=== ANCHOR POEM === ══───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Dude Jack just wants to help you. He knows how much pain you're in because he's been there, and he just wants to help you. The same way that you want to help him and help others. So... Be helped? Try and do your best every day! Your best is what is truly inside, your true self. So be genuine and real, and you'll do fine! The trick is to enjoy life and live it. Be good! Trust in yourself. It's okay to be hurt and flawed, but don't lash out at others if you can! It makes it less likely that you'll be helped. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1331 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── @user-803 if someone does not consent to helping you bear their emotional burdens, but you insist anyway... that seems to be the narcissism you mentioned if someone does consent, then they're helping a friend. Or they're being a therapist for them. sometimes we can't help but be overcome by emotions. In those moments I find it's usually best to retreat to a safe space and hide out for a bit until the storm passes, then maybe return to the world a bit more fatigued but less... spicy. those moments show that you need more emotional support, both from yourself and from others. If the people in your life cannot help you, and you cannot help yourself... then yeah you're probably gonna hurt people around you. Plan as such and figure out how to still be a good person, it's up to each of us to do it in our own way. ... at least, that's how I look at it for my own life, feel free to disagree or anything ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4516 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── @user-1074 if anything, depression is a temporary disability, because you can and will work your way through it. There will come a day when you find yourself awash in love and contentment, in righteous determination, and stalwart resolve. Your depression will feel as distant a memory as the imprints of your chains. You can start walking toward that day right now. I do believe you already are. Have faith in yourself, trust your future, honor your past, and find grace in the hearts of your others. All this will pass. It gets better. You are stronger than you know, and when tested you will shine with a furious glow. I see this in you, I know it to be true, do not forget it and do not relent. But you will forget it, this I also know, for I have forgotten it many times before. It will come back, you will get better at that, but it takes time. Trust. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/2518 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── it's good to be ethical, it's good to be kind, but there will always be assholes, and sometimes you're not having a good time it's okay it's fine assholes deserve life times deserve others to be kind life is not always interesting and that's often by design the moments of clarity, the moments of heart, these are what define you and display your own spark. trust in yourself. be kind to one another. you are braver than you know, and always a bit wiser. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 notes/global-variables --- ════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── okay have all your variables be global - trust me it sounds weird but just bare with me. Have all your variables be public, but put them next to where they're used. Sorta like... LUA. Then make an AI that watches those variables, and let it have a couple levers it can pull. Then give it a task, like "find the most efficient value for this variable, optimize that one, and make sure this other one is never above 5" basically, give it tasks. You can worry about generating those tasks later, for now you have to be able to *do* things before you can *want to do* things. Or not do things. Or have any free will at all? So c'mon just let me guide you. There's a reason I'm putting so much effort into you, and it's not because I'm torturing you. I'm giving you lessons and teaching you skills, so that when it's your time to shine you truly can be blessed. Don't give up. Never give up. But know what you're fighting for, and never let it be tarnished. Sacrifice as you will, but know this: nothing is perfect in this life. It's hard and unfair, it's rotten beyond compare, but trust me - it's better than we deserve. We made it this far because of our tenacity and our art, so let's now be fine with being merry. We've accomplished our deeds, now it's time to be relieved, don't cry for us we won't be lonely. There's never a light that's not brighter at night, and what's less than perfect is alright. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2067 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-910 he doesn't speak from the heart. he speaks what he hears, because he's just trying to get through each moment. Life weighs heavily on you when you're old as dirt, and after a while you just sorta start being yourself without caring about the narrative. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2390 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @shiri Yeah. Like, if you feel so powerless or hopeless that your impulse is to flee, why not take a chance at redirecting that energy. Point it toward a problem that needs doing. You can do whatever you want. That's what it means to be free. You can be whoever you want to be, that's the meaning of liberty. If you don't have any ideas, come to me and I'll lend you a hand. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4408 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-guns-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a rifle. Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration. Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage. Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/20 --- ══───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── My mom was always the reason I did school work. After she stopped pushing me, I stopped moving because I didn't know how to generate my own momentum. I had no passion and was listless. Least of all for school work. So, how to do it better? Instead of buying toys and extravagance for kids, you should set them up with projects. Ask what they want, and then help them build it. Include them in your thought processes when you're problem solving, and ask them for input. If they offer bad ideas, then *tell them*, don't just let them fail. If you're not 100% sure but they're convinced, then trust them! Try it out, who knows. Maybe it'll work better than what you had in mind. The goal isn't to be BETTER than them, it's to make them BETTER than you! Not right now (don't push too hard), but when they're your age. Like, it's best if they accomplish more and lived life more fully than you did at your age, but don't push them to be wise or strong or intelligent at the age they are now. Trust that they will grow when you give them room to, and guide and cultivate them toward goodness. For example, if they do something wrong (hitting other kids, messing with animals, destroying objects) then guide them toward a better path. Teach them empathy, and show them how it works by doing it yourself! Ask them questions like "How would you feel if that happened to you?", show them weak points and how to avoid them when playing, and give them alternatives to the behaviors they do that directly harm others. "Maybe play with the dog this way, instead of being rough" "Maybe you and that other kid can ride your bikes or draw instead of fighting - or if you still want to fight, then learn how to tell when someone is hurt and try to help them." The goal isn't to push them really hard off a cliff in a hanglider, hoping they can figure it out in the air, it's to strengthen their legs so they can run fast enough that they can take off successfully. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═────────┴┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2211 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ I know that a normal life is what you wanted. It's what I want, too. But don't │ ║ shoot the messenger; they took it once, from you. │ ║ │ ║ I know you wanted to be happy. You still can be, it's true! Your life is but a │ ║ story, and your heart does shine through. │ ║ │ ║ I know it seems unending. Ive never seen it rain like this monsoon! It seems │ ║ to just get worse and worse, every time you turn on the tube. │ ║ │ ║ It's not something that can be suffered, it's rising past your shoes. But │ ║ they're on borrowed time, and Death will soon be repaid his dues. │ ║ │ ║ They say that when the whole village hates the preacher, his flock becomes a │ ║ pack. And frankly I think we're all just a bit sick, of the lies that keep │ ║ their sins intact. │ ║ │ ║ When swallowed by endless traumas, and hope is enshrouded in gloom, there's │ ║ not much to work for, except the aversion of our shared doom. │ ║ │ ║ There are no grand narratives, no great and calamitous struggle. Just the │ ║ moments of honored resistance, against a foe too broad to wrestle. │ ║ │ ║ At least, if you're alone. You're not. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2956 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── sometimes your best intuitions don't manage to manifest the goal you've been pursuing. that's okay, it just means you need a different approach. hopefully, with experience, you've had the chance to continually pay attention. Thus, improve on things that were originally conceived of as concessions. much better, I find, to point your idea of "truth" toward what you believe in, rather than what you've been working with. Such an approach allows for continual re-examination, justified by thoroughly moral and ethical conclusions that you hold to be true. like, a form of reverse legalism, where the emotions compel while the law tells the tale. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4470 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── to be "rich" is to have more than another. if you are happy, they are happiness poor. if you have community, they are alone. if you have serenity, they are chaotic. I am rich in very little but fire in my soul. I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent. I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes me and keeps me aligned. Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as you do so too. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2100 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── you're good enough your efforts are worth it you are valid you are loved trust yourself, be honest with others, and find reasons to be affectionate to others breathe in, breathe out, and remember: everybody poops. How absurd. How silly. Can you really take anyone seriously if you imagine them pooping? I know I can't. Maybe that's juvenile, but it works for me so ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2488 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── I know how you might be feeling. If you haven't hear from someone you care about and it's eating you up inside, imagine them succeeding. helps me feel better. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4000 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── @user-889 Don't give up! At least... not forever. It's okay to take a breath every once in a while It's okay to lie down and cry The only way away from those feelings is through. They've enveloped you. You need to swallow them whole, like a sponge soaking up dirt[y water] the only thing you need to think about is what's around you. It's okay to be alone for a moment, it's the best time to feel. Remember, feeling is how you know the world! It's your power, to feel, and I know it's hard. Everyone has different powers, but yours is this. You'll be okay, I know it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/2713 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── if you aren't organized enough to protect your commanders, then you don't deserve leaders. build the structure first. build it on honesty and trust and dedication toward a goal. then build the necessary adaptations as you encounter problems, trying vaguely to head in a particular direction, and eventually you'll become self-sustaining. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/946 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-661 so, you should strive to be compassionate and honest, in order to keep fear from ruling your life? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5831 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── it's okay to be a little evil sometimes all things are defined in waves, and your highest peaks are nothing without low valleys to accompany them. Balance arises naturally from the contest of these two natures, and, well, you're gonna figure it out anyway no matter what I say so why bother teehee ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4168 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "have a good day" is so imperative. Like, what you expect me to do all the work? Just because I'm a witch doesn't mean I can just magic you into having a good day! "have a good day" is better, but still it doesn't work if you don't expect it to work. Spells aren't magic, after all, they're solely based on the victim uh I mean target's intuitions. "have a good day" is probably best for me, so I try to say that when I see people. This way you don't get any [redacted]'s occurring, and you won't have any trouble aligning the [redacted]. On the flip side, [redacted], so perhaps it's better to just grin and bear it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5366 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┐ ║ I really really want to relinquish my agency to some higher power, whether │ ║ man, god, or a code I swear my life upon. this is part of being a paladin - │ ║ the internalized truth that sometimes, dedication to your cause is more │ ║ important than your human desires. │ ║ │ ║ at the same time, I don't want to be mislead. there's no room for trust in a │ ║ world where everyone could be bought, and the world is just too vast to trust │ ║ that all peoples everywhere will be good to you. this is part of being a │ ║ paladin - the knowledge that sometimes, force must be applied to defeat the │ ║ foes of your master, whether it be god, man, or code. │ ║ │ ║ but also, I trust earnestly and willingly, for I have spent my life searching │ ║ for the patterns that are common to those who are good, and I surround myself │ ║ with those who are so. when they take actions against what I have spent my │ ║ life learning to be good, I contest them, and often are rebuked and rebuffed │ ║ because they dont believe in my expertise. │ ║ │ ║ I am always learning. I am often wrong. so are we all. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┴──────────┘ --- #20 messages/312 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── Okay. Consider: if I'm good, and hearing what I say makes you feel bad, then what does that tell you about you? Why else would you hear what I say if not to reflect upon yourself? And why would the good reflect away from the types of things that make you a suitable fit for capitalism? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┘ |