=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── if all of life is a stage, then you are never "doing a scene" you're just living ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┴───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3741 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── you can only be yourself once, and it happens while you're alive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 notes/20260726-012528.txt --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ Nobody ever takes life seriously. Why would you? There's nothing serious about it! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #3 fediverse/3984 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── at the end of your life, you've built a person ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/824 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── I once heard that time doesn't pass when you're well and truly in the moment, and I thought "that's not true, I'm always losing track of the moment". ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/856 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── the more unique a person is, the more they can help define reality ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5271 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── the true calling of an actor is to perform whatever the spirit wills you to be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #7 messages/552 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is no past, only history There is no future, only planning Today is everywhere all the time. Nothing changes the fact that we all sleep at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2813 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── your reactions to your context are what define you, and when you're alone you are free to define yourself as you will. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3718 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Real life is improv, but real life is not a skit. I am unwilling to give control of my life's scene to someone who won't tell me what they want to do with it. Even if I don't believe you, I'll still give it to you, but I will remain cautious and will abandon the scene if it appears that I can trust you to hurt me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3916 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── life isn't JUST a game, but it is a game. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3093 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── *life is so much more than following your rules and fulfilling your obligations* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3571 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: pol-tential-economics │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 *all things* are intermediate steps, from yesterday to tomorrow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 messages/330 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── The purpose of life is to read, and to find the answer in the words of your fellow man. Just remember, the map is not the territory. Don't forget to live, too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4049 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── humans can only do what they believe they can do because they believe they can do ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 messages/906 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── if your life's folly was purely based on your desire to create a following, you'd try harder. but it's not hard. you just have to be yourself. it's hard to be yourself! what if you have other selves?? I have three. I'm a trinity. gee isn't it nice to know multiplicity? hence, the loss of self, the slowly timededly decompilation -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────────┘ --- #16 messages/162 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── Life *is* beautiful, but it's selfish to live it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1407 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── you always think you want something, but then you don't, because expectations are not reality, and you were just addicted to the feeling of hope. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/5172 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── one side: "it's most important to be yourself" the other: "it's most important to be your best" neither of them is wrong. duh. use your head. people all agree on wisdom, so... share that. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╚═════════╩════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #20 messages/1226 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── an excuse is just a reason viewed from another angle. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #21 fediverse/85 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── At the end of the day, all we are is our intentions and our choices. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/3295 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-192 I never really imagined myself as a person in the future it was always focused mostly on handling the present ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 messages/419 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── The next time you share a meal with family, or perhaps a game with a friend online, or maybe even a coffee with a stranger, or a smile with a person walking down the path, or maybe a church choir as you rejoice in unison - the next time you do one of these things, define the path that your reality takes through your actions. Compel yourself to have a good time, without ignoring the input of those around you. Bring them to your level, and see what kind of world "around you" becomes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/3133 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── @user-138 all people are multitudinous. We exist in the minds of those who see us. For each and every person you know, there is another version of you that they know, who lives rent free in their mind. unless you're talking about something more literal, like someone with a double life, or a secret agent or something like that 😋 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/578 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-422 if you didn't have your eyes could you see where you were? if you didn't have your body, too? where's your sense of direction, is it lost in the rain? keep it close to your heart. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 messages/402 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── "you're not the main character, babe" Oh yeah? Well with side characters like me, it's gotta be an incredible show. "it's called Life. Of course it's going to be magnificient. What did you expect?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/2489 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ in peacetime, one may live as they define. they can be kooky and precious and beautiful and kind. sometimes, though, that opportunity is taken away, and suddenly life fades from view and all you are left with is perfect clarity. I'd like to clarify why I feel the way I do about the situation at hand. there are three reasons, so I think I'll put them in five posts, including this one. [1/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #28 messages/221 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Do you ever think about how you're not actually a person but instead just an instantiation of a collection of traits and behaviors generated from a template that is the randomized product of two other forms and trained through a lifetime of adaptation and subjected to trials of increasing difficulty and frequency? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 fediverse/2659 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── I was being tested, of that I have no doubt. I was focused on the situation at hand, because that's how an improv actor operates. but the improvized conversational "scene" that is in play was also designed to test for understanding. if the actors in the scene made the same logical "leaps" or "conclusions", moving from one thing to another with a clue of emphasis, tone, cadence, and flow of conversation...?!*# hence, why it's important that the speaker is always the one engaging. leaving off the conclusion of a thought in order to check that the person you're talking to is going down the correct path of understanding. in doing so, you can transfer knowledge in an impossible-to-decrypt manner. endless synonyms and custom-made figures of speech (to illustrate a previously expressed dynamic) while also confirming concurrent data as it's stored. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #30 messages/560 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── To tempt fate is to invite "forever" consequences into your life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/5169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to describe everything that you do, leave that situation ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 fediverse/823 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── If you've ever been deceived, you'll forever be aware of it as a possibility. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #33 fediverse/4081 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: -mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if life was an array of experiences orchestrated by the whims of │ ║ determinism and arranged as a performance just for you, waiting with bated │ ║ breath for your reaction, your thunderous applause, your scathing review, your │ ║ rowdy cheers, your celebratory laughter and your wails of despair │ ║ │ ║ ... tell me, when's the last time you wailed? laughed? cheered? scathed? │ ║ thundered? bated, and breathed? │ ║ │ ║ I'm so sick of computers fucking telling me how to feel │ ║ │ ║ fuck you, computer, and your pinpricks of information gleaned from the │ ║ internet at large │ ║ │ ║ do a better job of... of... wait, shit, why do I use computers again? │ ║ │ ║ ... oh right, to fill that crushing void. THAT crushing void. Of course, THAT │ ║ one in particular. How could I forget. │ ║ │ ║ Why are you so voidful? Could you try, like... not being full of voids │ ║ │ ║ ... *modern day youngsters learning in real time what the members of the royal │ ║ court would always "... welp : |" at each other about* │ ║ │ ║ "you act as if you WANT to waste time... wait... shit, you do, don't you?" │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩═══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ |