=== ANCHOR POEM === ◀─╔═════════════════════════════[BOOST]══════════════════════════════────────────╗ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ While everything is indeed horrible, you are not obligated to solely focus on the horror. The availability of a constant stream of bad news does not make that news valuable by itself. Paying constant attention is not "doing something." So if the information isn't actionable, filter it. │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ║ ╠─────────┐ ┌───────────╣ ║ similar │ chronological │ different ║ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴───────╝─▶ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/5314 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── people are so afraid of defamation lawsuits that they'll refrain from posting things like "steam could technically see everything going on on your screen" what will you say in front of a phone? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5475 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── @user-1842 anything you say on the internet will be readable by future generations (unless it gets deleted completely somehow) this means that any internet-bourne horrors will haunt the children's children and beyond ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1361 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: I think I'm going to like this book (abuse of CW) │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 I'd say "content warning: fear-cursed-if-true-not-politics" that way people who had "Fear" or "cursed" on their filter list wouldn't see it. Things that are commonly content-warning'd are also commonly content-filtered by people who tend to be the biggest beneficiaries of healthily designed content-warnings. so putting keywords in there that filter out people who don't want to see intense or damaging things to their psyche can avoid it more easily. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3776 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── whenever repeating letters like thiiiiiiis or thisssss make sure if you're doing K's that you have at least four ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/618 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Can't stop thinking [the rest is left blank, as a testament to the inability of the author to express their thoughts in a temporally contextual way. Presumably the previous text would be followed by an "about..." with the rest dedicated to a particular thought that felt important enough to share with the internet.] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/4463 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── at this point in time you probably shouldn't be forming NEW online communities unless you're part of an OLD community that just isn't radical enough. And then you should try and MERGE communities into larger, more geographically concentrated ones. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4744 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cat-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ me to my cat: "don't eat so much that you puke, okay?" me to me: "yeah I can take on another task, I'm almost done with this one and then I'll just do that one and maybe this one'll get back to me at the same time as this one which conflicts with this other thing so maybe I'll just puke, okay?" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1416 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-979 @user-980 they do it for power. power corrupts, and these profane desires they possess are the definition of evil. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2660 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: DID // cw; ego destruction │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1298 this is kinda cursed, pretend there's another content warning: -- that kinda happens every time you sleep for most people or, well, maybe just for me it's like starting with a blank slate and having access to "memories" that can be referenced by ID or searched for using keywords also like, a "todo" list of things that I've been working on or that are going on in my life ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4886 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── about to do something scary! wish me luck! nothing that could harm me (probably) but still scary!! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/421 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── one of my duties is to make you aware of potentially bad things, cursed things, hurtful things and hard feelings, so that they are less able to harm you. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1334 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: TMI-medical-issue-thing-don't-worry-about-it │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ subconsciously running your hand over your butt every time you stand up to make sure you didn't pee your pants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/436 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is endless work to do. Never will our labor abate. That is not the goal - to see an end to all fulfillment. No, the goal is to choose how we contribute - to define how our own story goes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1101 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── you know why you're supposed to act suspicious as fuck? so others get a hint of hope then they start doing as you do then they start becoming like you then you start getting more out of life "read the headlines! our lives will improve!" do no wrong be loud about it you are wonderfully strong. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #17 fediverse/617 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── So much of computing is just... handling the quirks of hardware and presenting it to the user (programmer) in a way that is sane and makes sense, instead of the arcane and [nebulous/confabulous/incomprehensible] way that physical nature demands our absurdly potentialized computational endeavors be. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4437 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: guns-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ buying guns is one thing but food is just as important. stores run out, but quartermasters know where to find things. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5334 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ every value judgement is a "hell yeah!" from those who already agree with you and a "aw fuck off" from those who don't. this is probably either a good or a bad thing, who can say. if you don't take a stand, nobody will like you, but if you aren't careful, you'll poison your well of support. "why can't it be easy" because then it'd be done. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ |