=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── "if there's anything I've noticed while observing the best of the best, it's that they always have their head in the clouds. Something about their disconnection from the world around them let's them see things from a different perspective. I am convinced that intuition is a much surer route to capability than hyper specialized intelligence or a rigid focus on cultural norms ever will be." (paraphrasing) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/108 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 I'm also fond of "I can't know", for things that exist beyond our finite existence. For example, the perspective of another, for all it's intrinsic value. Being too quick to trust, though, is an easy path to follow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/612 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Look all I'm saying is if I had an acolyte or two then my insane ramblings could be filtered and parsed by a real actual human instead of being copied wholesale onto the internet, where the inconsequential or inconceivable ones are left to rest alongside the gifts of knowledge from another realm. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/628 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── eone who engaged first with the brain. Like... Electricity could be perceived from an entirely different direction of reality, and we'd have no way to know. That's just an example - could do gravity, or light, or any other extremely elemental thing that we know. MATERIALS, PERHAPS? PERHAPS THE STATURE OF YOUR KIND, THE WORLD THAT YOU'VE LEFT BEHIND, HAS ALWAYS HELD REASON AT IT'S OWN BREAST? [fore-most, I think] right so sorry for being mentally ill on your timeline, it will happen again ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 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 ║ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┴───────╝─▶ --- #6 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 messages/130 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Last night I dreamt of the gravestones that bore their owner's mind. I dreamt of a life well lived, and how it was taken from them. [something more that I forgot because I don't have a prophecy transcriber] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/1342 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I keep having dreams where I tell people to wear their colors. Longtime readers will know of which colors I speak. I hope I'm not psychically giving anyone ideas... listen, there's nothing wrong with red white and blue. All I'm saying is that you should know what it means to you. Does the power that wields those colors believe as you do? if not, then pick different colors until it starts to make sense. if not, then fight back until it starts to make sense. if not, you've got some work to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #9 fediverse/4024 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── my cat doesn't know that my family is my family. She thinks they're just some other people who visit the house. but they're special to me, as all people are, and I think she takes notice. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/498 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── Wikipedia would make a lot more sense to me if they included pictures next to the names of every proper noun so that my pictorally oriented primate brain might pattern match meaning onto the visual understandings gleaned from the perceptual conceiving which were arrayed within and alongside the textual information presented to me. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/3386 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: mental-health │ └──────────────────────┘ observation is when you look with no assumptions. paranoia is when you assume you can be seen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/1185 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── I think at this moment in my poetry career I do actually want the CIA observing me. [suddenly that makes more problems than it's worth] alright well guess that's how it is, pack it up boys my poetry career is [overhyping itself momentarily] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──┘ --- #13 fediverse/4706 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: cursing-mentioned-nazis-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ "oh also I should mention that if you think about her too hard or too often there's a chance she'll overhear what you're talking about anyway so try not to think about her too much." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/1322 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ CW: hard-drugs-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────┘ one of the greatest gifts LSD gave me was the ability to look in the mirror and see a person beyond me. your reflection has all the same emotions as you, and if you look at them like you'd try to parse the feelings of a friend, you can learn a bit more about how you're thinking. ... procrastination >.> ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5339 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── @user-1803 hey I dont disagree that what you're describing is a common outcome, but if it works for them then I consider that a success. I however, am different, I do believe in my heart that I am my own thing, and thats as close to enlightenment as I can imagine. are we not all making things up as we go? every moment of life is new, there is nothing that is not unique about every precious moment you experience. therefore, I do believe that rigid adherence to orthodoxy (like a bible) is opposed to our purpose here. "I think, therefore I am" implies that original thought is our true purpose. I believe we are here to express our true nature. To learn and apply lessons, to teach the young, and to build a strong and stable world built on collective kindness and trust. All knowledge is derived from the insights gained from standing on the shoulders of our ancestors. Humans crave novelty. Resisting that isn't virtuous. If god is made in our image, then I do believe that god would crave novelty as well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┘ --- #16 messages/400 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── The schizophrenic sees truth in dazzling displays of colors unknown to man, while the neurotypical sees truth in shades of gray that can be reasoned with. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/3833 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── there's no such thing as me all I am is where the wind takes me I am just a person, and I do all that I can ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4208 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal-and-weird │ └────────────────────────┘ my train of thought is always directly to the point. Which is why all my posts sorta, switch directions halfway through? as if they only show the beginning or end of that particular situation. What an intense feeling, to have your mind split for a moment like that. Sure would be powerful and useful if you could utilize it. "ah ah ah, caught baby deity in the power jar, cool it ya little tyke and get movin' - I saw a dinosaur toy over there for you to play with." sorta like, the angled part of a K? Move directly to a destination, wait until my memory short-circuits [because the greek choir doesn't want me to see what it is that I'm about to write to thee] and then make a hard right turn and find an orthogonal thought train to process. it's like cresting over a hill, and it's impossible to see that which lies behind you. Or reaching a 4 direction intersection and making a left turn - you can't see back up main street, because you just turned off of main street onto baseline. I like me ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 one of the most empathetic people I ever met on VR chat was consoling me with their mic off while I was oversharing about some stupid things people did to me in the past. things that stupid me thought were okay and actively encouraged because I was stupid. anyway when their mic was off their body language spoke for them. I'll try that next time. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ |