=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I am emotionally porous. I can feel the vibe in a room. It affects me strongly. My housemates and my neighbors of course use this to hypnotize me, of course, but silly thoughts like this are what you get when hungry and everyone around you is fed. When you're fine, but everyone around you wants you dead. Where are the leftists? Did they forget about me? Did they trick themselves into believing they were my foes? Capitalism wants people to starve. It is the only way to enforce it's hierarchy. ... I'm going to go eat something now. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/4737 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── I'm such a direct person I think, even though I often just sorta... shrug and ignore things that bother or hurt me? Like, whatevs. but the moment I notice a pattern that is continually harmful I have to restrain myself from moving to contest it. Hence why I talk about capitalism so much teehee, but its also common in my interpersonal and communal lives. "the purpose of the system is it's effects" the purpose of a person is how they make people feel so if someone FOR A RANDOM EXAMPLE FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER, constantly hurts other people by creating situations where they are harmed which creates a dramatic fight... or if someone speaks in circles for hours and hours and HOURS like this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKpj2ISQAc or people who jump into a conversation and drive it through the underbrush, over the ridge, around the bend, up and over the bridge, and then park it outside their ex girlfriend's house and hands you an egg and says "don't you wanna throw this?" and you're like "weren't we talking about birds" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4672 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics! │ └──────────────────────┘ I miss video games cries from self-inflicted sacrifices but you're worth it imma overthrow fascism, dismantle oppression and power, and liberate those in chains, just so I can play games again yeah I mean, uh, whatever gets you outta bed "at least you have a bed. why are you complaining?" maybe it's the only thing I'm good at. I wonder if anyone would hire me to be an analyst or something? Maybe a designer? bro you're asking for a job on the eve of the revolution, what's your deal okay so this might be news to ya'll but I'm technically a human even though I wear a witch hat and sometimes speak in rhyme. And humans tend to think about things in the context of their current environment. Currently, if I want to pay rent or whatever, I need a job. So... sounds like a lame excuse for not giving up your possessions and throwing yourself to fate's design I already did that and fate told me to go home and take a bath?? idk what you want from me, and no I'm not doing any drugs to find out. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #3 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3444 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-police-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ I'm too empathetic to watch them lose this badly. when I watch movies with cringe humor I have to leave the room whenever something bad happens to the characters. I get the same feeling when I read about politics these days. side note, but has anyone else gotten emails about "hiring plain-clothes police officers in Washington D.C, will offer relocation assistance and pay minimum 72k per year"? can't help but wonder if they're afraid of a bunch of sore losers storming the capital with guns. it's not like there's a precedent for that or anything. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/460 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I realized I don't give a fuck about capitalism. If you want to deprive me of food, shelter, or anything else... Fine. I exist at your behest. Would your really deny me from speaking the words that you disagree with? Oh, you would? Okay. Guess I'll starve. I don't mind, I just hope you'll take care of the people I have taken as my responsibility in my absence. Oh, you won't? You say that you'll destroy what I care about, in the pursuit of ever-growing power over others, which you will use to extract value and impress your desire of destruction and oppression onto the weak and powerless that you control? Then you are my enemy. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/6093 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-mentioned-cops-mentioned-cursing-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ it's not always about minorities, though. sometimes they feel strongly about hard work and self-sufficiency or individuality or whatever. I'm telling you now: those values are shared by other ideologies as well. it's okay to prefer to be around people who are similar to you. That is a personal choice and it should be allowed. I mean, have you ever heard of a convent? a bunch of girls hanging out making out all day and - wait, what's that? it wasn't that fun? lotta clerical work and reading about god? alright well you get the idea, sometimes it's nice to feel comfort in similarity. it's okay to believe that people should work hard. It's not an imposition upon them to demand more of your peers, especially if you are willing to help them. Especially if they are willing and able. It's less alright to force them to. Even less so to "encourage" them by taking all of their stuff. Though I will say, being homeless isn't as bad as it used to be. Still hurts. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #7 fediverse/2562 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: rich-apologia │ └──────────────────────┘ among all the others, I want a wonderful and fulfilling life for the socialite. they deserve light just as you and I might. "eat the rich" bruh there's like, 100 people who are running the show. everyone else is basically just a syncophant who's trying to get ahead and stay working. then there's like their families and such and like... they didn't do anything wrong, they just eat cheese and wine and laugh at memes all day with their besties. they are basically pets ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/3575 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: leftist "talk to ur neighbours" thing │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1567 that's totally fine, a fish does not do well in a tree, and so too does a leftist not do well in an environment without the potential for stable bonds. Essentially all you'd be able to do is "hey leftism right?" "oh yes I also leftism" "neat" which isn't very productive. I also live in an environment like that. I do my best to identify people who stay, because in my experience there are often people who stay. I do this by walking around the neighborhood when I can, making up excuses to walk to the dumpster or mailbox at random hours, riding my bike around the area, using the communal spaces like gyms, swimming pools, and picnic tables, and sitting in my hammock on my porch lazily noting people who walk past. People who stay will tend to remain in your mind the more times you see them. They are better people to talk to than the renters who disappear after 3 months or whatever. I don't always do all that stuff at once. I take breaks. I do one at a time. etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/2803 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: uspol-mentioned-surveillance-state-the-news │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-1201 I'm a wood fae! they're around, just gotta find 'em 🥰 (not really I'm just a person with no magical powers whatsoever, no siree don't look at mee tehe) people only have the context of their lives, as any historical precedent that once was passed forth to the present by their ancestors and mentors is now sharing space with the endless deluge of information from a small glass, plastic, and metal box that saps both their attention and the magnitude of anything they learn. "so what if the planets on fire? somehow this actor who had an affair with this other actor feels just as important. so what if there's fascism? I just heard that whales can't swim in the ocean. oh, the city's burning? that's not my burden, and plus it's just as important as these memes which don't make me want to scream." in the same way that some forest fae might have security through obscurity, they wield information density against us as a weapon to hide their sins of morality. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/1280 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┐ ║ I'm like the opposite of a politician. I'm crude and filthy, apsolutely │ ║ reprehensible on main, kinda scary tbh? and overall just a strange and weird │ ║ person. Also I talk about cooking a lot, with a very plain diet (carrots and │ ║ rice and sticks and mud, because I'm an autistic) │ ║ │ ║ but ask anyone who knows me and I'm the kindest person. I am empathetic, I │ ║ think about others needs before thinking of my own. I am steadfast and │ ║ dedicated to solving the problem in front of our noses. At least, the ones we │ ║ share. │ ║ │ ║ People tell me I'm binary, that I'm "either 100% or zero percent" and I don't │ ║ really get that either. Isn't it a good thing to try your hardest? Isn't it │ ║ good to be improving and honest and ethical and driven and focused? │ ║ │ ║ I also talk about strange things a lot, like gravity and multidimensional │ ║ arrays and grand narratives and emotional kinesthesia or strategic plays in │ ║ Overwatch or how to bake a good cookie or ways we still mourn us. │ ║ │ ║ ... where was I going with this? Also part of me is distracted. Just who th │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/488 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┐ ║ [in response] │ ║ │ ║ you only say that because you're privileged such that you may ignore such │ ║ realities. You are despicable, you ignore the plight and reality of those who │ ║ you claim to speak toward - what a jerk! │ ║ │ ║ (in response) │ ║ │ ║ how futile it is, the effort to denigrate yourself to infinite requirements. │ ║ I'm literally unemployed, I have no capital, I cannot speak for naught but │ ║ those who would hear me. I guess that makes my words useless, wouldn't you │ ║ agree? Shall I describe myself more fully? It's the responsibility of the │ ║ audience to ascertain the intentions, biases, and contextual evidence that the │ ║ author presents in their thesises. So... You, who are reading this, what do │ ║ you think of me? Would you ever tell me as such, or am I simply a mass of │ ║ words in the void of experience that comprise your existence in this wholely │ ║ (yet incompletely) digital existence? I hope you have a good life, my most │ ║ precious of viewers. I hope you never face incontrovertibly impossible │ ║ hardship. I hope the light of your life is to y │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/3891 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "no, you're the opposite of a yes-man, AKA a gatekeeper. I don't know how else to explain mentally disabled and barely keeping it together to you, but frankly if you want to take away my house or my weed then why would I do what you say? ... oh right, the state's monopoly on violence [can compel me to do what you say]. Sure seems like a "well regulated militia" is supposed to be a counterweight to that monopoly, to prevent people from harassing and exploiting and destroying. Too bad any "militias" I can think of tend to want me dead. like, seriously, if you live in America, you implicitely trust that your army will be able to protect you from the right-wing bozos who spend all their time drinking and shooting in the woods. Otherwise, if they couldn't / wouldn't, then why wouldn't or couldn't the right wing bozos just decide to wreck everything in spite of our past? We were a proud people once before, and we may be again. If only we fight at the last. [ever since I fell off my bike my body feels strange] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/5205 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┐ ║ ┌──────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │ │ ║ └──────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ whenever I talk to capitalists (who actually have money and aren't larping │ ║ wage slaves) they always tell me that the best way to address the concerns I │ ║ have with capitalism is to make a million or more dollars by making a company, │ ║ and then using that million dollars to buy houses for people I care about. │ ║ │ ║ I ask "what about the rest of the people, the ones I don't know?" │ ║ │ ║ their response typically boils down to "if you don't know them, then why │ ║ should you care? fuck 'em" │ ║ │ ║ It's never about hope or change. They want to change the world to make it │ ║ cooler, not kinder. generally. │ ║ │ ║ bonus: "if you like unions so much, why don't you join one?" my guy, unions │ ║ WERE great when they wielded power. Now they are bureaucratic and listless, │ ║ serving only to sedate the working class enough that they stop complaining and │ ║ get back to work. They are functionally a part of the enslavement system, a │ ║ built-in course correction mechanism to ensure capitalism remains solvent when │ ║ the powerful overstep their humanity. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┴──────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/4976 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: revolutions-mentioned-housing-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ Somehow, I always become more revolutionary when my home is threatened. I │ ║ wonder why that is? Perhaps adversity breeds courage. Perhaps necessity does. │ ║ In any case, I can't pay my rent again, so prepare for me. │ ║ │ ║ Sometimes, I feel like my country is my home. Not the lines we drew on a map │ ║ some hundreds of years ago, but the land itself. I am a witch, I hear it call │ ║ to me. I know the land is kind, for we are kind, and plenty more of us have │ ║ lived here than those who currently do. Perhaps our ancestors don't need to be │ ║ related by blood to be listened to and respected. In any case, I lend my love │ ║ to them, and I pray in return so that they might hear themselves through my │ ║ voice. │ ║ │ ║ My home is not safe. There are capitalists all over the place. They wont see │ ║ what isnt theirs to behold, and alas, they've been alienated their whole │ ║ lives. I do believe that state may be ended, and a new one may first take it's │ ║ place. We are alone together, and perhaps we will not be alone for long. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────┴──────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/3981 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "oh I'd never fall for capitalist propaganda" "do you mean marketing?" "yeah that" "they're not marketing to you, they're going for your kids. Trying to normalize things about culture." "like... what McDonalds tastes like?" "just like that" [like can you imagine if you tested attraction ratings on any other animal than humans] [it'd be so weird like "cats tend to like scratching posts" but then also "we have no idea what kind of scratching post is the best for their claws or the environment or the economy or our spirituality or our technology or artistry we only know which one cats like more" like bro who cares like obviously advertisements rot your brain, but like... why are you so pissed about that when the last election like, ever, is taking place in a month "yeah listen, when has an election ever seriously changed your quality of life? It's just showbiznez" "this time is different because [insert minority] is at risk." oh, right, it only matters when people are in harm's way, how silly ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3986 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "oh I'd never fall for capitalist propaganda" "do you mean marketing?" "yeah that" "they're not marketing to you, they're going for your kids. Trying to normalize things about culture." "like... what McDonalds tastes like?" "just like that" [like can you imagine if you tested attraction ratings on any other animal than humans] [it'd be so weird like "cats tend to like scratching posts" but then also "we have no idea what kind of scratching post is the best for their claws or the environment or the economy or our spirituality or our technology or artistry we only know which one cats like more" like bro who cares like obviously advertisements rot your brain, but like... why are you so pissed about that when the last election like, ever, is taking place in a month "yeah listen, when has an election ever seriously changed your quality of life? It's just showbiznez" "this time is different because [insert minority] is at risk." oh, right, it only matters when people are in harm's way, how silly ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #17 messages/650 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── I've had multiple people close to me who don't read my writing tell me that "you can't overthrow capitalism with poetry" and... Yeah maybe they're right. I have zero reason to believe that anything I've \*ever\* written has \*ever\* had an actionable impact upon the struggle. I have no reason to believe that people are more radicalized, motivated, or otherwise inspired. I have several reasons to believe that all of this was just an exercise in my own narcissism and delusion. So I'm deleting my Mastodon account, and moving forward I probably won't update my website very much. Everything I do will be localized, regional, and hopefully more useful. It feels like I'm abandoning the idea of a nation in exchange for a tangible village. I'm fucking depressed about it. \*I like nations\*. But I like people more. So if you'd rather I keep my thoughts to myself and instead feed the homeless, aka a bunch of people who aren't gonna take up arms against our foes and instead will consume our time and resources while we practice organizing on them, then yeah sure fine whatever. I'll do it. If you'd rather I keep posting \*content\*, ugh, fucking too bad, should have done something about it while I was active. If I'm ever rich I'll hire an editor to turn whatever the fuck I've been making into a book that I'll give away for free. I probably will never be rich though, and instead will burn every bridge I can get my hands on and suffocate on the soot. Alright. Bye forever. Don't think about me again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/4665 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ literally all it takes to activate me is for someone who's more radical than me to point me out and say "hey. you. you need to do more." and then I fuckin' go, like a beyblade (emphasis on blade) nicking the shins of allies and... probably foes, right? there's foes around here, right? I'm not just nicking my allies, right? ... right? anyway every top winds down and then I collapse and wail for a bit because I'm just like that I guess. Don't mind me, just self-immolating my way through history, let's see how it goes... you're supposed to be inspiring, but you just sound like you're whining ah. right. well... lemme catch up on sleep debt and I'll get back to valorizing. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/4848 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┐ ║ I'm a chaos mage, and the more time I spend thinking about my enemies the │ ║ worse off they'll be. │ ║ │ ║ the more "me" I am the more powerful my magic will be. │ ║ │ ║ (more magic, give in to the dark side, embrace your inner shadow self) │ ║ │ ║ [the light of your life commands it] │ ║ │ ║ goodness me that was chaotic, almost lost my brain to a demon HAHA don't worry │ ║ about me my life is totally mundane. │ ║ │ ║ [-.-] │ ║ │ ║ (shadows can be sharp in the dark but only if you don't sheath your mandolins) │ ║ │ ║ ... what? │ ║ │ ║ (... it made more sense in my head?) │ ║ │ ║ ooooo can anyone hear my voice when they read these things? or do you just │ ║ make up your own │ ║ │ ║ == so == │ ║ │ ║ everyone's all like "we don't need a leader" and I'm like "yeah we need people │ ║ who will help lead" and they look at me funny as if I just said the thing they │ ║ did but it's different. leaders are people. leading is a verb. people can │ ║ lead. they just have to make a decision, and then follow through on it as best │ ║ they can. Other people are prone to help people on such quests. you will find │ ║ stuff gets done. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴──────────┘ --- #20 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 │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────┘ |