=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1268 so true. I try to focus on uplifting the least privileged and highlighting the cruelty inherent in having privilege over others while safeguarding the things we all cherish as "communal privilege" like... running water, computers, and culture. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── to be "rich" is to have more than another. if you are happy, they are happiness poor. if you have community, they are alone. if you have serenity, they are chaotic. I am rich in very little but fire in my soul. I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent. I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes me and keeps me aligned. Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as you do so too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2134 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── but we, being united in our shared common societal solidarity, as in the shared struggles and hopes that we have, perceive each and every things that passes through us. Our thoughts. These, we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/5840 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ]]]] I have never stopped fighting for the people, ever, once, at any time. every moment of pause or relaxation was purely intended in pursuit of the cause. -- turn-of-the-century-autocrat enchanting magic's easier when you have a laboratory please, please, please let me teach you magic? enchantment is temporary, construction is as stable as the boject youses form. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/946 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4025 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── the "village idiot" doesn't need to lack smarts, so long as everyone else is in on it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/1177 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── it's more than a community if only one person asks where you've been. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ --- #8 fediverse/3261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish their presence in our life-world-line. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/1102 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── I want everyone to be able to do what they want. With oversight, sometimes, because we all share things and we can't agree if we don't share. and I agree to share, I think it's only fair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #10 fediverse/169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body language spoke for them. I'll try that next time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3370 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── I know it's not like that but I'm intentionally framing it that way to make a point about societal exclusion. nobody should be excluded. nobody should have to harm their friends to come by making them sacrifice their [time/labor/paycheck] in order to bring them along. we live in a post scarcity society that insists on commodification of everything we don't have to. A better world is within reach. It sits there, twinkling like asbestos resting at the base of a snowglobe, while we search and ponder and endlessly analyze how society sucks. there is nothing left to analyze. all that we need is to put our hands to a task and our feet to grass. the rest will come, and it'll come easier with time and focused attention. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/572 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I am not a worker Though I try and try, I burn right out and through I wish I was a worker, able to apply my trade or skill But I'm not I do hope we can be allies, still ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4600 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── they say the fediverse is at it's best when it's you and your collection of weirdos hanging out in a room together making toots and posting funnies then the reply guys ruined the fun. how do they keep finding??? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2848 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── oh btw to the people trying to doxx me there's a picture of me in this profile, but you'll have to read a LOT to find it. On the way, see if you pick up anything interesting that you agree with. maybe you'll realize that we're on the same team, and should be working together. that's the dream, at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/483 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── "hey listen! Do this thing to hurt me! Build the infrastructure to do it so that you can use it on people who deserve it!" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse_boost/4779 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════════───────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I genuinely wish all Nazis in this world either an epiphany of the truth or a bullet to the head. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ Either one is fine. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #20 fediverse/5361 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── may the world be fixed by example failing that, may the world be fixed by diligence failing that, may the world be fixed by sacrifice failing that, may the world be fixed by hope failing that, may the world be born anew in bright vibrant tones of heart and splendor. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ |