=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── what if we kept kids in haunted houses that you couldn't get out of that just went on for a long time looping and circling and changing with people on the other sides of the walls trying to illustrate things. inb4 disney world rides and museums and [haunted tiki mazes] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2129 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ah, post them all at once, then we can get past the strange potentially │ ║ important variable. │ ║ │ ║ Dealing with a live-system you gotta take a couple precaucionary steps from │ ║ the hold. Or the gap, on the subway. But really it's more like the entrance to │ ║ a theme-park ride. one of the ones with a story, you know. the ones like at │ ║ Disney World, or sometimes not really at Universal, yeah they usually just │ ║ used stories they already had. cheapos. then Disney started renovating their │ ║ rides and changing them because they "weren't close enough to the intended │ ║ spirit of the [ride/intellectual property].". and so they were changed, to │ ║ basically be the same story as the movies. How tragic, that nobody understood. │ ║ │ ║ I like what they did with Pirates of the Carribean, they basically added Jack │ ║ Sparrow in the corner doing something unrelated. To explain why he wasn't │ ║ really part of the story, even though he was similar thematically. THAT WAS SO │ ║ MUCH BETTER I think, because it preserved the initial narrative, only │ ║ providing more co │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1748 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ I made a horror film on accident. this was all improv. the audio drivers were glitching out, even through a reboot, and they magically fixed themselves the next day. https://youtu.be/Z09Om7BvVfQ?si=xERRxy7fnYn4Doxo I swear it wasn't meant to be this suspenseful. it just is. [think of it like a disney-world ride] is my computer haunted? ? ? anyway, here ya go, it's an hour and 20 minutes long and full of vibes. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1819 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── some of my favorite places in the world are little shops nestled in the wood. Some that I've never seen more than once, and the ones I tended to visit a lot were the ones at like, Disney World, which is quite a magical place. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/2906 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: death-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I want to live in a world where people die when they're bored instead of old. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/3736 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── what if we made cat little boxes with stable "pillars" or "platforms" that rise just barely above the sand level so their feet don't sink into the litter, thus reducing the amount tracked onto the carpet ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6032 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── what if we built all our houses to have space for a room to the outside invisible walls, yet open floorplans suddenly don't get lost in the mall ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2565 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: water-dispersal │ └──────────────────────┘ truck driver who has a long-ish range drone ferrying water bottles back and forth while invisible to satellite surveillance EDIT: better yet, kids playing games at home ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/6134 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── what if instead of hulu we paid for a random house in a nice area with real classic design to be bought by a bunch of goth girls and treated like a palace while they do goth girl things then we did it 500 times until we ran out of goth girls ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2480 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── so what if people want to sit on the couch eating cheetos? they're more than capable of something far greater, but of course they are allowed to spend as they like their life. their ONLY life. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/5635 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── free lifetime memberships to Disney World or the botanical gardens for [all/all veteraned honor citizens/all veteraned honor citizens and children] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4026 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── why is everyone so confused about how I turned out? I literally spent my whole childhood telling stories to myself (inspired by the world, and stories I had read, with mechanics like games I had played) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4797 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what if we built cat water stations into the walls and put 5 or 6 around the house to encourage them to drink water more often? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/968 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────── what if you painted every house twice, to ensure you got the color completely applied [ bright green or yellow would shine through in little spots, clear and obvious to even the most undiscerning of patrons of the arts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/5081 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── what if mastodon recorded the date and time of every time you boosted / unboosted something so you can keep track of what your page looked like over time [in the export data functionality] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘ --- #16 messages/1051 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────── Good storytelling is telling things [even if/because] they are plot of the events as told via -- stack overflow -- hmmm this was from a while ago, idk when ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4692 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── what's that? a bunch of houses burnt down in california? what if we built a couple warehouses and stored all our trans girls in bunkbeds there, with rooms for LAN parties and snuggle parties in rooms full of stuffed buddies plushies with massive kitchens and sad ballpits where you can go to vent your feelings by writing on a ball with a sharpie and then when someone else is feeling sad they can come and read the balls and maybe feel something ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/552 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: unnecessarily-combative-sorry-smiley-face-silly │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-398 you take that back you feckin goof Mickey is king for a reason I will DIE on this hill (jk sorry for being combative but I'd just like to say that I'm someone who likes him unironically in essentially every incarnation) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/3180 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I love skywriting. it's so cool to see your words fade into dust after being seen by everyone around. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/97 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── Would you prefer the world went on turning, with or without you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ |