=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: police-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I wonder what would happen if I scheduled weekly ride-alongs with the cops near me and I taught them how I believed. I bet they'd get sick of me, but, I'm a law-abiding citizen, so they could do me no harm. I wonder if I could get through to a few? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/1472 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ tell me if it's true, I'd believe it, would you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #2 fediverse/5934 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ hello, I am an ant if @, but you can't touch me, because I am a law abiding citizen. I have to be, for I am loud. ... okay I stole a movie from the internet at least once. also when I was 11 I walked out of a store with a keychain in my pocket. I thought it had a nice texture so I was examining it and then my mom distracted me and somehow it ended up in my pocket. That night will forever haunt me... She wouldn't let me take it back... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3938 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1265 you'd pull a child to the sidewalk if they were in danger, wouldn't you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4675 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── just show up listen, I'm a lawful person, I promise, honestly, I swear it to you. I'm a lawful person, but~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1263 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-883 My friends and I decided to hang out for two days in a row, I guess they aren't tired of me yet hehe - I might be around tonight but I'll let you know! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2381 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I smile at each and every person I pass on the street. Unless it looks like they're having a bad day, and then I try to switch to neutral as fast as I can so they can feel their feelings without me interjecting and making it about me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/1229 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── What if we just banished people who broke the rules? Then nobody would rarely get hurt. [do they take care of them elsewhere?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #8 fediverse/3165 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursing │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1218 Stuff like that made me want to become a lawyer. I didn't, because while I can memorize a D&D textbook I can't recall much about legal rulings unless it has something to do with swords. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3770 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── for every "I was there. I helped make it happen" we need at least a couple "I was there. I saw the whole thing go down"s because like, nobody's gonna believe a belligerent, even if they're on the defensive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6209 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── okay just to clarify: if anyone is recording me or storing data about me, I would really prefer if you didn't delete it just because I realized it was happening. I like data! It's cool to know such things! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #11 messages/267 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── I wonder how many things I've forgot? More every minute, I'd say, and though I try and chronicle them all... What's there to say? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/1102 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── I want everyone to be able to do what they want. With oversight, sometimes, because we all share things and we can't agree if we don't share. and I agree to share, I think it's only fair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5626 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── nobody around me does what I tell them to. I am surrounded by plausible deniabilities. yet sometimes things get done as I thought them to. something something hei wu hei or wei hu wei or whatever. I am not a scholar. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #14 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5542 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1074 people crave diversity, and their yokes chafe them even as revolution draws near. I doubt it'd be possible to constrain them to one set of procedures, no matter how equitable. Protocol, not procedure. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/4173 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I swear if kamala is elected I will do everything in my power to actually work on my projects and get a job and be a good human ... wait, I already was doing that. But I'll be less stressed out, so... it'll be easier? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/6374 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── what if a paladin got high with me, do you think we'd reinvent morality? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #18 fediverse_boost/4425 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════──────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ If anyone out there is thinking, "I need to arm myself to the teeth" - I'm not gonna try to dissuade you. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ But promise me you'll take every available safety class for whatever hardware you decide to equip yourself with, OK? │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #19 messages/143 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── I always figured if people didn't like what I was saying they'd contest me so I could change it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2242 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── I've been told that being near me would be "bad for their health" haha I wonder why ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |