=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ all this means is that once our struggle is done, we can't rest - we need to liberate the world as well. Think of the rest. Their oppressors will learn from the mistakes of ours, and so we must apply our newly gained strength toward ridding the world of such perils forever. ... that's not for a while though. Gotta focus on what's directly ahead. Sorry for reading a couple chapters ahead teehee I just thought you'd be more motivated to know there's a happy ending to the story ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/718 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-547 That feeling when you get to the end of a paragraph and think "why do I have this extra parenthesis )? Oh yeah I opened it up waaaaay up here" and then you reread what you wrote and think perfect, no notes ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 messages/782 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── The truth is The reason none of my revolutions have yet succeeded Is that the only way To secure peace and love on planet earth Is that all the governments Of the world must topple Or relinquish their nuclear arms Each all at once And i was too quick to slay my false duke Who plays at king While i build real power While i know nothing Some day i will be eaten by crows. This is what it means to be buried where you fall. This is my fate as all warriors yearn for. To be eaten by crows implies that you are either a coward who fled a fight, and i know I'm not, or you fought to the last for a phyrric defeat, which is honorable. But shouldn't it be better to fight for victory? Ah, but the gods cherish the fools who face death with glory, and i am cherished still. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4000 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── @user-889 Don't give up! At least... not forever. It's okay to take a breath every once in a while It's okay to lie down and cry The only way away from those feelings is through. They've enveloped you. You need to swallow them whole, like a sponge soaking up dirt[y water] the only thing you need to think about is what's around you. It's okay to be alone for a moment, it's the best time to feel. Remember, feeling is how you know the world! It's your power, to feel, and I know it's hard. Everyone has different powers, but yours is this. You'll be okay, I know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/709 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-530 │ ║ │ ║ I get it. │ ║ │ ║ Anyone with a disability or chronic condition gets it. Anyone who's oppressed │ ║ gets it... I think everyone here gets it. It's hard. │ ║ │ ║ Sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is the hope, the idea │ ║ that one day the world might be brighter and the people might be kinder. It │ ║ gets better every day, but inching ahead takes a while to travel for miles... │ ║ We need to protect and care for each other. We need to apply ourselves toward │ ║ what we know and are passionate for - an unused degree is a tragedy to me. │ ║ │ ║ I don't know what to say. I read what you said and I wished I could help. I │ ║ want to take the system that hurt you and break it on the floor. I want to │ ║ sweep it all aside and start from scratch, but screaming into the void will │ ║ hardly accomplish that. I dream of true justice, a world where everyone gets │ ║ what they want... But frankly right now I just wish you could hear. I'm sorry. │ ║ Maladies are not solved by the pen nor the sword, which for now is all that I │ ║ have at my disposal. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/537 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-366 @user-367 @user-246 @user-353 Ah yes, wouldn't it be nice if everyone spoke their mind? I'm doing my part d=(^_^)z Thank you for adding context to what I posted. I now know better how and where to use it, if I ever do again. We shall see, I haven't yet read the examinations of the author you sent me. I'll do that before I think about the post again. Those 6 tabs I mentioned last night have now become 4, and soon I'll get through all of them - reading is a joy to me ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/484 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ Our ancestors look forward in [positive version of trepidation, like │ ║ anticipation but explicitly good] so let's not let them down, shall we? │ ║ │ ║ Hah, trick question. They know where we're going. They know what they worked │ ║ for, which is why they did what they did to build the world that we have which │ ║ we stand upon as a giant might be upon the shoulder of another and together we │ ║ reach toward the horizon. The future is bright! I know it in my heart. I know │ ║ what we seek is within sight, so- │ ║ │ ║ yeah sorry to interrupt but like, I don't want to go to work tomorrow because │ ║ all I do is sell people candy and beer at the convenience store down the │ ║ street [insert any "meaningless" job] and frankly it's just a little demeaning │ ║ and boring │ ║ │ ║ sure, okay, yeah, that speaks to the idea that we should replace capitalism │ ║ (the system that defines your employed existence) with something that aligns │ ║ more toward human dignity │ ║ │ ║ but what is dignified if not the capacity to succeed? Capitalism, as proposed │ ║ by it's favored, is a system of or │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #11 notes/the-sun-goes-silent --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the sun goes silent for a year, to protest the earth's dying moments one day in march, the light of our life disappears. we know not of why it has \ departed, except that whatever it was happened eight minutes ago. we cowered in fear as one day it refused to rise as our antipode saw it vanish with naught but our ears we saw stars never imagined with the light of our life suddenly vanished our true plight came naturally as our fear but tomorrow it'll re-imagine, as it's been almost exactly one year one full rotation, to get the message across, then with man as our [signal, \ message, \ conveyor, \ performer, \ expression, \ by-product communication,] what's our earth is our star trust-me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2844 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-violence-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-831 those billionaires are using their money as a weapon to "vote" toward what companies they think capitalism would most grow from. Unfortunately for us, they often aren't very efficient because they're only looking at what sells. human interest is not the only factor to optimize for, and yet that's the only one they're incentivized to. kinda makes me think that the only reason to replace them would be to institute something that could not be incentivized because it was more objective or decentralized. (the only reason they'd accept) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/294 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── the fact that the content warnings are part of the body text means that if you write the body first but use EXACTLY EVERY CHARACTER like I've been doing (most of the time, unless I'm interrupted) like... it won't even give me a break to delete. so there's no room for content-warnings, which ideally would be written at the beginning before starting a thought, but as you can see mine tend to... wander. it's like I'm living 15 different lives all at once, and they crisscross and go yonder. it's wilding, it's empowering, it's strange and it's confusing, but through consideration we develop new learnings and onward our future does = so = anyway, I apologize, sincerely and deeply, if my words hurt you. I'm sorry for what you thought, and I'm sorry for how it made you feel. I'm going to try reserving a certain amount of characters before I start writing, so maybe that'll help. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2956 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── sometimes your best intuitions don't manage to manifest the goal you've been pursuing. that's okay, it just means you need a different approach. hopefully, with experience, you've had the chance to continually pay attention. Thus, improve on things that were originally conceived of as concessions. much better, I find, to point your idea of "truth" toward what you believe in, rather than what you've been working with. Such an approach allows for continual re-examination, justified by thoroughly moral and ethical conclusions that you hold to be true. like, a form of reverse legalism, where the emotions compel while the law tells the tale. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5208 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-suicide-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ Look, when I promised "Revolution or Death" I got pretty busy and kinda forgot to do the "dying" part, and by now it'd be a little awkward if I offed myself for no visible reason, so... How about we try again this summer? Maybe in a month or two? I'll try to keep the fire burning a bit longer this time. plus I'm better at playing the piano now so maybe that'll help somehow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2654 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I'm not bitter, you're bitter. >.> ... okay, take a breath, you're fine. It's hard to handle negative feelings when you're alone because other people can't boost you up. We rely on each other for emotional stability, but when you're alone you can only feel your emotions at the same rate as your thoughts. And your thoughts need to process the events you're experiencing, using emotion as an "encoding" for preserving the "meaning" of your life's story. Bit by bit you learn new things, while living through life, and the lessons you learn from them are generated from the cognitive conclusions reached by cognitively interpreting emotional reactions to each moment. like "this-or-that thing happened and I feel that-or-this way, meaning I should act such-and-such way in the future when presented with situations that bear similarity to this current one that's ongoing." ... turn it upside down, right, makes sense mastodon feed. thanks for redirecting me in a different direction through your pseudo-randomized input. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/632 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: horror-at-the-end-well- │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-232 @user-467 @user-468 the ability for good to win is due to the desire for evil to renounce their denial and follow the most durable path. trials by fire will lead only to our desmire [demise and desire] but unity of trust, while much harder, can lead to results more beneficial for our selfish selves. Essentially, cooperation for the benefit of all rising tides, but with the knowledge that the total pool allocated toward us will be greater than what we can create here by ourselves. Essentially, we as humanity pour such intense amounts of power and decision-making-desire, that we cause them to lack the capacity to know. it's inhumane, that a person should be so deranged. you know it's because of you, but you don't know how else to act - so listen to those who've helped you, the ones who've got your back. Surely they know what's good for you, surely they're not here as a joke - surely you're just as one among them, and surely it's not phrased as [char limit srr] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3522 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned-capitalism-decays-before-it-dies │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if you want to commit regicide, you talk to the butler. managers are workers too - they just are positioned a bit closer to power than you. different skillsets sure, but work is work. a manager didn't take your freedom, an investment banker did. similarly, an immigrant didn't take your job, a capitalist did. ... though just as some immigrants would be more than happy to take your job, so too are some managers more than happy to oppress you. find the ones that fight on your side. they've gaslit themselves into believing they are opposed to you, but it's just not true. we are all liberated at once, or not at all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ |