=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Your job should be a descriptor of what you're currently doing with your life. They shouldn't be gatekept - if you want to be a detective right now, we should help you. If you constantly switch jobs or only pursue them for your own benefit (hard to describe, ask for clarification if needed) then you should be paid less. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #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 fediverse/5880 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I legitimately think computers should write code and software engineers should write legislation and lawyers should resolve problem tickets made by aggrieved citizens while judges do their best to just keep the boat floating ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3261 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── did you know that almost everyone could technically become competitive with olympians? it's just a matter of single-minded focus and determination over lifetimes of time. they are the most admirable because of that, and we cherish their presence in our life-world-line. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2480 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as they like their life. their ONLY life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/5167 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── @user-1074 so, you're saying we should select for good people, rather than loyal people? If so, I tend to agree. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4787 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── don't take on more than you can handle. if your plate is full, don't check out the notes by the roadside. Doing so tells all the nearby drivers "hey I need a job, anyone got anything for me?" which they'll then drop off further along the route to your house. if you just walk on by then nobody will notice as you head home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ 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/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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5067 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── some people think "being honest" is the same thing as "accurately displaying what you think and believe" is the same thing as the not same thing as "being deceitful or otherwise hiding your intentions" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5681 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I'm a helper and everyone wants me to be more agentic but it's like... no... I don't wanna... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/1014 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-744 @user-246 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's incel thinking. I'm not going to do that. They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us to orient our lives around them. They deserve what's coming. The oppressed are not the defeated. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/1319 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── literally all that I'm doing with my life right now is sitting artound and making magic. Maybe I won't be doing it as much next monthweekend, but for now that's all that I know how. If someone else knows how to bow, let me please listen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #15 messages/1002 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── In revolutionary Cascadia, you don't have to do anything different. Until you decide you want to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3269 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ "oh, you're a doctor? okay this case that involves medical knowledge doesn't │ ║ involve you." │ ║ │ ║ "are you a computer programmer? okay part of the evidence involves screenshots │ ║ of computers, so you can return to work." │ ║ │ ║ "stay at home mom / hikkikimori? great, you don't have to do the thing that │ ║ you didn't really want to do and can instead relax at home like you always do │ ║ while handling all the bothersome things of being home all the time." │ ║ │ ║ the jury of our peers, comprised of peers of peers, not necessarily the peers │ ║ of those who know them. │ ║ │ ║ like... isn't that how court should be? the examination of the truth, based on │ ║ the understandings gathered by people who know them? │ ║ │ ║ ... only works in a peaceful society, and it means that everyone would │ ║ necessarily be involved in everyone else's life. That's... not ideal, not │ ║ always, but it's something to do on occasion. In a contested world, you cannot │ ║ trust that someone will always be telling the truth. You need to parse the │ ║ information given, and build your own understandin │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/1708 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-246 people who don't write have no idea who they are. perhaps in time they will know enough to describe themselves with newfound language they never knew how to wield. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/1703 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── suburbs aren't boring because all the cool people live in cities, suburbs are boring because all the cool people don't know you. But look around, because they're there. if you can't find any, then YOU are the cool people, and you should find the slightly-less cool people and show them how to be cool. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4855 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "you should be acting like these people want to destroy you."me, to me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ |