=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: genocide-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ you can't cleanse that which is not dirty. "ethnic cleansing" is a trick of language to get you to think of people in terms of purity. truth is, it's murder, cleansed of it's connotations and implied sin. you can't prune the tree of life with shears. you cultivate it with kindness and compassion as it grows into the desired shape. you can't cleanse that which is not dirty. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse_boost/2968 --- ◀─╔═════════════════════[BOOST]═══════════════════════───────────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ It's all made up. And we can make it up differently. We can make it up so that it's not about a murder of genocides on a boiling rock where billions must die to maintain the way of life for a few thousand uber-rich reactionary maggots lining you up for a shallow grave. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ But not, if you keep pretending, that this is all fine, and these people aren't out to get you, and the power structures aren't designed to render you into a commodity and invest the power of CHOICE in the capitalist's hands. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #2 fediverse/5644 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: palestine-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────┘ people's palestine trauma is totally gonna fuck them up when it happens to their backyard. thanks, evil-run social media. It's true we wouldn't have been motivated without it, but such horrors are interminable to concieve about. "what if we just built our own websites and linked to them when we find them?" "hmmmm, interesting, this goes in my XYZ bookmark folder" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3403 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── google and their ads created the market for SEO optimized garbage which clogs up the arteries of the internet. They and their business model are culpable in the murder of the digital commons. anyone can write a web crawler which could be a decent enough search engine. not many people can figure out which sites are morass. fewer still might salt the fecund land upon which we lived and make it fetid. Yet they did. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4031 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to imagine yourself slaying it ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/1349 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ they want to start wars so they can force people to view "just accepting it" as the honorable option. it, being the conditions they cause. it, being brutal crackdowns, murders of people like me, authoritarian police forces wielded to implicitely or explicitely force or frame people who are against them. the hangman's due is when death you choose to rule. [I didn't write that part] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #9 fediverse/4526 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health │ └──────────────────────┘ most people get intrusive thoughts like "punch that baby" or "drink some gasoline" my intrusive thoughts are like "who is she" and "we need you" and "lead us" and "their strength is imagined" and stuff like that gosh I don't know how ya'll handle it I'd be dead in a ditch if I was neurotypical. ... intrusive thoughts are not typical ah. Right. Nevermind then. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4839 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-nazis-goddess-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we conceptualized "nazis" as dead nazi spirits who used evil occult magic to return and haunt the minds of poor impressionable kids and turn them into school shooters or whatever. and then their propaganda wing came back and they started doing youtube channels now they're infecting heads of state and slowly corrupting the nation evil, dark things, with only hatred and malice in their heart of hearts I'm not talking about your probably-mostly-fine-but-still-pretty-bad grandfather who definitely shot over the heads of the allies, but rather the truly evil and twisted of sorts. the kind that lived in America, and lynched people who were sleeping in their beds. For... nothing... for nothing at all. They wanted to see them writhe on the rope. To shudder in pain and scream of terror most profane. Then they teamed up in the afterlife and decided to conquer the world. Start with America. Truth is Judgement day is neverending, and it's constantly at war in the afterlife ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4209 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: pol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ the people who are farthest into a belief (political or otherwise) they tend │ ║ to believe they are the "vanguard" or "leaders" of such a movement. │ ║ │ ║ but that isn't necessarily so. Perhaps it is those who have more resources, │ ║ those who are most prepared and ready to go? sometimes you're distracted, │ ║ sometimes ignor-ed. │ ║ │ ║ just being most ardent of belief doesn't necessarily mean that you are the │ ║ strongest. The quickest. The wittiest. The most prepared. The most capable. │ ║ The most connected. The most guided. The clearest choice, nor the only option. │ ║ │ ║ It just means that you are truest in your heart, and that others should look │ ║ to you, who are an expert in what you are, for guidance on topics such as │ ║ "defeating fascism" or "unlearning capitalist patriarchy" or "how to identify │ ║ certain types of bees" or whatever totally random specialty you have. │ ║ │ ║ ... in the morning, you'll look back on the sins of the past night and think │ ║ "wow that was wild, sure glad I'm a different person now. Gotta start │ ║ cleaning. Get things done" │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4180 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── @user-1639 or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024 which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say "tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words ... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴──────────┘ --- #14 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4047 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ "I heard she was a witch but I've never seen a hat..." "When you believe in god, you become inspired when you see or contribute to things that are aligned with what it's followers believe that god is "all about" - like if you're in ancient greece, and you worship ares, you're probably gonna get pretty pumped up if there's an invading army on your doorstep. Or if you're a christian and you see someone feeding the poor, or if you're a buddhist and you see someone sitting on a rock in tune with nature, that kind of thing. The thing is, these days so many people are atheist. And they never get that inspiration. And worst still, there are some people called witches who aren't pagan, and aren't from the various forms of witchery that we know. They claim to worship "life, the universe, and the totality of all things" which is nice and all but their moments of inspiration seem to come randomly, and nobody can quite predict what they'll do or say next when they're in that state." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4540 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── most people in the world are dumb as a bag of bricks but that's okay, I still love them, and so should you. everyone I hang out with is sharp as a tack and I love them still, for I don't have a preference for blunt objects. some people don't feel emotions I think they're just depressed some people can't stop won't stop, I say. really as long as they follow their heart and sing a tune that is true I think they're alright. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/6046 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── YOU CAN'T UNPLUNGE THAT KNIFE she said, or something similarly, and I went hope and wept. nero burnt rome because he wanted people to appreciate his violining. but he was forever unheard. more knives for the [slaughter, but pronounced wholesale] I can't see anything, I'm just trying to describe the vibes I feel inside of me. floating on an ocean of distance and emotion, all I can do is interpret ripples and dreams. I'm not a clairvoyant, I'm just very intuitive. I can know the right answer as long as I have all the components. easy! my fingers hurt. this keyboard is not my own. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #19 fediverse/269 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: kinda-sad-kinda-bittersweet-feeling-of-unknown-loss │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ the lessons learned in gay history are still relevant to this day (and perhaps future ones as well) - the act of erasure is removing the memories of those who learned them while keeping the lessons learned, as propagated forward in the artwork of people who were touched by them. it's a form of cultural genocide, as an other is forcing us not to exist. (in memory) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/1013 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── peace is on the opposite side of conflict. Not here with the unfair. peace is eternally elusive only to those who are use-ed. peace is eternally internal next to those who are lucid. peace is necessary. peace is useful. peace is helpful. peace is beloved. peace is not always there. it is skittish, like an alley cat, but it will come if you make offerings. offer peace to me. I will nourish thee. offer war to me. I will devastate all who see me. there comes a time when all foes become blind, when your motives are no longer part of their story. at that time, they are lost to you, and they are only confused as to the things you do. they may heal in time. there may not be time. sacrifice your fallen to me, sacrifice them on the altar of tragedy, I will bane your broken resolutions I will claim your darkest allusions. fight for me, in spite of tragedy, and I will send mercy to your victims. fight for me, if you hold peace dearly, and I will sign fate's next ultimatum. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ |