=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Revolution is when, one Friday night, every car alarm in the city seem to go off at once then, the next day, people are knocking on doors in suburbs and handing them pamphlets on the new services they can use. Revolution is only possible after the fall. Wait until autumn, at least. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3378 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── If you're late to work, it's not because you're caught in traffic. you are traffic. you will never wake up one day and find yourself in a revolution. you are the revolution. be revolutionary. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/2706 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ feds will "break" into your house noiselessly while leaving no trace when you're confirmed to not be home and photograph EVERYTHING. if you have in-door camera systems, they can disrupt those and they give you false confidence. EDIT: also they're trained to always check after opening a door for any fallen markers and such - like, leaving a piece of paper between the door and the frame and if it's fallen when you return home, you know someone has been through that way - and if they notice anything like that they replace it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3118 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ they want your stuff breaking after 5 years so that you always need them. if you have everything you need, there's nothing stopping us from revolt ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1003 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── "revolution is when..." is just shorthand for saying "this thing, this verb, this noun, this design, this... this is revolutionary" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #5 messages/1000 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── Question... Do you either: A. Wait for the fall Or B. Become the fall One puts you in a better position, with the initiative and momentum. The other is reactionary and not solutions focused. "ah, but how do you ensure that everyone's listening at the same time? Keep listening, tselen dear, for your life is not just your own story." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/1617 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── daydreaming about a gang of tough guys who goes around knocking down the internal fence walls in suburbia and throwing potlucks for all the neighbors for a month or two so they have social opportunities to meet each other and make friends ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/4993 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ Did you hear? There's a revolution. No shooting each other to death, please, it scares the children. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┘ --- #8 messages/399 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── The schizophrenic sees the truth in dazzling displays of color that are nigh incomprehensible, while regular people see truth in shades of gray that you can understand and work with. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/489 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Many autistic people will identify one particular way to do things and then be only capable of doing it that way. Like, falling asleep on the left side with their legs just so, and never learning any other ways to sleep on. But what happens if for example they are wounded in the arm they rest upon? They would have impaired sleeping capabilities! Not ideal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/5208 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-suicide-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ Look, when I promised "Revolution or Death" I got pretty busy and kinda forgot to do the "dying" part, and by now it'd be a little awkward if I offed myself for no visible reason, so... How about we try again this summer? Maybe in a month or two? I'll try to keep the fire burning a bit longer this time. plus I'm better at playing the piano now so maybe that'll help somehow. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4387 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-violence-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ "do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times. For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark. People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #12 messages/609 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── "do you hear the people sing" is not the vibe of revolution in modern times. For us it is a message of kindness, that we might deliver us from the dark. People singing are easy marks. Don't turn your phone on at night. Fucking turn it off. Don't do barricades, don't do broken windows. We need the city in working order. We are no longer protesting, we are seizing control. We will guide us, trust in the reasonable and heartfelt. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/2572 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: how-to-gather-a-suburb │ └────────────────────────────┘ two people riding on bikes down each and every street in a city the first, blowing a whistle the second, 5-10 seconds later with a megaphone "people of the city, we have come with a mission. please report to your nearest grocery store" will probably have to ride past a few times maybe with some more clarifying lines and allies on speed-dial, one button press away ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/1230 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── The machine cult is just when everyone's job is building and maintaining the computer. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #15 fediverse/6441 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── you can only ever talk to a community while on mainstage. er wait sorry it was this: you can only ever talk to people in a community, not the community itself. unless you are on mainstage. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #16 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/5699 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ how would you even hear of suburban conflict? nobody knows their neighbors. All you need is sufficient insulation, and you can start small and work through an entire population. just wait until everyone in an area is cleared for "disconnected from the larger whole" ness by the agents who are pretending to be their friends and neighbors and BOOM you got an enslaved god. works best if your raise them from the childhood, or the past distant memory. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #18 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2379 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ they have the audacity to claim their plan for next year is a second revolution, as if we had sat idle ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/4554 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: political-violence-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────┘ can't fucking wait till we're done eating the rich and I can go back to a simple life of playing with my cat, making video games, writing poetry (bad poetry, but I like it) and hanging out with my friends. gotta build the social infrastructure to get through this phase first, though. something something echo chambers exist IRL too ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ |