=== ANCHOR POEM ===
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─
 nuclear weapons degrade and break down over time, eventually needing to be
 replaced.
 
 what if we just made it globally illegal to create new ones? then, when none
 are available, we can have... well, probably a lot of wars. oh right, F
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘

=== SIMILARITY RANKED ===

--- #1 messages/364 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────
 Capitalism isn't perfect but if it's capitalism or cyberpunk North Korean
 style dystopia, I'll pick capitalism. Can we at least make it so that the rich
 aren't safe financially though? Like, if you own a billion dollars it should
 be because you make a billion dollars per year. Anything you don't spend
 should be taxed away, to be used for public services and the defence of our
 nation.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┘

--- #2 messages/1344 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─
 what if we put the nuclear weapons in the world under control of a "third
 party" that just launches them at anyone who wages war on anyone else? ah, but
 suddenly other conflicts like infiltration and genocide mean we can't wage war
 to contest them. great, there goes my "liberate all the slaves" idea, maybe I
 should think of a different "nuke solution"
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘

--- #3 fediverse/4884 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
 "okay but what if we made computers simple?"
 
 - someone who doesn't know how computers work
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #4 fediverse/4895 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────
 don't think about how rare something is. think about how useful it is to you.
 
 we can make more stuff.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘

--- #5 fediverse/2193 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────
 @user-928 @user-1013 
 
 Right, like, if you didn't make friends at BLM then how are you going to know
 when and where the right time and place is to be to protest effectively?
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘

--- #6 fediverse/2820 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │
 └─────────────────────────────────┘


 in 10 years, everything that's killing the planet from energy usage alone will
 be accomplishable trivially with the massive amount of recyclable solar panels
 we could build.
 
 oh, unless we blow them all up in a civil war tho. then the world is just...
 worse, for no reason.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘

--- #7 fediverse/3765 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: capitalism-mentioned │
 └──────────────────────────┘


 me: "the entire capitalist project is borken! We must start from scratch! We
 can start from scratch! For the good of all mankind, we shall utilize our vast
 potential for good and benevolent ends, and to that end we must begin by
 dismantling capitalism!"
 
 also me: "hey what if we made capitalism suck less"
 
 because like, I don't know the future. I'm just a person, remember? wink
 
 gotta have backup plans ready no matter which way it goes.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘

--- #8 fediverse/6274 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────
 ┌────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: politics-mentioned │
 └────────────────────────┘


 omg what if the government shut down again wouldn't that be a surprise and an
 indicator to the complete inescapable incongruities between our two societies
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘

--- #9 fediverse/5039 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────
 ┌────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: politics-mentioned │
 └────────────────────────┘


 leftists be like "what if everyone was fed" and the response is "ah but what
 if they gave us some of their stuff first"
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┘

--- #10 messages/126 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────
 If a kid wanted to drink alcohol all they'd have to do is walk into a liquor
 store and grab the first bottle they saw. Then book it. Their feet would carry
 them away faster than your call to 911 to report a shoplift, away to a future
 of sorrow. Should we seek to restrain them? Or should we make a world they do
 not desire to escape?
 
 Trick question, the structure of society cannot prevent non-compliance. It
 should not, for if it shall then it becomes ossified, and thus it cracks and
 it crumbles.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #11 notes/time-travel ---
══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 Okay, so what if we can't make matter travel through time. Why not project
 something else? Like... Willpower, intention, etc through the time medium
 instead? Electricity is fundamentally different than matter, so why not try to
 send electricity through time? BRB gonna go watch steins;gate
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

--- #12 fediverse/5218 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────
 ┌──────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: historical-weapons-mentioned │
 └──────────────────────────────────┘


 "what if cannons were aimed like rifles?"the guy who was ahead of his time for
 rocket propelled grenades or laser guided airstrikes of small munition
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┘

--- #13 fediverse/3967 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────
 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: re: Thoughts// anarchist //whatever │
 └─────────────────────────────────────────┘


 @user-1298 
 
 My understanding is that you essentially want to defang power such that it
 cannot harm innocent people? That's... not such an easy task. If I had an
 answer that could fit within a twitter post like this one then I would give it
 to you.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘

--- #14 fediverse/4201 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────
 it's important to have copies of wikipedia floating around. if the internet
 goes down, wouldn't it be useful to have an encyclopedia of everything?
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘

--- #15 messages/1263 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──
 I bet the computer bubble pops when datacenters can't find any way to get
 paid. then, they all break at once, and who's going to do stuff with their
 components? ah, what a shame, what if we ssssssocialized them instead "hello
 energy for you because of the cheap rain is more expensive because you're just
 as valuable as the farmers in the [area/desert].
 
 ---
 
 there are millions of people in every city. how many people do you think are
 in a traffic jam? several ten thousands?
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘

--- #16 fediverse/1776 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────
 ┌──────────────────────┐
 │ CW: violence         │
 └──────────────────────┘


 @user-1074 
 
 ah yes but didn't you know? orphans produce unobtanium in their bones, and if
 we didn't crush them into powder we couldn't make ultra-doxo-floro-tin-omatic
 lubrication jelly, which is used to power our weapons of mass destruction like
 planes and trains and tanks and suburbs.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘

--- #17 fediverse/5814 ---
═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────
 It's not a question of how loud you speak
 
 it's really about what kinds of words you say.
 
 enslavement of speech is when freedom of speech is lost
 
 and it doesn't need to be legislated.
 
 what if you HAD to sound like a bot?
 
 what if they'd notice you otherwise?
 
 freedom from oppression requires personal isolation
 
 that's not making life into art.
 
 if you want to be seen,
 
 put on a hat and hide.
 
 if you want to be believed,
 
 write about down you feel right now.
 
 people are smart. they're infinitely creative. but after a certain point
 there's no way to logically modify the combinations of possible moves you
 might make. essentially, guaranteeing a machine-overlord [cats] type scenario.
 not ideal, but could make it work.
 
 much prefer for we to be the first, then the canvas is ours for the painting.
 
 do you believe we'll find aliens at roughly our tech level?
 
 do you think they'll evolve all at once?
 
 hence, star-wars, and it's galaxy of cohabitators.
 
 the world doesn't have to be old. just similar.

┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┘

--- #18 messages/217 ---
═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────
 The point isn't to make solutions. You're too hung up on the question of "what
 could be better than capitalism"
 
 Make something better when it's time. For now, just get people on your side.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘

--- #19 fediverse/6410 ---
══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────
 what if we solved all the problems and left none for our children and their
 children's children?
 
 the world would be a better place.
 
 I think we'd make new problems. I am unconcerned. If the peace started to get
 to them, I trust that they'd start fights.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘

--- #20 fediverse/1313 ---
════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────
 ┌────────────────────────┐
 │ CW: politics-economics │
 └────────────────────────┘


 if we had a universal basic income then we could pay each other to solve our
 problems and they just can't have that.
┌─────────┐                                                           ┌───────────┐
│ similar │                       chronological                       │ different │
╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘