=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── the trick about the future is that once you reach it, you'll never remember what it was like to live in the past. all you'll have are shadows of your memories, while the time before you were born is eternally inaccessible. ... yay -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 messages/290 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The problem with the past is it exists only in our Write Only Memory. Once you remember it, you only remember the last time you remembered it. Ah, if only our records were immutable! Surely that wouldn't bring about its own challenges. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1214 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ some day, the past will exist only in the media made in that era and the threads that it left in that which came later. for now, it still persists in our memories. But we shall die, and with us our recollections. How sad, that the eras before us shall depart upon our graves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/114 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Every moment spent is another one. Each is a reflection of eternity, as time is an illusion that helps things make sense - for we are always living in the present tense. The past is unforgiven as all good things end, for you know I will always be condemned. Will happen, happening, happened Will happen, happening happened Will happen, again and again, our timeless tale of how we wend ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 messages/296 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── The trick is, if you *think* you're schizophrenic, then you will be. If you *think* you're telepathic, then you will be. There are no grand narratives. Just live your life as you will and be content with what you build for yourself. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4068 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── there will always be people who shine in moments of strife yet those people will inevitably fail, just as a toothbrush bristle looses it's strength or a pencil loses it's lead the trick is to test them in times of peace, so you can know their value during times that lack it, the trick is to replace them before they become stalin never forget that power corrupts, yet power must be wielded by the worthy, else we fall into shame and despair. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/109 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 time is an illusion that helps things make sense. even yesterday we were living in the present tense. breakfasts unforgotten mingle with those long mist, but you and i will always persist ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/416 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── Do you ever wonder why you can't remember anything after being stoned? Why the words you write down, oh so profound in the moment, turn to silliness and illusion upon coming off your high mont-vantage? Of course, dear reader, because all things are defined in waves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/6457 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the second rule is you don't have to hang out with mortals. there are places you can go where they won't find you, except by accident, and then you just go somewhere else. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #10 messages/1438 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ The trick to motorcycles is: don't crash, and be loud enough so that nobody forgets you're there. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #11 fediverse/4109 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the internet is just AI these days, and if yours isn't then consider yourself lucky, but also know that those days are numbered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4618 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health~ │ └──────────────────────┘ dear me from the past: "why did you do this thing? And this one? and all the others? I'm so embarrassed of you." dear me from the future: "are you actually better or are you just the same, but older?" dear me from the present: "please eat some food today" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/406 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── "imagine if this was the last thing you remembered"me, last night, in a state of mind that I don't remember today ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/112 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── I live through the moments where I find a folder of stuff I made that I forgot about and I can go back and see it for the first time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/6204 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if the christians got killed rid all of the queers they'd miss them within years. not decades. then, they would never forget them. neither within years, nor decades. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2417 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1265 I can't reassure you about the "place", but the "times" are getting better. We stand now at the apex of their cruelty, and all it takes to reach the bright future is to keep moving forward. unfortunately, the future always comes, but it comes unevenly and not fully distributed. but it will come to all, this I swear. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1383 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── if you can't remember right now, then perhaps your soul is saving it for a better time. memories are write-only, afterall. WOM ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/1285 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── In the future, we won't need preservation because we'll have solved aging. In the future, we will have magic. Programmable matter. Psychic telepathy and experience transference. Free instant perfect virtual reality for anything we can dream of. There will be no war, no suffering, just endless joy and moments we care for. And we will be happy about it. We will look back at the world of today and rejoice, for upon these moments, we have built our permanent golden age. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #20 fediverse/5549 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── they be like "hey remember the end of Cabin in the Woods where it's like "hey what if we ignored the ancient prophecies and allowed dark gods to run free through our realm in exchange for not sacrificing a fragment of our cultural soul that can never be reclaimed, let us simply flip the board and fight those evil masters on our own terms" energy is all up in the vibes of this part of spacetime" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ |