=== ANCHOR POEM === ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: cursed │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if all the followers on your profile who only know you through the │ ║ fediverse (after having known each other in person, this part is crucial) who │ ║ don't talk anymore were like, killed and replaced with someone who is always │ ║ busy │ ║ │ ║ so many people just... disappear from things │ ║ │ ║ where did they go │ ║ │ ║ why is their chair empty or filled with another │ ║ │ ║ why can't I place their name │ ║ │ ║ what kind of clothes did they wear │ ║ │ ║ oh right they had such-and-such │ ║ boots-or-piece-of-adorn-jewelry-handheld-possession-just-the-same-shape-as-some │ ║ one-i-knew │ ║ │ ║ then I heard they gave them to so-and-so so that they could wear them for clout │ ║ │ ║ ah, well, I guess they're busy, got stuff going on, things to write about │ ║ today... Guess I better hear the story, what's the news, ah, well, okay, guess │ ║ I'll go back to programming. │ ║ │ ║ I wonder what she'd say? │ ║ │ ║ if everyone knows the gay agenda, then they can work on it by being gay and │ ║ doing crime │ ║ │ ║ [[ then the cops beat ya up and it hurts and you can never walk right again ]] │ ║ │ ║ what if gypsies were ga │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4740 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┐ ║ what if we built an atlas of what every rural property produced │ ║ │ ║ like "they grow squash and blueberries here and sometimes they make honey" │ ║ │ ║ or "this place has a bunch of lumber they want to get rid of" │ ║ │ ║ or "here there's a patch of wildflowers that have been set aside for the │ ║ butterflies" │ ║ │ ║ or "there's a training ground here for intercepting ICE vans in urban areas" │ ║ │ ║ or "don't post shit like that on the internet dumbass what are you even doing" │ ║ │ ║ or "oh I dunno trying to be a face I guess, don't look to me for cutting edge │ ║ advice because I'm just a level 12 paladin who's totally a noob and can barely │ ║ lift 50 pounds" │ ║ │ ║ or "this is where the cows graze" │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah well you're the cutting edge on some things and you're very far │ ║ behind on others. like for example you seriously need to level up your opsec │ ║ so that nobody can hear what you're saying." │ ║ │ ║ or "yeah but then nobody will hear what I'm saying" │ ║ │ ║ or "I've said too much, god save you Ritz Menardi, for we all stand beside you" │ ║ │ ║ or "here's a meditation retreat" : ) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5138 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we asked all the democrats to read the bible and all the republicans │ ║ to watch Adventure Time and Steven Universe │ ║ │ ║ like... assigned it as national homework │ ║ │ ║ "academia" is a sports team, while "education" is for the en-knowledgement │ ║ │ ║ does the motion cause the emotion or does the emotion cause the motion? │ ║ │ ║ private schools are academic. libraries are educational. │ ║ │ ║ the capability to edit submitted messages in message submitting applications │ ║ and its consequences have been a situaster for the human race. │ ║ │ ║ if something dangerous is coming, intercept. if something fell out while you │ ║ were away, someone else would grab it. allies on the way? move aside to let │ ║ them through. │ ║ │ ║ Stone Butch Blues is like ghost stories for dykes │ ║ │ ║ weed makes me lucky, which is why I always drink before a fight │ ║ │ ║ hey, remember when 10 million of us walked the streets and said we were sick │ ║ of "enough-is-enough"-ing? │ ║ │ ║ the only thing on your mind right now should be how to survive this │ ║ │ ║ what if 5000 people showed up at 5 d │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/5953 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── what if we had everyone work on accessibility tech every tuesday and wednesday with shared commons to discuss research "I wrote this little script..." "I found this neat directory..." "there's more where that came from..." "three's company" "programmers, always carrying scripts like an actor" "english is so weird" listening to the fediverse is an altogether new experience did you know there's more blind users (screen readers) than queer people on the fediverse? which instances does your instance grow federation with? I wonder who talks to who how much? I bet we could add a feature that dealt damage... yeesh, scary thought police incoming. all it takes is a BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE dumbass obviously the internet is the first thing we'd implement if you're not immune to BACTERIA, you won't be secure in the mindscape. scary... but good news is they don't appear in a vacuum. it's too dark and dry. germs like wet things, like rotting food. just don't touch gross stuff and you won't get sick :) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6043 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── why would you do drugs anywhere but in public [because that's [how, but pronounced why] we keep it public] what if I stopped posting forever what if youtube disappeared my keyboard broke... there's only one page of reddit at a time mastodon doesn't have any furries my distinguishing capabilities between a culture and an [aesthetic, but prenounced eagames[challenge everything]] are limited at best this is how you trick the gods, you get them to hallucinate. what a jerk hate that girl what were you shown? oh yeah that's one of her rough patches, here lemme-wait-wait don't go, I just... if you feel everyone, you are instantly hated ... sorry... I wish my family didn't not spend time with me. [rot] I want to be buried where I fall so if I fall in the streets I ROT fuck that she's gross ugh do I have to walk past that sign-post I can just go around oh sorry to be disrespectful you did this to yourself fuck off my lady hence why they burned the witches because then there wouldn't be any more. y ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1854 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ okay how about this: one side of the political spectrum gets to pick the │ ║ rules, and the other picks the people playing the game (carrying out the │ ║ rules, like government work and stuff) │ ║ │ ║ then they switch every 2 years or whatever. they can vote to decide which │ ║ group of people do what, and if something is owned by one side then the other │ ║ can't touch it. Ah, but what if it's in the way? Well, then move it duh" │ ║ │ ║ hey, you know pride? yeah, that event that happens once a year? sure would be │ ║ nice if we met people we didn't know there. if we knew everyone else. if we │ ║ spent most of it sharing our discussions, and talking about what we're most │ ║ proud of. then, okay here's an idea, we could filter and organize and figure │ ║ out which one of us has the most "votes" in terms of what's the things we │ ║ agree on and then we could pick our own CEO │ ║ │ ║ yeah I'd totally work for the gay company, they got rainbows and shit that's │ ║ awesome. │ ║ │ ║ What they do? Oh, I dunno, butt stuff I guess. but like I'm all for it (not │ ║ the butt stuff, │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/799 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ the government makes murder okay by framing the perpetrators also prisons are concentration camps and the people who are close to you are oppressing hunting you racism etc is a sham to distract you capital will never be relinquished the internet was AI from the beginning something beyond humanity demands our suffering there cannot be proof of your fears - if it was proven, it would be circumstances instead of fears there's nothing [sorry gotta cut this off, my refrigerator is talking to me again and I want to listen] - [huh that's weird I have no memory of the past hour, best continue where I left off an hour ago -> go to {A}]a schizophrenic who's never been diagnosed {A} - yeah clearly all that I've been saying recently is just a fluke. Like, just noise in the endless array of expression projected onto our communal web-space. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm not just cogent when I'm drunk. Or more imaginative when I'm stoned. Clearly dreams are fake and pursuing them is 1/? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2653 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: uspol │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if your goal is to get people to resent homeless people or gay people or black │ ║ people or... insert minority here, then what kind of world do you really think │ ║ you're building? │ ║ │ ║ "ah, but you don't understand - it's to make the COLONIZERS hate minorities, │ ║ so they move away and leave the city to ourselves" │ ║ │ ║ ... that's the worst fucking take I've ever heard. We are all colonizers! We │ ║ live in AMERICA. But yeah sure I see what you're saying, you want the │ ║ gentrification to stop. And you do that by metaphorically "firing a gun into │ ║ the area in suburbia once every 2 or 3 days at random hours" which, like... │ ║ yeah that'll reduce property value, but also now my water bottle is all dented │ ║ up and my knife is scratched and my journal has pages torn out of it and I │ ║ lost my favorite necklace and I'm pissed because you told me you were going to │ ║ help me and work with me and be my friend and then you just abuse me for hours │ ║ and hours and it's like... why?? I get that you were teaching me but I wanted │ ║ to know YOU, not lessons │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1968 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: alcohol-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what is it with me and buying steam games for long-lost friends while drunk? │ ║ │ ║ I swear I'm not depressed about my upcoming new job, I'm just doing all these │ ║ drugs in such a short time period because I'm, uh... living for the the │ ║ moment? Yeah that sounds good, better post that on the internet where everyone │ ║ in the world can see it and read it and realize what a mess you are because │ ║ you've been traumatized by employment and are about to dive back into that │ ║ frigid pool after a lengthy break where you did nothing but heal and recover │ ║ which is not a boon that most people are able to afford │ ║ │ ║ lucky you, Ritz Menardi, lucky you for being so privileged. │ ║ │ ║ But hey, those long-lost friends surely will want to hear from you! Surely. │ ║ Surely you're not someone they're trying to forget. Surely you didn't hurt │ ║ them, didn't twist them into knots, didn't compel them to act in ways that │ ║ benefited you but not them, SURELY you're a good person, according to all the │ ║ things people tell you and the results of your act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/4723 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mention │ └──────────────────────┘ politics is basically just "which politician archetype annoys you more?" which, like, could we maybe have politicians who aren't annoying? oh right they do that on purpose. Makes for a better spectacle. Gotta keep the people in line, or else who knows what they might get up to. Maybe they'll build a house! Maybe they'll tear it down! Maybe they'll throw a party! Maybe they'll stay afterwards to clean up! Maybe they'll grow their own food! Enough for all to share! Maybe they'll air their dirty laundry, out where everyone can hear! Maybe they'll sit around and fart while eating cheetos! Maybe they'll work twice as hard because their work is their own! Maybe they'll laugh at the losers who tried to claim that they could master the fate of an entire domain, and maybe they'll simply go insane. Who can say! None but the fools, surely, surely the system is too arcane, surely our way is better, surely their way is deranged. Oh! Poverty! How it comes for ye, whenever you choose to step out of line ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5198 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-doom-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if the corporations all unionized and started working together to │ ║ understand what "profit" really means in a world where "profit" may or may not │ ║ but probably does imply the death of all humanity? │ ║ │ ║ what if we demanded it? │ ║ │ ║ -- │ ║ │ ║ dear canvassers: don't visit so many different suburbs │ ║ │ ║ visit the same one, more than once, continuously, so people can get to know │ ║ your presence │ ║ │ ║ they will talk to their friends about it, who live elsewhere. │ ║ │ ║ thus ensuring it spreads. │ ║ │ ║ knock once a day, eventually they'll know it's you and will simply ignore it. │ ║ Don't be rude and knock 4 or 5 times, just once, with several taps so they │ ║ know it's someone trying to get ahold of you, and not just some random noise │ ║ in the background scenery. then, when they sometimes answer, talk to them │ ║ about what you believe in. answer their questions. encourage their questions. │ ║ pose dichotomies that are explained by some value or virtue you express to │ ║ portray. you can do "good" things in any programming language, just type~~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #11 messages/1105 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── claude-code is like programming, but for executives. when everyone has FUCK I'M TOO HUNGRY I can't think right when everyone has the power of an executive, that's communism. something something futurism is when everyone is elevated without diminishing others gah I need to live in a palace or something where everyone does the normal stuff and I can focus on magic and the gods I wondeer how much the oracles at delphi did for themselves? weren't they blinded at a young age, to better hear the voices of the gods? ... oh that suddenly makes sense now. I always thought that pretender chassis in Dominions 5 was pretty cruel, but, now I know *how* it works and yeah. ancient peoples were smart. but also sharp. they had to work with what they got, and we got computers now, so. I am nothing but hopeful for the future! I'm convinced that everything's going to be alright. I've thought about it at length, and I think we're winning against the dark. We're on the right track, and there aren't many things that could go wrong at this stage. ... okay there are always things that could go wrong. But I don't see what I could do to help. Maybe I should go walk around a bit, and see what's changed in the past few months, as I've been sleeping in my room for most of it. Haven't gone on a proper walk since summer. It's winter now... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #12 fediverse/423 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: us-pol-cursing │ │ ║ └──────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ How about next election after this clusterfuck where we demolish the fascists │ ║ we take a breather and say "okay every candidate submits their plan for a │ ║ controlled demolition of capitalism, the winner gets to implement their idea" │ ║ │ ║ wait that's a terrible idea people will just vote for the thing that makes │ ║ them feel good and is vaguely shaped like a D or an R. │ ║ │ ║ How about this: we design a decentralized program that can run on any computer │ ║ or phone that locally analyzes every file and pattern to generate a │ ║ personality matrix that will interact in a massive simulation that is a │ ║ mirrored reflection of the structure of our society as it currently exists │ ║ (and as it'd be proposed to exist) and anyone who wants to vote can run │ ║ through pseudo experiences tailored to their personality / demographic or │ ║ whatever and play with the proposed system to see which one they like more. │ ║ It'd have to be very statistically sound in order to accurately reflect │ ║ reality. │ ║ │ ║ wait, that's just a torment-nexus-precursor. Darn. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4835 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── sorry for posting so much, I was trying to put on a show for my girlfriend "hey check out how many posts I can make in a 2 hour timeframe" by the way if you want to start talking to someone, just start playing the same game they're playing and see if they reach out. doesn't matter if you feel like it just fuckin' do it if they want to talk to you they might play a game you really like (but I get boooooored of games, I don't wanna play the same 200 all life long!!) ugh okay fine you can have as many games as you want, just... don't buy too many (how many is too many?) um. use your best judgement. (how much does a dollar cost?) ... okay I'll get you one every once in a while. (neat!) ... anyway so yeah use steam if you wanna get in contact with someone, sometimes it's just nice to say hi, yeah, like "hey how ya doin' okay ttyl" just catchin' up with the gals helps because you can sense changes in their demeanor (why does everyone always have an agenda) because they're secret agents duh. And I'm ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2155 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ @user-192 │ ║ │ ║ it doesn't have to be a nazi bar. Imagine if we posted on our own bulletin │ ║ boards, and we subscribed to people via IP address (which we'd ping every once │ ║ in a while) rather than demanding that our stuff be hosted on someone else's │ ║ computer │ ║ │ ║ ... oh yeah, duh, because then we can't save our social media posts from a │ ║ different computer. │ ║ │ ║ would be nice if instead there was a localized copy of the text that people │ ║ were posting / favorited / wanted remembered on EVERY person's computer, like │ ║ they were storing 1/3rd of the torrent file of the instance's data. │ ║ │ ║ like, just enough to be unreadable to any one individual, but if you had like │ ║ 3 computers you could get each individual slice and transcribe it into words │ ║ that you could read. │ ║ │ ║ or you could just look at your part, then ask other people for their 2 parts │ ║ related to [posts from XYZ user at this-and-this time period] and use them to │ ║ populate the local user's feed. │ ║ │ ║ and you could log on because all of the PASSWORDS are stored and encrypted in │ ║ a way that │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/5669 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── girls will do anything to find someone who gets them hence, u-haul lesbians from small towns hence, internet forums hence, political parties hence, tribalism of all kinds it's so nice to be human we get all sorts of fun things like human contact [capitalist alienation] nice and cozy dens [boxes on a hillside] plenty of food and water [full of microplastics and corn syrup] clothes to garb us in for fashion and warmth [sewn by slaves] and pretty trinkets and gadgets [forged in blood] gee I sure like being a human I'm filled with this insatiable urge to do better and I have no clue why 🤷♀️ 😋 🥰 🥺 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/1604 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── is it against fedi law to post screenshots of your past liked posts? like, would that be doxxing people? I'm thinking like a "youtube rewind" but like, "here's what I'm into" and like "I could have boosted them but I put them in a 25mb zip file instead so you can share them more easily which tbh is a greater honor than being boosted because, like, as long as you're alive that hard drive's gonna follow you and someday in like 30 years I'll see it and think of you" but also "aren't you scared that this hard drive of yours will fall into the wrong hands" and like "yeah that's why I encrypt it because then a stray neutrino could wipe my drive" ... would that be unethical, or would it be kinda sweet and give us a perspective on what a single slice of the "fediverse" was like at a particular time? And better question, would that be something worth automating because I already did like 60% of that for my own posts, could probably just tweak it to do liked posts as well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/710 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── @user-532 autistic people when nobody told them to shut up about things they thought people should be talking about but aren't which is weird right like why wouldn't people be talking about [thing] because frankly it seems like a big deal but really it's that everyone knows more than the autistic person who doesn't have any friends who have friends and is insular and isolated and also very smart in fact smart enough to think up ideas for things to talk about that people aren't talking about which is weird because they're not THAT smart but also a lifetime of isolation has made them a little schizophrenic so they sometimes feel like their actions are not their own like they're being hypnotized or perhaps possessed by the spirit of mankind or some other such entity which would like to express ideas that they think people should talk about but they aren't talking about which is weird because why else would a porous person have ideas such as [thing] if not for the path that they're telepathically suffused with the ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/834 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ wonder if any autistic peeps can relate: │ ║ │ ║ growing up, my mom would chastise me for doing "the bare minimum" when │ ║ completing tasks. │ ║ │ ║ yes, mom, I fulfilled the requirements of the task. I have a lot of other │ ║ things to attend to, like remembering how to tie my shoes and measuring things │ ║ using a ruler. why would I waste effort that wasn't necessary? │ ║ │ ║ when I grew up, I had a mentor, who told me to "never half ass things, because │ ║ then someone like me will have to do it again." │ ║ │ ║ and that makes sense to me because context switching requires effort and it │ ║ doesn't make sense to leave something half-finished because then there's │ ║ wasted effort spent on things that don't matter. All of the tasks have to get │ ║ done, so why bother doing them in a mixed up order? │ ║ │ ║ wish I could study things in school like that. just... focusing on one thing │ ║ at a time, learning it to completion, and moving on to the next. I feel like │ ║ I'd develop a better understanding than only knowing like, 1/3rd of CPR or │ ║ very vague understandings of plate tec │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4815 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: violence-mentioned-politics-mentioned-police-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ what if we luigi'd the absolute worst cops and posted their crimes against humanity on the internet what do you think would happen what happened when there was that one "serial killer" with a sniper rifle in LA? what happened when someone at Occupy Wall Street started taking potshots? (did that actually happen or are you just remembering a "what if" scenario from the It Could Happen Here podcast, a podcast which you should definitely have heard like 3 times by now even though it's kinda old and from like what, 2016 or whatever? it's still good) what happened when we luigi'd someone universally despised? we agreed what do you need if you want to contest the largest military in the world? A military that, thankfully, is going to hemmorage soldiers as they defect. However, they got a bunch of guns, so... convince your future allies who have been stockpiling for 100 years that Trump is despoiling liberty. Get them on your side, the ones who are "fine" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ |