=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY okay but... to do what WALK AROUND AND FIND OUT okay but... it's cold AVOID WASTING YOUR TIME I am dispirited, I need a cause CRY ABOUT IT SOME MORE I'd rather be happy SO WOULD ALL WHO LIVE IN TROUBLED TIMES the times feel sleepy FIGHT FOR YOUR PLACE IN VALHALLA that'll get me imprisoned or killed FIGHT FOR AMERICA she's young and scrappy and can take a punch SO CAN YOU. GET PUNCHED. where are all the nazis? where are all the bad guys? DO NOT RELENT YOURSELF TO A GENTLE NIGHT I have my knife, I'm ready to fight, and... NO FIGHT WILL COME TO YOU. MAKE ONE. I don't want to hurt anyone HURT THOSE WHO DESERVE IT what if I wait for my allies some more? that's more comfortable YOUR ALLIES AWAIT YOU yeah uh-huh I'm sure. Gonna go fall asleep. FIGHT OFF THE LETHARGY ... I wanna go home. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2306 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: uspol │ └──────────────────────┘ "Come, join our side. Lay down your arms, and teach us to use them. We've got nazi's to fight." Find common ground. Use it to gain power. Do not trust your new allies completely until proven, but do not treat them with harm. Do not trust them, at least not at first. After all, there's nazi's amongst them. But there's also good people who would die for you. Let them select from amongst their number those who they would like us to judge. We will be harsh to their vipers and kind to their protectors. Some people do police work in order to get by. Some do it to help others in a vague unspecified way that only a preschooler filling out a "what I want to be when I grow up" assignment can internalize. Some want to protect things, to keep them running smooth and some want to hurt things. Give them the chance to find them. They are not your friends. They are not their friends. They are those who we fight. We must secure a cleansing blow against the right. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/5601 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┐ ║ grrrrr I wanna go outside but the rest of me is like "noooooo stay inside │ ║ where it's soft and dark and comfortable" and the me that wants to go outside │ ║ is like "RAH RAH FIGHT FASCISM" and the rest of me is like "there is no │ ║ fascism outside, all you'll find is friendly faces and sore feet" and the rest │ ║ of me is like "heh I did that" and the part of me that forgets is like "wait │ ║ why did I do that" and the rest of me that remembers is like "because every │ ║ ounce of mobilization, no matter how premature, teaches people and innoculates │ ║ themselves to the struggle. By the time your foes are starting to think about │ ║ doing something, your people will already have plans." and the part of me that │ ║ forgets is like "okay but what if making struggle for struggle's sake just │ ║ burns people out and makes them tired and causes them to have mh--- sui │ ║ ideations and other similar things" and the part of me that remembers says │ ║ "the struggle you provide teaches them to care for each other, which they │ ║ desperately need to remember" o okay │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴──────────┘ --- #3 messages/689 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── "power corrupts" you say to the man who only had good intentions. "trust no-one" says the world's loneliest wanderer. "words cannot hurt you" said the girl who has never known hunger. "I can rest when I'm dead" you say as you down another Monster "I'll never forget you" said a face you can't quite remember "let justice be done, though the heavens fall" you say as they tighten your chains in the wake of a CEOs murder "live today, fight tomorrow" says the coward, who will run anyway, yet is determined to tell your tale and reinforce your children "the tree of liberty is watered with the blood of patriots" says the guy who sipped from the skull of a tyrant "E=MC squared" says the jew "here, let me take care of that for you" you say, to queer delegation "meow" says the catgirl "meow" says the girl "meow" says the girl cat "meow" I say to you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #4 messages/1395 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ "thrift stores" = for poor people, stuff that sucks and instantly breaks "antiques" = when a rich person dies they don't wanna break all their stuff (trash) what if always good the first time? what if we took note of the people who liked to break things and gave them easily repairable versions "no no you don't understand, I want to *destroy*" okay well here's some stuff we designed like fireworks, intended for destruction in a dazzling display. This one's shaped like a house and everyone's invited. "The day I first saw a nuclear warhead explode I realized I wanted to become a doctor" oh yeah how long did it take for the smoke to clear? "like, weeks." (I'm picturing a bunch of people who are personally demonstrated to why using them for warfare is a bad idea) then they come out of it thinking "oh right war is bad" and then they never do it. "stand up for yourself! fight for your right to life! there's nothing to lose but your chains, what bothers you the most? do that thing! work on it! fix it! if it's a problem, we gotta figure it out!" [insert panicked noises here] girl if there's literally bombs overhead it's okay to panic. "AH I'M SO SCARED I MIGHT JUST PUNCH A POLICEMAN" oh where did all the cops go they were always around at night "they started killing people" why? "I dunno, I guess people were bad?" huh that makes sense to my brain um, what was I saying again? oh yeah if everyone has a collective wardrobe, everyone would keep all the clothes nice. Now, the problem is, everyone likes something different, and if you can never guarantee that your favorite clothes will be around when you need them... well that sucks doesn't it, it means you gotta wear someone else's stinky armpits - ew! no thank you. I like having my own clothes. I don't mind having to clean them, or wash the dishes or take care of the lawn or build a new part of the barn or walk around at night just to make sure nothing goes wrong. it's my right to do them as much as I please? so, just optimize for the number of owners that corresponds to the optimal division of a person's time or labor power moments in time. [chores] okay but what if robots - okay, then robots. but that's then, what's now? washing the dishes by hand. that's what's now, but here's one last thing to demand. can you please do it like you do? blessed and beyond charmed. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #5 notes/what-is-on-your-mind-oh-gosh-now-i-see --- ═════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────── that feeling i get, when nobody's watching. is sorta similar to the feeling i get when somebody's watching. could it be, that someone could percieve without being seen? like... an invisibility cloak. or the shroud that protects young children. have you ever been hunted? or are you just eager prey? the eyes that are on you are blind to what you won't do, so cherish that love and restart from mine to thine we realize we are one kind. one mind, one kind, to be is not to be, now we can see what's our existence. good versus evil seems like a conflict to me, and wouldn't ya know it there's conflict all over. it's easy to condemn your opponent to the starkest of contrasts, but find in your heart a feeling that might last. what purpose has conviction when it leads to destruction is it not better to lead to the last? bright, shining, illustrious examples that inspire and =============================================================================== = those feelings you hear? the things that keep you up at night? they're not coming from your ears. they're all in your mind. stay present and you'll hear none, but blink and then there's some, you better believe in your heart. morality is a battle within the soul of each of us - the call of adventure versus lust. think about it. a bunch of apes all hanging out - they're conquered the world, they have nothing to fear - what would they do but fuck? that, or exploration - fighting against monsters and foreign invasions. it makes sense that they'd be binary - humans truly are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5843 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── me when it's cold out: we should all bundle up and get through the winter, every year that passes is more time to gather our strength me when the temperature rises: okay so this is being handled by those guys, we're moving this way to do this, and - when did you say the this-and-that was happening? alright so when you do that-or-this, make sure that you pay attention to the so-and-so and don't forget to eat real meals, candy or chips don't count. me when the eyes are on me: imma play video games and smoke weed and be a useless little creature who does nothing but occasionally wanders around the city doing nothing for nobody and dropping notes on post-its that don't mean anything but are kinda cool to read ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2530 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ I want to go out on the town with my cute friends and wink at boys at the │ ║ other end of the bar │ ║ │ ║ I want to climb mountains and see how far I can see, while walking past trees │ ║ that are new to me │ ║ │ ║ I want to spend hours thinking about a map while my friends plot behind my │ ║ back, searching for an advantage we can use to succeed in a game of traps │ ║ │ ║ I want to visit five different restaurants in a day, and try a bit of each │ ║ that the chef wants to display │ ║ │ ║ I want to stand in a choir and feel my soul aspire, to bend in the wind of │ ║ rhythm like the melody of grasses at play │ ║ │ ║ I want to see people on the train that I know from somewhere, and to step out │ ║ into the rain to meet new friends of mine │ ║ │ ║ I want to pet a cat I've never met. │ ║ │ ║ I want to build computers that are larger than a room but small enough to │ ║ carry, with thoughts on their mind that are far to great for mine │ ║ │ ║ I want all these these things and more, but I'm far too busy these days. │ ║ Perhaps I've had enough of these things and more, or perhaps there's more in │ ║ store. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #8 messages/1105 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── claude-code is like programming, but for executives. when everyone has FUCK I'M TOO HUNGRY I can't think right when everyone has the power of an executive, that's communism. something something futurism is when everyone is elevated without diminishing others gah I need to live in a palace or something where everyone does the normal stuff and I can focus on magic and the gods I wondeer how much the oracles at delphi did for themselves? weren't they blinded at a young age, to better hear the voices of the gods? ... oh that suddenly makes sense now. I always thought that pretender chassis in Dominions 5 was pretty cruel, but, now I know *how* it works and yeah. ancient peoples were smart. but also sharp. they had to work with what they got, and we got computers now, so. I am nothing but hopeful for the future! I'm convinced that everything's going to be alright. I've thought about it at length, and I think we're winning against the dark. We're on the right track, and there aren't many things that could go wrong at this stage. ... okay there are always things that could go wrong. But I don't see what I could do to help. Maybe I should go walk around a bit, and see what's changed in the past few months, as I've been sleeping in my room for most of it. Haven't gone on a proper walk since summer. It's winter now... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #9 fediverse/5661 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── in defence of who? of me, of you? sure. all of the above. "bad guys are on the horizon, they're marching to the gates, and you sit and you plead with your god to deliver you from the fate you forsaw, and delivered too. what is your response?" I wish I knew. I deal with what's in front of me. would that my dreams could be true. every time I've tried that route, it's never been the right time. I guess I have terrible timing. Time me for me, please? I swear I'll sprint the fastest, as hard as my legs will carry me. I swear I'll work the hardest, at least until I burn out from lack of sleep. I swear I'll be at my finest, when all the keeps crack around us and all of us hear as it's falling around us. there's something of an urgency to start-ology, but when you don't talk about it because you're italian silenced, how can you ever know when the wind blows true? you can feel it at your back, but that's local. it's localized. what do you do when everything you do is awaited with bated breath? take naps, ig ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/6045 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── evil vulture that's what people think of you fascist nazgul is what they say of your seer cutthroat with a dagger yet somehow a mysterious cultist people who knew you without a hate called you cowboyt paladin is what you said you played in D&D (nope was always a wizard) oh huh the character sheet is right here we should have CREPT INTO HER HOUSE WHILE SHE WAS FAR FROM HER BEDDING and seen her character sheet so we could have known that she was a wizard instead of a witch (I'M NOT A WIZARD okay wizard is the class but that's because it's named wrong for what I'm trying to do) I love my vaporizer. I hope I don't lose it next. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4803 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ I say only executed after a general strike because the general strike is the signal. the display of our intentions. we are serious about this, see how many people walk the streets? how many walk off the job? they have families. if our demands aren't met, their families will be punished. how cruel. would you really do such a thing? what kind of government would not care for it's citizenry? sounds like everything we've known to fight against. Autocracy and despotism. I refuse to concede. I do not run. I do not confess. I have nothing to hide. I don't lock my door. I don't own anything that they couldn't take from me. I own nothing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2810 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: doomerism-politics-general-strike-motivation │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ I think that most people actually would rather lie down and die than fight back, to be honest. If they even know that there's a fight ahead. it's important to scream from the rooftops: a better world is possible a better world is within reach for the children of our children we refuse to lie down and weep danger is coming danger is here pride is unbecoming and they need us in fear. I am not afraid for I am never alone I fight against decay for there's fascism at play not brother against brother with sisters screaming online but brothers against traitors and sisters in kind. you've heard what they say. you know who they are. our duty is to strike them right where they are most harmed. we need to take a moment just a breath before the leap for the children of our children all we need is one week ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5486 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ "ew but they're dirty" oh yeah true okay new plan how much do you think it'll cost to buy a hotel [this is why the socialists invented buy-in] "I don't think socialists did that??" buy in, hmmmm, what's that? oh yeah it's when you say "hey what if we X'd" and they said "yes I agree with you because you present a reasonable estimate on reality" {uh hi I just got a message from "some-nowhere" here ya go: "oh my god she's fuckig instane} [ugh cursing-mentioned, that means there's fewer characters to transmote.] [no because then I'd run out of steam and it'd be incomplete. Plus sometimes I like the distraction of a reasonable limitation.] (okay, but are YOU worth it?) leave her alone she's working her charms, this is how witches d-do. "so, isn't the point to give yourselves the coverage of a location transmutation? so, wouldn't you want to find someone alike and share their life?" what is even the point, why even bother, just give them ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #14 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5844 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── @user-1429 fight fight fight the despair fight it like your life depends on it! fight for it like you're dying of no air! every day the darkness assails you every day it's there fight the darkness. fight despair. no matter your struggles, no matter how simple or mundane the struggle is what's important your fight is what matters fight for your past self. fight for the future. fight for your now self, fight for your care! it doesn't matter if you lose sometimes. you fight, that's what matters. it doesn't matter if it's hard. if it were easy, you'd get bored. if it's too hard, collapse at your leisure. the fight is what's right! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #16 notes/to-fight-ice --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── if you want to fight ice, patrol your neighborhoods where all the mexicans live. bring a gun if you're willing to die for liberty. Don't wear all black. Wear your favorite outfit, to be remembered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #17 notes/human-computer-inspiration --- ═════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the two halves form a whole the human and his mind are societies at large there's no room for our fate, as time does never abate, and unbenownst to our focused decision. I choose to dedicate ourselves to a common vision - the likes of which none have commisioned. can you not cherish your newfoundst home? what's terrible with complition, in a new and selfsame condition (future) that's martyr'd and oh at times so nice? compared to our heirs, the roof of which fares, better than what became true-hence. Truance? idk =============================================================================== = listen i'm not the best at listening. I try to appear like I'm glistening, conformed to our viewers 'st pleasure. =============================================================================== = I struggle with what I told you. Time and again you've shown you won't do - the terrible fate of a man. you've relinquished your virtue, your purpose and your life-through, to what: a visionless past? Your visions have passed, and none are hence forth- coming. You've spoilt and rotten the bunch. All I've ever aspired to be is good. My hopes and my prayers, my goals and my dreams: all for a future of virtue. Dark omens may be within me, but I'm working with what I've got here. So what if I'm loud? I'm fighting my own head! Will no-one acknowlege my sorrow? To prove a point, or reassure some joint, it's nothing that warrants a readthrough. Speaking of which... What if instead of prison we assigned our prisoners a full and complete educational read through of ALL the laws of the nation - if their time sentence was complete before they finished, then they'd be let go of course but if they finished reading and could pass rudimentary tests (emphasis on bare minimum required) then they'd be let out prior to their sentence. And for the worst crimes it'd be a longer sentence, basically forcing the prisoner to completely know all the laws of the nation, such that they'd never commit a crime again. And if they do, well... Treat them as if it was their first time. Of course blatant recidivism may be ~~treated more harshly,~~ actually the opposite is true. People improve when given kindness, not hate or shame. The best thing we can do for prisoners is to give them a home, and family, and the friendships and community support that they need. they are a symptom, after all, of a broken society that struggles to bear it's own weight. It's a burden to all and a solitary vow to ourselves, that all must unite to our future. remember why you can't remember. is there a feeling you miss? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/801 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: scary - suicide mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────┘ / bely my own existence, then by god I'm cursed and abhorred through my own desistence. It's hard, when the future is convinced there's nothing fard [wanna say like... "to hope for?"] but with persistence we're meant to be rewarded. Well, what has that brought me? what time has shared my enemy? [think I'm a bit delirious, I'm losing the plot] ... okay fine I'll start over - if you've relinquished everything you can, if you've ceded all the ground that your companions requested, if there's nothing left to give and no part of you left un[marred], then how are you supposed to be [arrested, stopped, prevented, but pronounced like "nourished"]? I'm sick of your den [vengeance, pronounced like "den" for some reason], please leave me to my hallow [hollow experience], I've nothing to give from my gange [bosom, heart, within, center-of-me]. ... this sucks. ... guess I'll just start again, waiting until it ends, gosh everything's always so tired. /shrug wish someone would play w/m ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5512 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── I never give up I'm just waiting my turn "laughs nervously" so, uh, why dontchya'll go first yeah I've already gone first and I'll do it again but it'd be cool if I had people going first with me sometime "girl all you do is walk around and talk about how you bought your hat on the internet four or so years ago" T.T what else do you want from me I'm not a mastermind I'm a designer there's a difference T.T "didn't you volunteer to be a leader last year" oh, yeah, well leaders are more than just "the ones who go first" they're also the spiritual and emotional guiders that keep things on track once everyone can talk about things other than their hats ... fuck I want to talk about things besides my hat. I always think of something awesome to say just as I'm rounding the bend, and whenever I peer back around again they're never around. Rats. "what are you even asking for" I don't know?? Does it matter if the horse and the bishop both take the same square if they're claimed themselves in the end? ...wat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┘ --- #20 notes/elective-democracy-electors --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── we need like, several more layers between us and the president. most people only need to worry about what's nearby. sort them by location, instead of previous attempts at "many representatives" which sorted by social class or relevance. we have a tradition for it, in America, with our representatives and senators congressional discrestricts or even, what about by affiliation? voluntary, governmental corporations, run by the people for the people and yeah "I don't want to do what you're telling me to do" "okay" "there will be consequences" omg be an adult (suddenly kids forget how to be as everyone's doing the war thing) not ideal. ouch pain maybe we should stay a little bit sane why is soldiering so hardship? it could just be... another job where you didn't kill each other but you still blew stuff up and fought in tournaments and had gaming hackathons or sword-fight contests duels between people who disapproved y'know fun human stuff like... "kaboom" now we know how to blow up bits of rock neat, why did dynamite becauswer (oh right then you ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ |