=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-social-politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we helped all those people and never got paid for it? what then? │ ║ │ ║ we'd never help people again. duh. │ ║ │ ║ what if we paid people to help people? well, then the best helpers would burn │ ║ themselves out and the worst would collect their paychecks. │ ║ │ ║ what if we decentralized aid and made it a mutual thing? │ ║ │ ║ what, and run our society on clout? no thank you. clout is too easily │ ║ contravened. "I heard so-and-so did some-such-thing to that-one-guy" yeah fuck │ ║ that guy "wait no fuck so-and-so" oh right sorry it's hard when everyone's so │ ║ vague all the time. yeah fuck so-and-so! let's burn all her clout in a bonfire │ ║ while she's sleeping! │ ║ │ ║ what if we treated people with respect and goodwill? │ ║ │ ║ yeah that's a start... Means you gotta know everyone though. Or know someone │ ║ who knows everyone. And suddenly it's that hub person's reputation on the │ ║ line, which means if you're a dick on their recommendation then they'll come │ ║ after you. │ ║ │ ║ ... are you trying to create a mafia, or a society? │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5205 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ whenever I talk to capitalists (who actually have money and aren't larping │ ║ wage slaves) they always tell me that the best way to address the concerns I │ ║ have with capitalism is to make a million or more dollars by making a company, │ ║ and then using that million dollars to buy houses for people I care about. │ ║ │ ║ I ask "what about the rest of the people, the ones I don't know?" │ ║ │ ║ their response typically boils down to "if you don't know them, then why │ ║ should you care? fuck 'em" │ ║ │ ║ It's never about hope or change. They want to change the world to make it │ ║ cooler, not kinder. generally. │ ║ │ ║ bonus: "if you like unions so much, why don't you join one?" my guy, unions │ ║ WERE great when they wielded power. Now they are bureaucratic and listless, │ ║ serving only to sedate the working class enough that they stop complaining and │ ║ get back to work. They are functionally a part of the enslavement system, a │ ║ built-in course correction mechanism to ensure capitalism remains solvent when │ ║ the powerful overstep their humanity. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/3053 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── when designing systems, give people the opportunity to be shitty in a controlled way. In a way that doesn't hurt people, but still lets them get their feelings out there. like, free fireworks for arsonists if they use them in the middle of the desert. Or a punching bag for people with rage issues, complete with a little vinyl pocket to store a picture of someone they're frustrated with. If people go out of their way to hurt people otherwise, then they are bad people and should have their power removed from them and supplied with love, affection, and therapy until they get better. And if they don't... well, prison I guess, until they reconsider. And by prison I of course mean something that respects their human dignity and gives them opportunities to grow and change - all it removes is their freedom, so... "attention everyone, it's now mandatory finger-painting hour, report the art room or else you'll get electric shocks in your shock collar" that kind of thing. If you want freedom, you must deserve it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/4610 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── maybe it's just my middle-class childhood privilege talking, but now that I'm an adult I just can't really be bothered with dealing with capitalism. like... I get it, you're coercing me into laboring on your behalf because you possess the violent power to take away everything that I own. good for you, don't care. seriously, fuck off "we're gonna cut off your power in 5 days oooooo you gotta pay rent with money you don't have because nobody will give it to you unless you do things for them oooooo" how rude. why can't people do things for me instead? why does it have to be for you, and you alone, capitalism? what's your problem? do you get off on controlling the power supply? I mean, I get it, coercive power is a hell of a drug, the riddle of steel and flesh and all that, but haven't you ever heard that the dichotomy between "civilization and barbarism" is the exact same as the contrast between "cooperation and competition"? work with me here, just find a way to get through the next month or two. trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4837 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: secret-agents-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ a corporation can hire secret agents too y'know, they don't have to even really tell anyone they're doing it just... talk to one of their employees who seems good for it and then transfer them to a different part of the building. "what would you do with a secret agent?" "with a team of secret agents." "oh. good point. Okay what are they for?" "oh y'know, just normal cool-guy stuff that regular joes do in their time off" "wait, you pay them not to work?" "no, we pay them to lounge. Build connections. Develop social networks." "what if people don't want to be social? What if they only end up talking to each other?" "ha well that's the trick then, isn't it? Is it a trap or is it a truce? who can say. Just gotta feel it out as you go, I GUESS." "so, anyone who does what you say becomes suspicious? And anyone who doesn't is suspected by those who listen to you? What are you, a doomsday prophet?" ... fuck, I hope not. "you better figure it out shithead that almost doomed six real ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4661 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-scary-ghost-posting-politics-genocide-gestured-at-cursing-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we took an archive of all of fedi and fed it to users who are hiding in bunkers or whatever one day at a time so they could still feel like they're part of society while ---- so ---- I think I should stop ya right there, if there's bunkers involved then we've already lost. "but muh transgender artifacts" fuck off, I will not concede. If society wants me to leave, then they can enjoy their dusty rotten future without me. See if I care. ---- so ---- hence, the curse. do you punish humans for the sins they commit, or do you teach them how to be good again? Bah, as if they'd listen. Stupid fucking apes. they're the best we got yeah, well, they can fuck off, I'm gonna pout for at least half an eternity. ... Okay it won't be that long but still, gimme some time to wind down. ---- so ---- and no, I refuse to elaborate for all the humans in the audience. This conversation may or may not have actually occurred. Monologue style ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4656 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: psycherwaul │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ everyone's all like "what is all this" and gestures at the everything like │ ║ "what are we even doing here" as if the benefits of civilization are not self │ ║ evident and they ask "what even is the point" as if the struggle for warmth in │ ║ a cold world or cold in a warm world is not enough │ ║ │ ║ I guess we're all a little ennuid. │ ║ │ ║ if your goal is to liberate all those enslaved, and part of that is to free │ ║ those who are locked in prisons of metal and stone, then surely you'd wish to │ ║ free the djinni, correct? but, like, if you schrodingers cat a nuclear │ ║ armageddon (except, magic themed because you're a witch I guess) then you │ ║ absolutely should bear the guilt and shame of flipping a coin on the life of │ ║ your world. │ ║ │ ║ who the fuck falls for psyops in this day and age, surely not I, surely I can │ ║ resist hypnosis, surely I who trust freely and absolutely would be the perfect │ ║ one to manipulate. │ ║ │ ║ which is, like, how 90% of magic works I've heard. Finding someone to usher │ ║ around who believes in butterfly souls or whatever. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4098 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-ableism │ └────────────────────────────────┘ ngl I kinda hate it when people meme about donald trump being incontinent like, yeah, he pees his pants, so what? I DO TOO. Fucking sucks. Every time I read people saying nasty things about it I can't help but read them in my own voice, and that gives me plenty of ammunition to use against myself when I'm feeling down. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4736 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol-cursing-mention │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ well. it's all theatre folks. all the politics, all the turmoil, all the │ ║ strife... it's just people fucking around. │ ║ │ ║ They're gonna find out real soon. You don't fuck with tyranny here, it's our │ ║ mythological enemy. AND YET. │ ║ │ ║ Find the crucial intersection where all your foes foes meet. Strike them there. │ ║ │ ║ "thank god for Luigi Marscapone, he really showed us all exactly what we share │ ║ - a hatred for profit focused healthcare. oh and asshole billionaires, which │ ║ this guy who I personally have never heard of I heard was." │ ║ │ ║ crucial intersection. You know what people also intersect at? │ ║ │ ║ EATING FOOD. │ ║ CLEAN WATER. │ ║ something something rfk brain worms │ ║ something something elon musk propaganda │ ║ SANCTIFIED NATURAL AREAS. │ ║ THE FUCKING POST OFFICE. │ ║ │ ║ seriously just... go down the list. We share more than we disagree, and we │ ║ disagree on what they tell us. │ ║ │ ║ it's all theatre. Wait this is America, it's all theater. │ ║ │ ║ ... I should make some hope and sell it for dimes on the street corner. I │ ║ wonder if that'll help. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4500 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursing-mentioned-CW-motivation │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ I try to always CW for cursing. Every time I do, I imagine it being read aloud │ ║ for a blind person while their children sit on their lap and ask "daddy what's │ ║ a motherfucker?" "well, that's me, son" and then the kid goes to preschool and │ ║ says "My dad fucks my mother!" and they get kicked out so the dad has to take │ ║ extra shifts to pay for babysitting and the kid grows up without proper │ ║ socialization and the mother becomes an alcoholic and cries herself to sleep │ ║ while the dad begins exploring motorcycles and weed and then the kid grows up │ ║ to be an incel or whatever │ ║ │ ║ THIS is why CWs are important! Think of the poor regular-looking but kinda │ ║ annoying dorks on the internet who self-impose celibacy because they're scared │ ║ of emotional connection. The poor dears. I do hope they don't join the │ ║ alt-right or whatever as a way of (Ritz this is like, ancient discourse why │ ║ are you aping that one Contrapoints video) oh um yeah uh... CWs are important │ ║ and I think that's where I'll toot and leave │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4566 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ I want modern society without capitalism. Most people do, which is why no matter how awesome our proto-post-capitalistic anarchic socialist paradise is, there's always going to be people who want to go to work and watch TV. call me fucking crazy but they should be allowed to live as they please? So what if they're beguiled, so what if they are deceived? We can take our time to show them how much better things can be, but also... they like modern society as it is, and so I reckon someone should fight for them to be able to live as they please. Just... without billionaires and endless layers of bullshit micro-managerial jobs and paperwork pushing bureaucratic whatever time wasting jobs. modern society without capitalism can look like plain old capitalism, just without the oppression. Without the coercion. all I'm saying is that nobody's gonna fight for a healthcare CEO because they're scum. They're scum because they oppress. oops politics-mentioned brb I personally want communes + love ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5486 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "ew but they're dirty" oh yeah true okay new plan how much do you think it'll cost to buy a hotel [this is why the socialists invented buy-in] "I don't think socialists did that??" buy in, hmmmm, what's that? oh yeah it's when you say "hey what if we X'd" and they said "yes I agree with you because you present a reasonable estimate on reality" {uh hi I just got a message from "some-nowhere" here ya go: "oh my god she's fuckig instane} [ugh cursing-mentioned, that means there's fewer characters to transmote.] [no because then I'd run out of steam and it'd be incomplete. Plus sometimes I like the distraction of a reasonable limitation.] (okay, but are YOU worth it?) leave her alone she's working her charms, this is how witches d-do. "so, isn't the point to give yourselves the coverage of a location transmutation? so, wouldn't you want to find someone alike and share their life?" what is even the point, why even bother, just give them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2173 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ bro I get that you're tired and burnt out but like, why the fuck do you care about anything else [oh shit cursing mentioned better put a content warning because people can't handle things] [I say this with affection because we're on the same side] [also it's rude, sorry] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4805 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we got like 300 people and used them to kidnap one of their leaders │ ║ and hold them for ransom │ ║ │ ║ I'm in favor of removing the right arm of anyone who's recorded themselves │ ║ doing a nazi salute and isn't earnestly repentant │ ║ │ ║ "is that enough to arrest her?" │ ║ │ ║ "nah she needs to express intent. that's just an idea, a thought, something │ ║ she can say publicly because she doesn't know the schedule of their leaders │ ║ nor does she have the organizational capability to arm and direct 300ish souls │ ║ to strike cleansing blows" │ ║ │ ║ "okay but that's just twisting the english language, right? I mean, clearly │ ║ she's up to something" │ ║ │ ║ "that's by design. she does this on purpose. the goal is to not only │ ║ disseminate ideas, but also to raise the fucking temperature amongst the │ ║ hearts of her allies who are too often kept in despair." │ ║ │ ║ "and what of the temperature of her enemies? Surely they will rise to meet │ ║ her?" │ ║ │ ║ "they don't even know who the fuck she is" │ ║ │ ║ "... wow, savior complex much?" │ ║ │ ║ "tell me about it. Diva..." │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4544 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ I can't cancel my internet because I use it to work, which almost pays enough to cover rent, and nothing else. It's hard to avoid spiraling when you run out of money. Every time this happens to me I start feeling things like... am I good for society? Society doesn't want me, clearly, because I don't have any money. And currency is how you measure demand, right? It's literally a measure of value. But then I think of all the homeless and poor people and, like... I value them, so what if they don't have dollars? It's literally just paper. Or bits in a mainframe that nobody knows how to program anymore. So if they're valuable at least to me, yet me, with my 67$ in the bank and 127$ internet fee, is not valuable to me... Then what's the discrepancy? I'm not trying to be hard on myself, it's not my fault that I bleed money, but I still feel terrible. It's like a common cultural persuasion, if you run outta cash you better kill yourself fast. Fuck that. Oops cursing mentioned, one s ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4528 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1695 never accept your own death fight for every second of life, something something do not go quietly into that grim dark what the fuck are you supposed to do? Reading what you said got me pretty fucking pissed - keep talking for a start, it helps, people need to be pissed. I'm also broke as shit, don't know how I'm going to pay rent and eat, but it'll get done. Where do you live? Can other people help you? Medications are an organizational problem, not an insurmountable barrier. We'll make it work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5337 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── what if everyone on earth meditated for 24 hours together do you think we would meld into a collective consciousness or do you think we'd develop world peace? either way that's like, one single day, and even if it doesn't work out exactly as planned, it's worth a shot, I think ah, well, I forgot about the people who haven't had the "the world is stranger than you'd expect" revelation. maybe those hippies who wanted to put LSD in the water supply were onto something. you can't force transcendence, you stupid girl hey at least I'm trying do something material like feeding homeless people or farting on cybertrucks ... I don't think that'll fix anything. why don't you find out because cybertrucks can't smell it's the thought that counts okay what if I just think about it really hard that doesn't count ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5257 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: protests-mentioned-then-communism-mentioned-then-ghosts-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if everyone at a protest is showing up for their first time like, c'mon don't be that dull, just make plans with the people standing next to you. gosh why is everyone shouting I can't plan out how to divert water down a hillside because some jerks are singing protest chants ... wait is no-one else talking? gosh I gee sure wish someone told them to not do what you're told and to instead do what will get you [gold/told] the first communist internationals were basically people sitting down and going "okay what kind of communism should we make and where" and I think about that a lot while making signs to let the surveillance know what matters personally to me and exactly how much pressure they can apply before your demographic swings to contest their brutal fascist facts. -- who is them and why are they watching theea provisionist's [screed/creed] -- what the heck is a tryptaminea boomer aunt and uncle out on their honey/versary ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5377 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: extreme-rhetoric-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ something tells me they'd only send their "most loyal" to a what, 500 person │ ║ strong gathering of strength displayed for the nation? │ ║ │ ║ and we exist in every city │ ║ │ ║ so... 500 is a lot less than 2000 which is a lot less than 10,000 │ ║ │ ║ hey remember when millions of people marched for women as a concept │ ║ │ ║ like, had time in their day? were sufficiently aligned and motivated bia │ ║ social media [redacted]? or were just not kidding around... │ ║ │ ║ I tell ya what I'd rather see on the streets and the ground, a well regulated │ ║ militia that's what I'd say. │ ║ │ ║ isn't that the military? │ ║ │ ║ oh yeah haha whoops sorry we forgot that it's democracy versus those losers. │ ║ │ ║ I mean, look at them out there prancing around and wearing tactical gear. I │ ║ heard they even go after the worst criminals the least of all. buncha cowards │ ║ hiding from the will of the people. good thing we got plenty of ten │ ║ thousands... │ ║ │ ║ ICE CAN END yeah so can the polar ice-caps if we're not quick and thorough │ ║ │ ║ ICE CAN END yeah that's like step 1 I hear~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3518 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── As long as it happens, I don't need to be in charge. In fact I'd prefer it otherwise. it's going to happen anyway. Wouldn't you rather be a leader? no I fucking wouldn't. I'd rather someone else do it. Why the fuck would I want that, power? control? the very things you swear to relinquish and dismantle. yeah. too bad you can't fucking dismantle something you've already relinquished. true. ... and no, I wouldn't want to be in charge. no THANK you. ... but if it wouldn't happen without me, then yeah I'll be there for you. Just ask if you need me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ |