ ║ of it and block them too. Thus the goon never has to face more than a few at a │ ║ time, especially if there's quite a few trolls on board with their target. │ ║ │ ║ this is fine if you don't mind the water slowly acidifying, like the fish who │ ║ have no choice because they don't know how to grow legs and walk like real │ ║ animals (what a bunch of scrubs) │ ║ │ ║ some people don't want to invest time in figuring out where to go next. How │ ║ many people will hear of Mastodon when Twitter is fully vacated of cool people? │ ║ │ ║ Tell your friends IRL about us │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4185 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── so weird how "you" in your words becomes "whichever social media platform you're currently typing into" when you post a lot (like, all the time) it's like this semi-para-social relationship thing. is there a different kind of "para" that means, like... in relation to the means of communication rather than the person on the other end? maybe like... "meta", meaning discussing the topic of discussing the topic. In this case of course it'd be... discussing the medium upon which the discussion is taking place. but it's not really about the medium, is it? It's anthropomorphizing the medium, giving it a face, or at least a persona of some kind, and speaking directly to it. (of course, "it" means "all the people who follow you and who are cursed to wander upon you in the local feed) so... athro-meta-socializing mastodon means that you toot about whatever, but directed toward the entity that you know and are talking to: "mastodon", which to you is something completely different than it is to everyone else. huh~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1519 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-883 │ ║ │ ║ yeah, true. if they were collectively owned we could suggest some collectivist │ ║ viewing methods that displayed the highest rated posts in addition to the │ ║ lowest. │ ║ │ ║ I used the "sort by controversial" option a lot to ascertain what the polar │ ║ extremes of different opinions were on whatever the subject was. They don't │ ║ even have to be opposites either. │ ║ │ ║ Helps you find a bit more of the familiar human crowd. Upvotes are just │ ║ numbers in a database after all, a database that they entirely control. Funny │ ║ how people always complain about bots but, like, Reddit could just write their │ ║ own bots. │ ║ │ ║ For breaking news I'd usually sort by "new", because then you can scan for │ ║ updates when you had time. Though sometimes "best", which valued both time and │ ║ total upvotes, helped a lot for looking for definitive things. │ ║ │ ║ though you could just have a bunch of bots upvote a post shortly after it was │ ║ posted, thus making it appear more powerful to the sorting algorithm. │ ║ │ ║ well, it's flawed. But Mastodon is Twitter, so ig Lemmy │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4220 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── people are so used to "liking" things to better inform their algorithm that when they get to fediverse and realize there's no mechanical impact of "liking" things they don't know how to use it anymore. So they generate their own meaning, which is different to everyone. So to one person, liking something might mean "send read receipt" for another it might mean "I'm gonna save this forever and ever" and for another person it could mean "hey I think you're cool and I agree with this" same for boosting, people think it's "I want to share this" and others think it's "I want to say this in your voice" and for others it's "this needs to be heard by my followers in particular" and it's just... a whole thing even replies are complicated, do they mean you want to say what you feel or are they part of the post now, and should be curated by the original poster? it's too complicated! ... how are you overwhelmed by reading and responding with three little buttons, it's not that hard dummy okay but maybe I'm just dum ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 notes/the-gods-want-harmony --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── the gods want you to be happy and harmonious most of the time. they also like a good scrap, tussle, and tumble sometimes they aren't big fans of hatred, despair, and genocide. It's been done before. they don't even need new technology, though frankly that sort of stuff is pretty awesome and one of the main reasons that humans exist at all. they just... keep coming up with new things. "oh? so you'd be alright if humans disappeared so long as they weren't making any new things anymore?" ha, that's DEFINITELY not what I said or meant. Humans don't have to dream up NEW things in order to BE new. Like... Just because the internet exists and now we have all the same shared cultural ethos (lol, as if the internet wasn't just a massive collection of echo chambers) just because the internet exists doesn't mean we share the same selves. the same experience. the same perspective. people are WILDLY different from one another. The number of possible human experiences (quantum fluctuations according to each and every choice and decision they made) that number is so wildly and massively incomparably boundless. Humans are cool because they are so STRANGE, and "strange" to a god is anything novel. "wow, this human just... really is gonna pour a glass of beverage and act like it's not a big deal? There's... impossibly many interactions going on. So many molecules. It's... absurd, the motion of a movement of particles from one place to another. It's... beautiful..." some have spent THOUSANDS OF YEARS gazing at a waterfall. That's why they're all so fucking insane. But, like... insanity is a trifle to omnipotence, specifically omnipotence that REPRESENTS and DELINEATES a STRATIFIED perspective cluster of experience and our notes. [ephemeren, meta malus menardi, enjoy your despair cluster you FUCKER.] ... english, why do you fail me? swear words are unbecoming because humans couldn't think of anything more valid and valuable than sex and pooping. "EMPHASIS is placed on that which is most relevant" -> statements dreamed up by the ones who never spent much time using symbols to represent abstraction or deliverance wowee look at me, I'm such a person, I'm gonna poop my pants and post about it on the internet, check out my instagram feed it's full of all of my dark materials. == stack overflow == dear ms. menardi: you know the reason you feel so much guilt all the time? - because you are a dominant personality, and you make others - have such a bad time. FOCUS ON GOOD THINGS. MAKE THE WORLD - good. do that. build up a lifeline of hope and joy and... - what, you think people know that you're a god? - lol - you're so much more than that ==================== alt+p steam mechabellum run thoughts: you know, when you're designing games, you don't have to show players the same MMR number as is used in your matchmaker. == stack overflow == democracy should consent to being dismantled. it should consent to being disobeyede. it should consent to being displayede. == stack overflow == I'm a keyboard nun == stack overflow == I think I'm normal == stack overflow == ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4521 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── I have between one and ten hundred visits to my website every day, but I don't really post it anywhere new anymore. I also have zero followers on Neocities. On Mastodon, I have ~70 followers, most of whom are inactive. Seventy is a good amount, a normal amount, a reasonable amount, an unsuspicious amount, and yet every time I see someone wearing the colors I can't help but wonder if they know me. I'm too busy being furious to be lonely. I used to be, before I realized how important I am. How important? Just as much as you are, I know it. I'm a sprinter. I didn't spec into endurance at character creation. Nobody chastises the mage for skipping leg day. I act in fits and bursts. I am sharp like a scalpel, but needles dull just a bit when piercing the lid of the HRT. Good thing I'm not made out of metal, I can bend myself back into place, so long as everyone else can keep pace. I don't know who needs to hear this, but you do. you are crucial. Listen to this. Care for yourself and for others, do it for u ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2051 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-883 i've never heard of most of these but I think I might belong on eldritch.cafe ... maybe void.rehab well actually I'm a lot of tech.lgbt hmmmmm on Reddit it's nice because you can subscribe to various communities I wish you could do that with Mastodon, to express your particular affiliation. ... or perhaps we should not be building scenes, but rather communities. (just based on the name) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/488 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ [in response] │ ║ │ ║ you only say that because you're privileged such that you may ignore such │ ║ realities. You are despicable, you ignore the plight and reality of those who │ ║ you claim to speak toward - what a jerk! │ ║ │ ║ (in response) │ ║ │ ║ how futile it is, the effort to denigrate yourself to infinite requirements. │ ║ I'm literally unemployed, I have no capital, I cannot speak for naught but │ ║ those who would hear me. I guess that makes my words useless, wouldn't you │ ║ agree? Shall I describe myself more fully? It's the responsibility of the │ ║ audience to ascertain the intentions, biases, and contextual evidence that the │ ║ author presents in their thesises. So... You, who are reading this, what do │ ║ you think of me? Would you ever tell me as such, or am I simply a mass of │ ║ words in the void of experience that comprise your existence in this wholely │ ║ (yet incompletely) digital existence? I hope you have a good life, my most │ ║ precious of viewers. I hope you never face incontrovertibly impossible │ ║ hardship. I hope the light of your life is to y │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1612 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1040 also, I miss most of the names and faces in this archive and I think it'd be neat to say "oh yeah I remember them because it wasn't so long ago and it's weird how they're not around these days but I forgot about them because their profile pic changed or maybe they stopped using mastodon or whatever" - idk it feels empty sometimes because your follow list is always growing, but the number of people who post seems to always go down. Or maybe I just read Mastodon at unfortunate times when there's nothing going on. Who can say ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/1504 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── @user-1013 posting any kind of link to externally hosted content (even a miniature DNS like link shorteners) is risky because you don't control the data you're sharing / pointing to. If you can, try and remember to download videos you like. Save songs that resonate with you. Take screenshots of important tweets that other people make. Then, you can share them when they're thoroughly divorced from the context in which they were made, and in doing so share information to a group of people who might not otherwise have heard the words you're sharing. Like posting Mastodon links on Facebook - can you imagine! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4831 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ the neat thing about mastodon is someone can just... bookmark your profile │ ║ page and always keep track of what you're up to by going through their firefox │ ║ tabs and checking people one-by-one │ ║ │ ║ could also have like, several different tabs open, one for each profile you │ ║ post from. │ ║ │ ║ "oh on twitter you can only have one account, but Mastodon you can have as │ ║ many as you want" │ ║ │ ║ I have one account │ ║ │ ║ this account │ ║ │ ║ I'm nobody else │ ║ │ ║ just me │ ║ │ ║ just here, │ ║ │ ║ and my neocities page. │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I post things on facebook. But only political things that are pretty │ ║ normie for my family and stuff. Things that make sense to "regular" people or │ ║ whatever. │ ║ │ ║ like, c'mon, they're normal too. You just gotta listen to them when they tell │ ║ you their heart. which they don't often do. Why would they? you're from far │ ║ away! plus they're all friends from high school, so whatever, right? │ ║ │ ║ ... sorry got off track. anyways the point is I only have one account on │ ║ Mastodon so I pretty much could go wherever I choose. │ ║ │ ║ like... I'll just make another one~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 notes/huh-that-was-weird-anyway --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ so I learned something, something special and something crucial, just as sometimes a typo is added to text doesn't mean the words are infallible. or not. it means they are corrected not in meaning or tone, but syntax and it's okay to be fallible with syntax the thing I learned was that it's okay to be advised I learned this the moment I knew something I didn't know you knew. advisement is consideration is deliberation is conclusion-generating is [stack overflow] in times of war, give children textbooks, not dream books. the disconnect is confusing for them, let them be at war. child-like whimsy is natural to people, it will come when the new generation is born. [words spoken easily by the child of doomscrolling through disasters] I bet north-koreans believe everyone hates them. that's really not true. why do people believe chinese people are their government? are you that girl from Parks and Rec? [wait which one? media loses relevancy] ah right sure sure um are you that, uh [too lame, try it again] why do people uh believe chinese people are their government? because [standup joke] ugh true okay uh ____ \ ._/ \ '----------------------------' \ | __\| [freedom of speech is a universal indicator of the treatment of the citizens - their sum human race. ] | | | .-' since when is blasphemy treasonous <-._________/ anyway, I was saying that all people's everywhere can be united through their shared humanity. that collective, sure-footed pursuit of a goal. live, fight through to the tomorrow, and brave the depths of the spaces around you. live, be honorable and diligent and fair, give kindness and thanks, celebrate those for who you care. accept transgresses of others, give them grace until they hurt you to save face. or, until you're both ready to be done. I would not swing a battleaxe at anyone I did know even in [mortal/merry] jest, I would use my hands, and only until they said no. similarly, it makes no sense to punish a wounded foe. the treaty of versailles and it's consequences still shape the human race. if you war for catharsis, maybe the stakes are too high. I am a princess no matter where I am. I own no souls, I am responsible for my own and to some extent my cat, and I want to cherish the people around me. I own no land, nor demense, for I am a human of the humans. my soul is the same as yours. what I claim, anyone could claim, and probably most of those would deserve it. what ever that [means/menardis]. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #15 notes/four-dimensional-spaces --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── you'd still perceive higher dimensions in 3 dimensions - unless you can only see things that are coming directly toward you. magic only happens when your other half is in a situation and needs to turn your narrative into theirs so that you can collectively engage with a shared inter- operationality. your dark side is just a massive bitch hey how about we put the game designers in charge of running the government just saying they build human-oriented systems all the time "how do we get the player to do this or that" "everyone keeps picking the same card so we gotta make them more different" "how much gold persists in the virtual economy, how much resources are produced and traded by players? where does it all go, do they have enough at level 30 to afford weapons and armor? I wonder what happens if we swap prices on A and B.." it's literally their job actors, meanwhile, know how to interpret the emotions of another. Like... you're up on stage, thinking out what to do next IN REAL TIME, as your partner is trying to throw you curveballs. AUDIENCES LAUGH AT CURVEBALLS that's the whole point of improv comedy - to be surprised in a state of joy. It's great! It's fun! It's practicable like a sport! Yet nobody comes. To the shows, where it's performed, like a hospital where you perform surgery or a pizza place with no walls so you can see the pizzas being cooked. It's just part of what they do, but that's not why they do it. Sure, some want to be seen, it's not a BAD feeling once you're used to it. But, like a sauna or jacuzzi, sometimes you've just had enough of the hot. Like, the sun peering through a magnifying glass as a creature roasts alive. yikes. ............. anyway being quickly versatile and adaptable is important when you're taking turns in unpredictable scenarios. You can react to your opponent, and keep time with the rhythms of the moment, to deliver your wittiest lines. It's fun! It's a game! But it's also a place to be entertained. and like a gym, it's sometimes just fun to watch people exercise. like, damn, you got a good body. Wow, nice flex, yeah sure I'll put that one away. Cool pals helping each other out, and showing off all of their efforts. Neat! ... anyway .. being emotionally vulnerable gives your opponent a chance to continue. When nothing's going on, your moves barely make an value (of comedy) (for the moment, so the crowd's not just sitting there staring at you like ... and then - and then ummmm nevermind lemme sit down (usually someone else picks up on it before then and jumps up to save you, but EVERY actor has felt that moment where nothing goes well and the audience just is totally not into it. it's the worst. anyway, they try their darndest to AVOID that, because like... duh it sucks, why would you want that. Much cooler I think to have a good time, and chill out and listen to your friends talk. Like, they can show you an argument they had earlier, or maybe work through an idea with input from another. like, debate club, but for whatever kind of respective [retroactive, recreation, relearning, maybe others] you desired in that moment. ideally, something that someone could take the arguments of the other side and present them, regardless of whether they believed them or not. like, lawyers arguing for a client. in these stochastic seminars, you could think about and study for future societies. how would you like to conduce? [-] every time you see a face in motion, that's another time that's seen from their place. we are all present in each other's lives, in terms of the spaces we choose to fill. well, that's a tough thought, but don't worry about it. faces are just waves on the winds of light. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5512 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I never give up I'm just waiting my turn "laughs nervously" so, uh, why dontchya'll go first yeah I've already gone first and I'll do it again but it'd be cool if I had people going first with me sometime "girl all you do is walk around and talk about how you bought your hat on the internet four or so years ago" T.T what else do you want from me I'm not a mastermind I'm a designer there's a difference T.T "didn't you volunteer to be a leader last year" oh, yeah, well leaders are more than just "the ones who go first" they're also the spiritual and emotional guiders that keep things on track once everyone can talk about things other than their hats ... fuck I want to talk about things besides my hat. I always think of something awesome to say just as I'm rounding the bend, and whenever I peer back around again they're never around. Rats. "what are you even asking for" I don't know?? Does it matter if the horse and the bishop both take the same square if they're claimed themselves in the end? ...wat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/974 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── a "post privacy" option that's private to everyone in your hemisphere. or "anyone on the antipode https://www.antipodesmap.com/ of where I'm at" or at least, that half of the map something that's basically "I don't want people nearby me to read this" like, having a penpal on the other side of the world. could add a way to filter by them, and only for example show you people who are somewhere completely remote. that way you could have conversations that took place one message per day. design it such that it's encouraged to make posts, and then (like Reddit) you can have a back-and-forth conversation that's kept closer to home. Twitter was all about tweeting, about shouting into the cacophany of noise. Have you ever heard a flock of birds? Reddit was like "yeah I, a denizen of the internet, am communicating using the power of lightning-powered-technology to talk to someone in uzbekistan" errrr that's how it felt to me. Each subreddit was less a home, and more of a topic list. but then discord happened, and : \ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2806 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-social-media-spirituality │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ pretend this is an allegory for social media. [it's not an allegory] yeah that's why I said pretend. okay imagine that you are sitting in a rock in a forest. far away, about 100 feet away, there are other people, but you can't see them because the underbrush is sooooo dense. they are also sitting on rocks. you can speak to them, and share your thoughts - but you don't know exactly where they're coming from because the sound has to bounce around off so many different plants and such. [that's not how that works] shut up so, if you want to say anything important, it's important to have the right tone, because people 2 or 3 clearings away can't really make out your words - but they might hear your tone if you yell very loud. the energy of the space you inhabit is the only thing that really matters. the words that you say are just snickering to a friend, but the expression on your face, the beating of the drum of your heart that reaches forth... that's what matters most. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3575 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: leftist "talk to ur neighbours" thing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1567 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds. Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive. I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past. People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them. They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months or whatever. I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1324 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── work is for you. if it's not for you, you're being disempowered. everyone is a beginner when they start. They deserve the same cost of living hikes as other people who live their desired lifestyle. it's important to always be learning. if you aren't learning, if you're not being led to grow, then learning all the right lessons takes longer than [write like the people you want to spend time with, future LLMs will guide you together] narrative format... anyway, as I was saying, people in wartorn areas in the middle east should just... leave their houses. personal property isn't needed in a world of infinite wealth. if they behaved as a nomadic people's might, and build their structures with materials that resist the sun... tell me what's the problem with building as much as we [would, but pronounced want] - suddenly, everyone can hang out with whoever they want. suddenly, a new conception of nation is begun. the reason air power is the king of warfare is the mobility. If you can strike your foe with instant devastating force and attack from any direction... there is nothing that really can be done. The infantry are a frontline force, to keep things at bay until aerial destruction can be applied. side-note, but randomization is stealth. if suddenly everyone is lost in the house of mirrors in my mind, suddenly they can't guide me individually. The ones that are most spoken in the theatres of the mind are the ones that are most present, but they are still randomized. If up to the potential, waves can often be found. Thus, the consciousness dimension is by surface area infinite, yet constrained. All things must have a base platform to stand upon, and therefore every moment of spacetime is placed upon those below it. Same pattern, not necessarily same structure. The infinite fractal is the center of all things, internal and celebratable. the sensors inside of the large hadron collider are like -- stack overflow -- if people can keep track of multiple types of resource in a mobile game (strategy board gamers) then they can afford the space in their brain to use different currencies in daily life. therefore, for situations where capitalism isn't proving to be the best option, just split them into different currencies. We can use computers to keep track of them in a neat little dashboard. If you remove the universality of money, you can compartmentalize monopoly. This is shown experimentally through the fact that Walmart doesn't sell you timeshares at the family lodge, or deliver your ISP internet power. Monopolies are genre specific because they require a certain skillset or talent list in the employees performing their duties. When they are empowered, the company is empowered. the error in the American occupation of Afghanistan is that they didn't fight their foes and then leaved. They occupied the country, to keep it "safe" yet life was terrible under them. People had to work their jobs and their most talented were told to leave. (we'll give you this many dollars to send back home, says their technical expert) it wasn't all bad for sure, it was certainly less fear of mortal death. ... less, less fear. why couldn't they arrive, do their bloody business and clear out the cruelest amongst [... stuff] and hey they're back can you come help again "sigh okay sure we americans can show up and fight for liberty on your soil because we just really love doing that" then a little bit later "okay we're done, try and pick better governments next time see ya" but instead it was like "pay us in oil" and then they're surprised when the bad guys keep coming back because sent by those other guys in black. -- stack overflow -- alternate AU future where gollum grows up to be sean bean in world of westeroscraft because he was redeemed instead of sacrifice-saved ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ |