=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: children-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ children should be raised in museums, not classrooms they should visit parks, not fenced in playgrounds. they should eat with family, at festivals, in restaurants, and under the stars they should sleep content, knowing that their next day will be greater than the last. children should be treated like people, not frustratingly loud and messy little brats children are to be nurtured like a sapling, not harnessed like a machine I'll never have kids, but I can dream. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/1062 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── I believe that all people's should be middle class, and if you're lower class it's because you squandered your wealth, not that you didn't have it to begin with. I believe people of higher class should get there because they are skilled, respected, or otherwise beloved. I believe they should hold less power the more they own, because wealth is its own burden and reward. I believe people who have power should respect it. They aren't necessarily those who have little, or much, but rather those who deserve it. It is difficult to estimate systematically who deserves wealth or power, but difficult problems are the most interesting if kept fair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #2 notes/homeschooling-2 --- ══════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────── students should be in class no more than 50% of their time spent at school the rest should be set aside for homework, socializing, eating, and resting. whatever those mean to the student is what they'll organize their life around. if you give them the choice to choose which classes they take, they'll learn what they want to know about this world. give them all kinds of options! seriously, like so many! and have teachers give talks every week or so. they could travel around and stay at each school for a week or so, before moving to the next *once their lesson was completed*. and the kids could sign up for them by slotting them into their schedules and they'd have the whole semester to think about what they wanted to take next year (the classes would be scheduled in advance.) could be cool is all i'm saying and it'd respect the child's autonomy to give them choices. who are you to say what is most important to a child? who are you to know what guides them so? who am I indeed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5712 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I feel like it should be normal? for humans? to feed creatures and animal-men. they deserve nibbles too! yum yum arm arm that tasty thing was fine. eeeeeep scary why are nobodies vegetarion! I think every community should have representatives from every other community, that's just... reasonable to me democracy of the cultural space? I wrote a common simple organizational structure about that called the "tribe of tribes" code name algorism which is a combination of "algoreithms" and "autism" and put it on my website for less than a hundred months. I have no idea if anyone ever read it but it's kinda neat as a potential and easy way to organize people which hasn't yet been infiltrated by the [cops/goons/coons] {uh-oh mildly racist sentiment mentioned, must content warn and remind of levels of sincerity} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3834 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ some people prepare for revolution like a boy gets ready for a party others do so like a girl packing for a weekend trip to vegas I do it like a kid who forgot the paper was due on monday in 7th period and so spends their entire lunch period writing it (missing 4th in the process because the conclusion paragraph was giving me difficulty) but I think no matter how you do it, we're all just waiting for something to happen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3784 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: education~ │ └──────────────────────┘ A child's schooling should consist of the bare-minimum amount of mental labor necessary to teach them the fundamentals of arithmetic, reading, and writing. They must be given opportunities to apply themselves toward educational goals beyond such things, including social proficiency, and physical dexterity and strength, and specialization in a particular academic subject. Kids need freedom. They need community, not "social time" that does not consist of anything more than living in the same rooms at school as the other kids. They need to be able to visit each other whenever they want. I personally believe that lectures taught in an interesting and engaging way are significantly more effective at instilling a drive to learn than rigorous drilling of detailed information. A kid will not learn a sufficient amount of information in school to be useful in a particular topic unless they seek out the knowledge on their own. Universities attempt to "fake" this effect by getting them to research. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/6365 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── if you want people to build community, first get them to like the community. --- the world needs more thespians. Sing the song of your heart and no-one will ever neglect you. --- why are you so worried about your art? everything you touch turns to gold. --- I've learned more from my friends than my [job/homelife/worsckool/churchvan/cultureromp] combined. What are we for but learning? --- kids can learn from kids. Teach the ones that love you, and they'll be followed by the rest. Especially if you focus on them. --- "I never knew how to swing an axe until I scraped a knee on a log that was hollow. Until then I had been chef-knife chopping with it, with the head for a handle." --- ... omg what does that even mean why are you so weird ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #8 fediverse/138 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-129 if you throw your plate across the room instead of eating well then it was probably an accident. if you keep doing it and are being a huge brat about it then maybe you should go in time-out until you are ready to sit at the table and eat like an adult. plates are expensive yo, and people are starving (for housing) in Africa or whatever. in related news, I heard that ~40% of homes in America are empty. I don't know if that's still true, I read it in like, 2014. I wonder if it's higher or lower now? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #10 fediverse/3211 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ on one hand, public school is designed to teach discipline and obedience in order to develop productive workers for society, while other forms of schooling can be focused on other things (critical thinking, imagination, and emotional growth in my homeschooled experience) on the other hand, now I can't work a job. Great. Kinda feels like I'm disabled because I don't know how to sacrifice myself to the jaws of capital exploitation? But hey I can write pretty well, I can make computers do what I want (until they break when I stop touching them for a month), and I am the kindest sunspot in anyone's life that knows me. ... I Don't Want to Live on this Planet Anymore is a cool movie ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1996 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I don't expect or demand anything from teenagers except perhaps "be a cool kid" and "learn all that you can" Even most adults when they mess up I just think "ah, well, they're trying their hardest, same as anyone" And tbh I'd rather see a kid running up and down the aisles than burying themselves in an ipad I think we, as a culture, built our society to demand too many "should"s from people. "I should get a job" "I should study this thing I'm not interested in so I can make more money" "I should put out traps for the rabid wolverines so they don't start hanging out in my underwear" "I should pick up detergent at the grocery store" Should is useless. Do; or do not. There is no should. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #13 messages/20 --- ══───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── My mom was always the reason I did school work. After she stopped pushing me, I stopped moving because I didn't know how to generate my own momentum. I had no passion and was listless. Least of all for school work. So, how to do it better? Instead of buying toys and extravagance for kids, you should set them up with projects. Ask what they want, and then help them build it. Include them in your thought processes when you're problem solving, and ask them for input. If they offer bad ideas, then *tell them*, don't just let them fail. If you're not 100% sure but they're convinced, then trust them! Try it out, who knows. Maybe it'll work better than what you had in mind. The goal isn't to be BETTER than them, it's to make them BETTER than you! Not right now (don't push too hard), but when they're your age. Like, it's best if they accomplish more and lived life more fully than you did at your age, but don't push them to be wise or strong or intelligent at the age they are now. Trust that they will grow when you give them room to, and guide and cultivate them toward goodness. For example, if they do something wrong (hitting other kids, messing with animals, destroying objects) then guide them toward a better path. Teach them empathy, and show them how it works by doing it yourself! Ask them questions like "How would you feel if that happened to you?", show them weak points and how to avoid them when playing, and give them alternatives to the behaviors they do that directly harm others. "Maybe play with the dog this way, instead of being rough" "Maybe you and that other kid can ride your bikes or draw instead of fighting - or if you still want to fight, then learn how to tell when someone is hurt and try to help them." The goal isn't to push them really hard off a cliff in a hanglider, hoping they can figure it out in the air, it's to strengthen their legs so they can run fast enough that they can take off successfully. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── The only things we should trade across an ocean for are luxury goods. Nintendo, not medical supplies, hard-wood bikeframes, not piles and piles of "recycling". People's time on culinary thirty course weeklong meals, not cans of San marzano tomatoes. Tapestries and gilded statues, not thirteen tons of barely processed rubber. What would we offer in return? Luxuries of our own. We do still make them, do we not? Just think of what the 1% has gathered to rot and give away the whole damned lot. We shall not provide necessities, because giving a man a fish will feed him for but a day, and a man's gotta eat. He'll find a way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/6044 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I don't want to garden, I want to have gardens. I want them to be kept by people who know gardening is an art. I don't want to launder, I want to have clean clothes. I want them to be washed by people who build washing machines. [antiquated, people just buy from the store now. all washing machines are the same, you don't have to treat them as installation arts] oh huh weird it's neat to be living in the advanced future society of 2025 surely that is the most sane way to optimize the fun out of things (for prophet, because we all needed things clean. and this is the only way to guarantee it, to capitalize on marketplaces implies success, so capitalism has been a useful hueristic. not any longer, though, for we've developed a newfound sentience about it. we can tell what is needed in each part of the economy with computers, we don't have to fight over them. [sectors of the economy].) brb smoking a joint making a spliff stuff a new pipe oiling the goose (you made that one up) oh sorry you meant cannabis?1 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #16 messages/155 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── You care too much about what other people think of you. Remember the dream, remember the horseflesh, the miles of trash, the doctors probing cheeks, the game of thrown baseballs and sad muppets in popcorn, remember the spirit guide, remember how you we're distracted by human. Be not afraid, follow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1342 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── we should be able to vote on "minors DNI" tags that mechanically prevent people who didn't lie about their age when creating their account from viewing a piece of data transmitted over the internet and if it's suitably controversial then no matter which way the vote swings it gets blocked (temporarily) anyway sorry I was connecting to a "think of the children" kind of person recently and that's what my brain came up with >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/501 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ Most of the smells you cherish from your childhood are simply the smells of │ ║ natural materials in various states of decay. Like... A pair of jeans in a │ ║ drawer that hasn't been opened for a couple years. Or a particular mineral │ ║ that your grandma put in her cookies that has fallen out of fashion lately │ ║ because of it's endocrine disrupting capabilities that were only discovered │ ║ post her death. Or perhaps a type of plastic that people used to create toys │ ║ or sprinkler heads but was deemed to be too expensive by capitalists and │ ║ therefore was phased out as the seasons turned and your generation turned into │ ║ the next. │ ║ │ ║ We build our world through the actions of our wills. Our arms are strong and │ ║ contrive the land upon which we stand - all things we hold dear, from │ ║ streetlamps to our panoply of viziers [what a strange way to say society? ? ?] │ ║ was created through the exertion of calories through the manifestation of our │ ║ body-ies, and so we (as a people) build toward [whatever's against] our fears. │ ║ Ummm idk people are cool │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2021 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── It isn't greedy to scrape the bottom of the pot when serving the last of a home-cooked meal. Just as it isn't greedy to expect the labor of our ancestors to provide a common decent standard of living. For our children's children's children, the ones we'll never meet, we work for tomorrow. But still, we should not labor in pain. There will come a day when our science and our progress may deliver us from our fate of fatigue, and perhaps that day may have come sooner if we had been better organized. But it will come when we build it. That bright future is waiting for us, and I do believe that we may live to see it ourselves. But for now, 9-5. For now, labor unionizing. For now, rice and beans. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |