=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── if your life's folly was purely based on your desire to create a following, you'd try harder. but it's not hard. you just have to be yourself. it's hard to be yourself! what if you have other selves?? I have three. I'm a trinity. gee isn't it nice to know multiplicity? hence, the loss of self, the slowly timededly decompilation -- stack overflow -- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1438 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: suicide-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ if you're gonna kill yourself anyway, might as well throw yourself at a cause you believe in. Ideally the kind that requires repeated attendance and lots of opportunities to make friends or forge communal bonds with people who can help you. honestly, what do you have to lose? sure it's hard, but nothing worth doing is easy. If it were, someone else would have done it already. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4075 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── maybe if I "be myself" so hard that there's nothing left to keep secret, they'll like me?? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/765 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────── you don't have to write poetry to write notes. The poetics are just practice for when secrecy is intended. OR IS IT THE REAL THING? who can say. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┘ --- #4 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #5 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #6 messages/956 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── Dear me: You are not a god, you are what the gods wish to be. You are beautiful you are inspired you're anxious and always tired. All these are necessary for me. Do you want to be mortal forever? Die in battle and be rewarded. Risk your life to live longer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/6372 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── I'd rather feed Death relationships than lives. Birth and renewal, as you generate NRE. Then, stagnation, as you grow more on things you don't share than on things you do share. Then, you set each other up with a cute friend [lol] they're still going strong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #8 fediverse/2489 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ in peacetime, one may live as they define. they can be kooky and precious and beautiful and kind. sometimes, though, that opportunity is taken away, and suddenly life fades from view and all you are left with is perfect clarity. I'd like to clarify why I feel the way I do about the situation at hand. there are three reasons, so I think I'll put them in five posts, including this one. [1/5] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/747 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── if you don't want to be hunted, then give "evil" it's own queer culture what's that? they don't like what you offered? they want it to be *their* kind of "evil"? fine, do it themselves and then leave us alone, jeez -.- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/997 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I want a revolution because i want to be at home in my homeland. Look at me! Be as me! I yearn to tell my friends. But they're too busy being like themselves. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/2057 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1071 if you work too fast, your ideas will run out and you'll be drawn elsewhere. It's not a tragedy, it's the finishing of the project. Relish it, and learn what you can before springing in a new directory, full of vigor and ready for a new thought. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/5650 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── I exist now at the height of my gluttony. I need more to be demanded of me. I am not afraid to ask for help. I solve other people's problems before my own. I have very little insight into my habits and patterns. My memory isn't great, but I recall details that matter. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #13 messages/304 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Relax. Take it from me. I won't resist, at least I'll try, and if I start suddenly then it hurts and you should go slower. Unless I do three short, three long, three short. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/956 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: spirituality │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-579 it's not self loathing if you consent to it... right? ... right? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3741 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── you can only be yourself once, and it happens while you're alive. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #17 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3235 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: conservatives-and-liberals-mentioned-gender │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ conservatives think gender is assigning yourself to a particular social role liberals think gender is sort of an aesthetic and way of presenting yourself queer people tend to think of gender as how you feel and what sparks joy in your heart the truth is much more complicated and involves all three, and many more things besides. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/6396 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── have you ever considered that you are on the same team as your allies why are you making things difficult? are you worth the difficulty? I am But I work as hard as I can as long as I can "self care" deprecation "resting" lazy "relaxing" unmotivated none of these apply I'm cooling down ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #20 messages/221 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── Do you ever think about how you're not actually a person but instead just an instantiation of a collection of traits and behaviors generated from a template that is the randomized product of two other forms and trained through a lifetime of adaptation and subjected to trials of increasing difficulty and frequency? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ |