=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── Some people think history was the beginning of time and like... Nah humans existed for hundreds of thousands of years before that. Ancient Egypt or whatever is basically modern compared to most of the humans who have ever lived. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3201 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Spicy Hot Take │ └────────────────────────┘ @user-1074 they also lived a couple hundred years later... lots of time for political philosophy to advance. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #2 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1177 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 Those are things we should account for! As long as someone wants them, they can just sit in a warehouse forever. And frankly even historians will want at least a few, even in a thousand years. EDIT: until needed ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1310 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── if you live far enough away, they can build a telescope of arbitrary magnification. the sky is vast, there's birds and bugs about. huh what's that over there, a thing that was placed there just for me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #5 fediverse/4086 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I miss a time that never existed, anyone else? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2333 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: pol │ └──────────────────────┘ If you go back far enough in history, you'll find that all peoples were once enslaved. My people, the people I am of, and that I am sworn to, will not be slaves again. In time, there will be no more slaves, not in the fields, not in the sweatshops, not in the grocery store. We will not go back. We will take no steps backward. We move forward. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/476 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Disasters and their consequences have been the circumstances for the entire human race. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/3005 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── most people have no conception of what ancient battles look like until they play a Total War game and see one from above (total war games also aren't that accurate tbh, there's a lot more standing-near-each-other-and-throwing-rocks involved) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/180 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── The worst thing about the past is: A. How much it sucked B. How it's not here anymore ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6149 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── if you can't imagine how to do collectivist communes better, just look to medieval castles, and replace the royalty with seniors, children, and anyone else you want to venerate. If you're so tied to modern infrastructure, with all of it's delineation, separation, isolation, and alienation that you can't imagine anything else, try thinking of historical examples where humans, real regular humans, the same kind of human creature apes that still exist to day, did the thing you want to do, and then think of all the ways that our education and technological marvels could improve the situation. It's easy (she says, while describing a hard problem) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #12 messages/1126 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── life isn't meant to be destroyed, but, humans these days will only really get up to fight for the end of the world. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #13 fediverse/110 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 monday is as reasonable of a day to start the universe as any, wouldn't you think? it is the beginning of the week, after all. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/430 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── There is very little human left in me. I don't mind. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 messages/375 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── can you imagine if carbon dating didn't work the way we thought it did ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/447 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── @user-299 the invention of zero was an example of one of the advancements that we worked on for thousands of years. Humans are cool _^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 messages/891 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── AI is worth less if it can't learn what a human can with the same amount of facts as a human. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3266 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── how many people do you think in the world know that screenshots of a website are not admissible proof because they can be trivially doctored by editing the html? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6454 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── the first lesson for an immortal is this: the humans will always be smarter than [you/you expect/you except]. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3717 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health-minus │ └─────────────────────────┘ hey, you know how historically they used to lobotomize young women who were too fiery, passionate, independent, driven, motivated, and clairvoyant? they did that on purpose. that was less than a lifetime ago. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ |