=== ANCHOR POEM === ◀─╔════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════──────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ i don't know why people get confused about [confusing topic] so often. it's literally just [straightfoward rule], unless [extremely common condition], in which case you just [counterintuitive transformation] or [inexplicably different pattern] depending on [obscure property]. it's like [overused analogy] except [exception that makes the analogy useless]. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴───────╝─▶ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5204 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── just because you have something good doesn't mean it's bad to have that good thing. if it were so, it would imply that you are bad. and you are not bad. therefore it is good to have good things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse_boost/6270 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════════════──────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ I am once again begging people to understand that “the government” already knows you’re queer whether you do elaborate online opsec dance rituals or not, and if they decide to just start shooting people for being gay, they’ll do it whether the evidence is airtight or not. is that grim? yes. but you can stop giving yourself undercover superhero identity PTSD about it │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────╝─▶ --- #3 fediverse/4603 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-1713 Don’t be fooled. Casting doubt about rigorous peer reviewed science doesn’t mean you are just “asking questions,” it means you are a conspiracy theorist. or it means you're so remarkably ignorant that you shouldn't even be in the room where people are talking about this. Unless your questions are very basic. "can someone explain to me what XYZ term means?" or "how long has this particular application method been in common use?" that kind of thing. Even still, either do some basic research or relinquish your decision making power until you understand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse_boost/4375 --- ◀─╔════════════════════════[BOOST]═════════════════════════──────────────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ "It won't be so bad..." *rationalizations galore* │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "If only they'd listened to people like me when I said ..." (comforting righteousness) │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "What more could I have done?" │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "This only proves why I was right about ..." (more righteousness) │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "I know nothing. I need to learn more. I must learn from this somehow." │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "I am not surprised." With a thousand yard stare. │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "This can't be real, there is a conspiracy..." (this is a path to madness) │ ║ ║ │ │ ║ ║ │ "Don't comply in advance." Said in a wavering shaky voice. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #5 fediverse/4843 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── just because someone did something one way and it worked, doesn't mean you have to do it that way again. but you should have a reason why you aren't doing it that way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #6 messages/111 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── When someone remakes content into a different expression like a remake or reboot or whatever it gives a different message in its meaning - some circumstances and characters can apply for more than one message I'm it's meaning ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2723 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ most people have no idea what's going on in politics. Absolutely no conception. It's all just "good/bad thing happened today, here's how the pundits feel about it" it's literally scenery to them. why would they care? nothing changes for them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3235 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: conservatives-and-liberals-mentioned-gender │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ conservatives think gender is assigning yourself to a particular social role liberals think gender is sort of an aesthetic and way of presenting yourself queer people tend to think of gender as how you feel and what sparks joy in your heart the truth is much more complicated and involves all three, and many more things besides. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/146 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 if you don't want feedback then why don't you just... not open the replies? leave them unread? if you feel the need to justify your actions (such as not reading replies to your controversial posts) then somewhere deep down you feel like those actions are unjustified, and needing an explanation. which makes your point feel less valid to others, since even you don't believe in it enough to guarantee it to be the truest expression of your soul. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3559 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── @user-1209 like... var = x?? that doesn't make sense. Or like, 5 = var x? that feels wrong in programming = is assignment, not equality, which tripped me up for a bit. But if you read it left to right it's like X equals 5. Got it, now I know that X is the same as 5. Right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/979 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-702 everytime you see one put a post it there that says "can't read braille without stopping" draw it in permanent marker (oh wait that's advocating a crime, my b look I crossed it out) find the inefficiencies of the system and label them for everyone. Wiki style? otherwise how will they know. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/1249 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── a shockingly large amount of people think "if my people were in power, things'd be all okay [groupthink]". The truth is more similar than you'd expect, because whenever "a group takes over" what really happens is all the groups are shuffled, and people find themselves in social bubbles that align to their focus in life, and suddenly there's not "[y/our]" side but instead "this side and that side" or "that side and this side and that side and this side" or "that side and this side and her side and downside and rightside and [up/down] and pivot and roll and deploy aieriolons and other things that help the pilot guide their flight through the spacesound. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1448 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ that one option flag in the config file that you don't know what it does because the documentation intentionally doesn't explain it very well (or explains that it solves a use-case that like, nobody would ever have, and certainly you don't have) that secretly sets a flag which sends your [redacted] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3351 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the internet doesn't mean anything to "them" gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/2643 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-1292 You don't have to come up with the WHY for why a character does something - only that it happened. if the "WHY" leaps out at you, sure, yeah, go for it, until of course your players sitting around the table say something like "I bet they did this thing because of this reason" and you're like "shit that's better than what I got, okay that's how it's gonna be" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2466 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── do as I say, and as I do. or don't, do as you want to. I hope you do want to do what I say to do. I wouldn't say it if I didn't think it was right. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4568 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── @user-192 ... and like. idk what do you do at that point say "fuck it" and live with imperfection? embrace anti-natural selection? valorize deviance and queerness in digitally appropriated artistic media collections? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-all-cats-are-beautiful │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ have an acronym that needs a bit more context, but it doesn't fit in the structure available? No problem! Add hyphens until the problem goes away. For example, ACAB lacks nuance! I mean, surely not ALL cats are beautiful, right? Much better is my preferred way to say it, which is ACAB -> Almost-all Cats Are Beautiful-and-while-not-all-of-them-the-ratio-is-enough-that-systemically-they- as-a-social-class-cause-and-perpetuate-the-oppression-of-those-they-claim-to-sn uggle-and-protect. Much easier to remember because the hyphens make it roll off the tongue quite easily. Plus, this way nobody will ever get confused! something something basic biology is incomplete and trans people are advanced biology something something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/2111 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── when someone deletes what they were typing and starts over, that means they have something more to share and you should try and figure out what it is with questions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ |