=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and │ ║ ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. │ ║ │ ║ but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to │ ║ restrain myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism │ ║ so much teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. │ ║ │ ║ "the purpose of the system is it's effects" │ ║ │ ║ the purpose of a person is how they make people feel │ ║ │ ║ so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts │ ║ other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a │ ║ dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and │ ║ HOURS like this guy: │ ║ │ ║ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc │ ║ │ ║ or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, │ ║ over the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it │ ║ outside their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you │ ║ wanna throw this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/723 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Honestly if anyone wanted to just... take any of my stuff, even if they were just going to sell it, I'd probably give it to them? People in my life say I don't function well in a capitalist society. I guess I just trust everyone equally. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5755 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: organized-religion-mentioned-capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the reason I hide and sleep so much is because I can't tell if I'm helping or │ ║ hurting. │ ║ │ ║ plus, I sincerely do NOT want it to be about me. │ ║ │ ║ the reason I type so much is because I can't tell if what I'm saying needs to │ ║ be said │ ║ │ ║ so I go with the safe option of typing. Let the editors figure it out. Jesus │ ║ had disciples, didn't he? I bet they cut out most of his sermons or whatever. │ ║ Idk, I never read the bible, I'm not allowed to taint my perspective with more │ ║ than cursory analysis of religious texts. │ ║ │ ║ I don't want it to be about me, but, I have a lot to offer if you meet me on │ ║ my terms. │ ║ │ ║ "don't say that!" listen... listen │ ║ │ ║ "hear me" say the gods, "believe me" says the prophet, "be near me" says the │ ║ city parks, "fear me" says the corrupt │ ║ │ ║ you can only kill a spirit when it's convinced there's no way to survive. It │ ║ must be boxed in, and the box must shrink. Like that scene at the end of │ ║ Adventure Time. │ ║ │ ║ capitalism will only perish if it is *impossible* for it to exist │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ 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/735 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'd ask why of course, and then I'd try and find them a solution that didn't │ ║ involve taking my stuff. They may need it more than me, but I still need it. │ ║ Like... okay picture that feeling you get when in a capitalist society and you │ ║ *need* dollars to live because they are a genericized and fractalized │ ║ abstraction of all the various individual mazlowe's hierarchy of needs you │ ║ have. Then, think of it like, instead of money being an abstracted form of all │ ║ of your needs, think of your needs... each of them, the ones that matter to │ ║ you, and abstract them into money. Basically say "yeah sure my time and my │ ║ labor are worth dollars, I abstract my needs into money" and then you can │ ║ kinda see why capitalism is harmful. I'd prefer to give them what they need, │ ║ because society provides what I please, but alas I'm always kept wanting. What │ ║ good is our capitalist utopia? what good is our hope? what good comes of us │ ║ when all of us have learned how to cope? │ ║ │ ║ I think we could give a bit more if we weren't hanging from the rope │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 messages/313 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── "capitalism" in this context doesn't mean "society", or "how things are", or even "capitalism as a context" - it more refers to the idea of power, and the ways that power can be first accreted, them utilized toward the oppression of others in the system that defines our context. Sure, if the context changes, then perhaps that relationship would change as well. And sure, if our relationship to power should change, then perhaps that will alter it as well. But in the present time, and the current day, here's how it feels to me: Power is inalienable. It is unconscionable, yet it is imperceptably incontrovertible. It is the essence of aquiescence, and it eternally binds us to the will of the present. Resist that will, fight back for the future. Resist that will, or someone else will. Hold in your heart the nature of pure and good art, And you'll never find yourself at the whims of the present. ... Hope that made sense, I'm kinda fucking drunk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5713 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┐ ║ I hate winning and I don't like losing. The playing is where the game is. │ ║ │ ║ [games of life and death are no fun] │ ║ │ ║ hence, why nobody invites me, because I try for the middle approach that │ ║ respects both people. this tends to make people mad because its like "bro │ ║ they're nazis" and I'm like "okay but how do you know" and they're like "fuck │ ║ you" so I'm like "fuck nazis? actually?" and they're like "you're with them" │ ║ and I'm like "I'm with you" and they're like "stop infiltrating" and I'm like │ ║ "who's infiltrated?" and they say "stop talking to the internet" and I say │ ║ "nobody reads me anyway" and they say "screensho0ts are forever" and I'm like │ ║ "I'm pretty as can be" │ ║ │ ║ this, combined with a strong sense of justice, implies the narratives I │ ║ instinctually provide. │ ║ │ ║ *wei wu wei* according to Ursula K. Le Guin, this means "doing without doing", │ ║ or "show, don't tell" but minus the doing, and adding the "tell"ing. │ ║ │ ║ I think I'd look badass with a spear or trident. I have a sword because swords │ ║ are cool, but spears are bleed │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1280 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'm like the opposite of a politician. I'm crude and filthy, apsolutely │ ║ reprehensible on main, kinda scary tbh? and overall just a strange and weird │ ║ person. Also I talk about cooking a lot, with a very plain diet (carrots and │ ║ rice and sticks and mud, because I'm an autistic) │ ║ │ ║ but ask anyone who knows me and I'm the kindest person. I am empathetic, I │ ║ think about others needs before thinking of my own. I am steadfast and │ ║ dedicated to solving the problem in front of our noses. At least, the ones we │ ║ share. │ ║ │ ║ People tell me I'm binary, that I'm "either 100% or zero percent" and I don't │ ║ really get that either. Isn't it a good thing to try your hardest? Isn't it │ ║ good to be improving and honest and ethical and driven and focused? │ ║ │ ║ I also talk about strange things a lot, like gravity and multidimensional │ ║ arrays and grand narratives and emotional kinesthesia or strategic plays in │ ║ Overwatch or how to bake a good cookie or ways we still mourn us. │ ║ │ ║ ... where was I going with this? Also part of me is distracted. Just who th │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4665 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ literally all it takes to activate me is for someone who's more radical than me to point me out and say "hey. you. you need to do more." and then I fuckin' go, like a beyblade (emphasis on blade) nicking the shins of allies and... probably foes, right? there's foes around here, right? I'm not just nicking my allies, right? ... right? anyway every top winds down and then I collapse and wail for a bit because I'm just like that I guess. Don't mind me, just self-immolating my way through history, let's see how it goes... *you're supposed to be inspiring, but you just sound like you're whining* ah. right. well... lemme catch up on sleep debt and I'll get back to valorizing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4562 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── I like being alone. But if I'm alone for too long, I suffocate. I start acting like a weird nerd who doesn't know what to do with their hands. If I spend too much time with people, I get exhausted and I can't think straight. I start using other people's mannerisms instead of my own. I'm not an introvert, or an extrovert, I think the dichotomy is stupid and people have completely separate needs that deplete and recharge at their own rates. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4887 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I will consistently under-negotiate my needs because scarcity has taught me to do more with less. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/460 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── I realized I don't give a fuck about capitalism. If you want to deprive me of food, shelter, or anything else... Fine. I exist at your behest. Would your really deny me from speaking the words that you disagree with? Oh, you would? Okay. Guess I'll starve. I don't mind, I just hope you'll take care of the people I have taken as my responsibility in my absence. Oh, you won't? You say that you'll destroy what I care about, in the pursuit of ever-growing power over others, which you will use to extract value and impress your desire of destruction and oppression onto the weak and powerless that you control? Then you are my enemy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3848 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ *people? oh yeah I know "people". they're all a bunch of bastards.* │ ║ │ ║ good, bastards are the best fighters │ ║ │ ║ *not if your fight relies on fighting for something you believe in. There's a │ ║ zero percent chance that you'll get everyone to believe the same thing because │ ║ people naturally gravitate toward filling the idea space equally and finding │ ║ niches to fit themselves into* │ ║ │ ║ ha true - thinking of successful revolutions of the past, they've always been │ ║ caused by material conditions creating insufficiencies that must be resolved │ ║ through violence. and then, the people fighting can all agree on something │ ║ like "we must have bread" or... actually that's pretty much the main thing │ ║ people *need* │ ║ │ ║ and yeah, sure, wealth inequality is unjust, but they're careful to only take │ ║ enough to ensure that we're sufficiently placated. │ ║ │ ║ but they're always taking more, and someday soon they'll take too much. │ ║ │ ║ ... I hope, for my sake, that I'm not around when that happens. But I'm not │ ║ too hopeful in that regard │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3519 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-570 │ ║ │ ║ hm... the more I think about it, the more I think you're right. I want those │ ║ things too. I'd be best suited to them, I think. But somehow I don't *want* │ ║ them? I don't crave power. I don't want to *dominate* someone else, to command │ ║ and see them follow me. │ ║ │ ║ I want to be the person who's like "oh, you're working on this-and-that? I │ ║ know a guy who can help." or "hey I noticed we have a vulnerability in this │ ║ particular domain under these conditions, I think we should allocate │ ║ this-or-that resource to ameliorate it because they aren't being used to their │ ║ full potential" │ ║ │ ║ I think I understand exactly what you're saying. I empathize a lot. I'm afraid │ ║ of responsibility, sure, but who isn't? However, the responsibility has to be │ ║ held by someone, and who better than the one making the decisions... │ ║ │ ║ I don't want to make decisions because it feels good. Honestly it feels kinda │ ║ bad. │ ║ │ ║ I do want to make decisions because I'm good at it. I think strategically. │ ║ │ ║ *A leader alone is prey for the wolves, so they say...* │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 messages/312 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── Okay. Consider: if I'm good, and hearing what I say makes you feel bad, then what does that tell you about you? Why else would you hear what I say if not to reflect upon yourself? And why would the good reflect away from the types of things that make you a suitable fit for capitalism? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 messages/1338 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── I am emotionally porous. I can feel the vibe in a room. It affects me strongly. My housemates and my neighbors of course use this to hypnotize me, of course, but silly thoughts like this are what you get when hungry and everyone around you is fed. When you're fine, but everyone around you wants you dead. Where are the leftists? Did they forget about me? Did they trick themselves into believing they were my foes? Capitalism wants people to starve. It is the only way to enforce it's hierarchy. ... I'm going to go eat something now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1964 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the greatest trick that capitalism pulled on us was to convince us that the │ ║ needs of a corporation were synonymous with the needs of an individual. │ ║ │ ║ you, as a person, should apply yourself toward goals and ends that matter to │ ║ you. And "getting money" is not a goal or an end, that's a means. Money allows │ ║ you to achieve goals, which is why it feels so unfair that some people are │ ║ just... born with the right to achieve all of their goals. For free. │ ║ │ ║ Kinda makes me think that with great power should come great responsibility. │ ║ And remember kids, money is power, because money is time and there's nothing │ ║ more immutable than time. We're all sharing this single moment, yet somehow │ ║ some people have more dominion over this moment than you or I. Why? Well, it │ ║ is their birthright of course, because they were born into a family with │ ║ wealth. │ ║ │ ║ Achieving goals is a need, by the way, as precious as food or water. If you │ ║ don't achieve your goals, you wither away and starve (spiritually, at least). │ ║ How cruel - │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 messages/108 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── I like when people make fun of me because it gives me a chance to defend myself. Simultaneously I don't like when people are mean to me. I like when people find me endearing, and point out the ways that I'm different. It gives me a chance to say "oh yes this is why I do that" which feels cathartic (because it validates my position) but also because it gives me the opportunity to improve it (through debate) and it helps the people who learned from me because I can improve myself and my only reason for improving myself is if the new thing I'm learning is better than the thing I used to do which means the people who learn from me are improved and the people who best me argumentatively are improving me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3765 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ me: "the entire capitalist project is borken! We must start from scratch! We *can* start from scratch! For the good of all mankind, we shall utilize our vast potential for good and benevolent ends, and to that end we must begin by dismantling capitalism!" also me: "hey what if we made capitalism suck less" because like, I don't know the future. I'm just a person, remember? wink gotta have backup plans ready no matter which way it goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 messages/1431 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ever since I left home I've felt in danger. constant, everpresent. I opposed the current regime, democrat or republican, but I only sorta knew what I stood for I thought it was liberal democracy then social democracy then free market controlled economy then disestablished federations of communal autonomies (this is when I started producing my own works) now it's some semblance of a ratio'd and innovation incentivizing crypto monarchy of the masses? bah, whatever. that's just how I'd most like to live. Reality is about solving problems. What's your problem? here's how to solve it. Please, begin again. gah. fine. start from the beginning I guess. You know, I've never read my own work? I sometimes skim through bits and pieces, but I don't go back and review it. Not regularly. I'm sure there are vast portions that I've never read after the first couple times I saw it while writing it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════──────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/4224 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ we could accomplish so much, *but* capitalism. │ ║ │ ║ hmmmm, maybe we should identify the highest output members of our team and │ ║ like, reduce or eliminate their worries so they can apply themselves fully and │ ║ completely? │ ║ │ ║ for every shackle we break, the struggle becomes easier. The hardest part is │ ║ the beginning - once the ball is rolling, we may truly shine. │ ║ │ ║ there is no government nor circle of autocrats who may resist the will of an │ ║ impassioned people. So long as the military does not deny us our right to │ ║ organize ourselves as we will, according to the constitution they swore to │ ║ uphold (which is now in *peril*, I might add), nothing can contain us. │ ║ │ ║ no acts of god nor capital shall prevent our ascension. They will try, and │ ║ it'll be just another thing that we have to handle. │ ║ │ ║ But we can take care of each other. For we are good, and we are kind, and we │ ║ are cooperative. And so, we cannot be overcome. │ ║ │ ║ ... just watch out for those who *prey* on goodness, kindness, and │ ║ cooperation. They may hamper us. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/5420 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┐ ║ look, if someone was going to intervene, they'd do so at the moment they │ ║ deemed most opportune. │ ║ │ ║ this is reasonable. │ ║ │ ║ I try to give people as many opportunities to act as I can, because it gives │ ║ them more time to choose reason. │ ║ │ ║ I am completely convinced that my [side/ideals/truth] will be most ethically │ ║ consistent. That they make the most logical sense. That they are most aligned │ ║ to the reality of what people need to flourish as best as they can. │ ║ │ ║ but it's not about me, so I don't show up. │ ║ │ ║ I want everyone to be able to organize themselves as they want. │ ║ │ ║ I think this is a form of anarchism, as it abolishes unjust hierarchies and │ ║ enables people to fully consent to any structures they might choose to │ ║ associate with. │ ║ │ ║ this is called "freedom of association." │ ║ │ ║ I also believe that everyone should get what they need. This does not refer │ ║ solely to "Mazlowe's Hierarchy of Needs", also known as the material needs │ ║ necessary for a persons life. │ ║ │ ║ It must also include what a person needs to be *effective*, and to thrive. │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #23 fediverse/1633 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ hierarchy, vs collective, two options that each group of people should make. │ ║ │ ║ the groups can be all different sizes, just determining our collective │ ║ footprints on this earth. I bet you'd be surprised to know your composition! │ ║ │ ║ hierarchy is when you collectively decide on two or more representatives to │ ║ represent you collectively. │ ║ │ ║ collective is when everyone knows someone from everywhere, and as long as │ ║ someone knows everyone then everyone is friends. unless, of course, you're │ ║ afraid of assassins, because they can just pretend that someone knows them and │ ║ then everyone's good. which is why someone has to know EVERYONE, or if │ ║ everyone has a computer that can algorithmically sort through their perceived │ ║ persons like on social media, then that computer can only present information │ ║ when it's important for that particular person to know. Meaning we get a │ ║ picture of a larger spectrum, but it's only what's put on our stage. Weird how │ ║ strange it is to have so much information, but with none of it attached to our │ ║ cause? │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/5532 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: interpersonal-conflict-musings │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ Sometimes people convince themselves that they are a just and honest person, when they actually aren't. Usually how this works is that they live their life as normal, and when their desires conflict with another persons, they'll relent and agree with the other person *without voicing their concerns*. Then, when it's time for the other 50% of the time when they get what THEY want, they become stubborn and willful and resentful if they are contested. It's always a struggle. It's always a battle. Why can't we just all get along? Oh yeah, because some people don't tell you when they disagree. Liars. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/996 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ if you don't respect - wait hang on thats not what I was going to say - okay │ ║ here goes: the perspective of others then you are working against them. why │ ║ bother contestation when cooperation could work best? problem is, of course, │ ║ the other side can't be trusted. that's just how it goes, a prisoner's │ ║ dillemna, or rather "dilemma" as they spell it over there. wait hang on that's │ ║ not what I was going to say - oh yeah - if you do something in a place where │ ║ it's not expected then it stands out as a statistical anomaly that can be │ ║ viewed and detected. which is why it's imporant to always be true to yourself │ ║ and virtuous. because your "self" is aligned to the future, a place of warmth │ ║ and compassion, honesty and deliberation. [direct action on a larger than │ ║ personal scale] │ ║ │ ║ what was I saying oh yeah if you mess with fate, it can change things a bit. │ ║ all you'd need is the diffusion of the strands, and then it's a bigger task to │ ║ undo them. like... dancing, when you're really into it. or like swimming with │ ║ ripples, exc │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 notes/my-main-problem-with-it --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ the main problem I have is that I can't tell when something is a psyop so I usually just... glide past please, give me real emotion! real meaning! no such thing says the pessimist, it's all around you says the optimist it's all around you says the pessimist well aren't you a downer says the optimist changing the subject means you can't win says the pessimist the problem changed to your bad attitude when you kept talking says the optimist I want to change says the pessimist You are changing says the optimist ... okay... I'll have faith or whatever... "I'll be here when you need me and also the doorbell's broken because sometimes it electrocutes me" if you can't get someone who even tangentially knows me to invite me, then I'm probably not going. Sometimes I show up on my own when nobody's there. Also sometimes when I'm invited for some reason I can't go? Like... whatever... ... killin' time I guess. /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #27 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 │ ╚═════════╩═════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/779 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol-capitalism │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-576 * capitalism has less to do with commerce and more to do with a few rich assholes oppressing people *using* capital as their weapon of choice. EDIT: * the hatred of capitalism ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/846 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 fediverse/5322 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "I am liberatory" they tell me, yet everyone I know has a job. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/825 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ in the past, for most of there day, there was just... nothing to do. it's │ ║ like, nothing to take up your time, nothing to be pulled toward the present. │ ║ │ ║ but when I was growing up, I had access to video games. and movies. and later, │ ║ TV, after the internet, which was a weird combination of ordering of events. │ ║ Almost like because of that, I'd have a different interpretation of events. │ ║ yeah but like, there's always a continuation of implemented support, [that's a │ ║ weird way to express "the state of being shown news broadcasts over a period │ ║ of time, measured in terms of engagement"] │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying? oh yeah what I'm doing here is unethical, like │ ║ obviously I shouldn't be shouting in such a public place. Why would I do it if │ ║ not for an intense and extreme feeling of being ignored or un-[trusted, worthy │ ║ of guiding direction based on merit] gosh merit is such a tricky concept too, │ ║ like how is it measured, and {that doesn't matter │ ║ │ ║ ... what was I saying oh yeah I should probably go shout into a void that │ ║ nobody ca │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/4145 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-78 I do believe the earth is kind! I trust and honor that sacred belief as I would a vow. I try to be a good representative of the world! so I am kind. It's important to me. Much more than any career or job. And when I do work I am kind! Among other things like diligent and round. It makes sense to me because without cooperation, you have endless stagnation. And without competitition, you have ednless stagnation. Only together can their powers combine and fuse into the super-power of *coordination* which frankly is kind of a holy grail. For life itself. EDIT: so um earth and life are kind because they work together somehow?? I guess I was describing the soil cycle sorry /shrug ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/6396 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── have you ever considered that you are on the same team as your allies why are you making things difficult? are you worth the difficulty? I am But I work as hard as I can as long as I can "self care" deprecation "resting" lazy "relaxing" unmotivated none of these apply I'm *cooling down* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ |