=== ANCHOR POEM === ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ 🙏 good luck Iran. May fortune favor you. This is your chance to take your homes into your own hands. You can do whatever you want with it. Remember your history, and learn of what others have done. Then, move forward. But, talk about it first. Celebrate, then talk. Find out not just what you want, but also what your neighbors want. During the Arab Spring, the nations with the strongest institutions tended to have the most peaceful, stable outcomes. This is because they had less work to do. They could rely on the civic infrastructure that was already in place, that people were already used to. This is a helpful advantage, but don't be too attached to the old regime's way of solving problems. The goal right now is to celebrate. Then, to ensure safety for your people. Look around you - those are your people. Punish the cruel, give forgiveness to the penitent, and carry yourself with excitement and grace. This is your day! Let the new world embrace your new nation! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/846 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-spirituality │ └───────────────────────────┘ in a place organized like capitalism, you go to university for four years (if you're lucky) and then work until you can't anymore. Then you're taken care of (if you're lucky) until you depart from this earth in peace. in my home, a home I've never lived, you'd stay at that university for as long as you'd like. you'd work whenever you liked, and if enough work wasn't being done then working would be made to feel more likable. then, when you're old as dirt (or whenever you'd like) you can depart from this earth as you please. when I die, bury me where I fall. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1755 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── today is a magical day. I can feel it in my fate. Always remember, having fun is important too! Don't forget to be yourself, and keep it together man. If you see a door, you should open it - what's on the other side? Love for animals and kindness of the spirit are impossible to fake, they always know if you're lying. Not the animals, they can be dumb sometimes, but the other thing. And now for the downsides. If you find a cursed artifact, please don't throw it in the river. It might ask you to, but please don't. Much better to destroy it by melting it down (if it's metal, which is common as metal lasts long enough to become forgotten) or convince it that it's a recently deceased person being buried (helps if you know the creator). If none of that applies to you, don't worry. Eat something healthy, drink a decent amount of water, and maybe exercise a bit. Oh, and it can't hurt to ask. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/1494 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ There's not much to say about Iran until something changes... Either we do a land invasion, which would be quite an investment of lives and material, or we back down after being faced with intense international backlash, and let the Iranian people (who are not soldiers) die for their liberation. Not ideal, I'd prefer if they live through it. Only through life can you steer the course of a nation - death brings nothing but misery for those you leave behind. "and what if the enemies die? Is that not a good thing?" death is never good, it's just a thing that happens when we lose things. When they break. In some cases like this, there is a part of the whole that is harming the rest - like a thorn in fabric, tearing away the fluff and softness. So, we must remove the thorn. Right now that removal is essentially a protracted bombing campaign. This is great for levelling the playing field, but it can only get so level - the Iranian people don't have guns, and you can't bomb guns out of the hands of their oppressors. So, either supply the guns (with instructions, ammo, and related supplies) while trusting that they won't fall into enemy hands... (drone drops on roofs?) or go in and do the dirty work yourself. The optimal path I see is a mixture of both, where the Americans take up the role that the militias they resist had in the past. Claim the mountains near the cities, and arrest any attempts to approach. Let civilians through, and arm / train them continuously while they are there. Then, organize them into groups, and use them with the aid of intel and tactical knowledge to reclaim their homeland. Along the way, teach them about what it means to have a good, peaceful civic society, but focus less on politics and economics and more on human rights, liberty, and self determination. Help them to know how to knit together communities when the war is done. Teach them the way of war and peace at once. Then, use them to reclaim their homeland, and they will be stronger for it. They will come out of the struggle a determined people, instead of as they are now, which is afraid and hopeful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ --- #4 fediverse/5263 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: communism-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you wanna be a leader, do something by hand. manually. in the moment. │ ║ improvizational. try-and-fail-but-try-new-ways-again-next-time. [a type of │ ║ state of mood] │ ║ │ ║ trust that your followers will be more funded, more supported, more approved. │ ║ │ ║ this is a universal fact - those who are beloved are everyone's best friends. │ ║ │ ║ if you wanna lead people to the future, you must explore a new state of │ ║ renown. and for that you must be stabilized, built into perfection in your │ ║ honor. │ ║ │ ║ don't get it yet? me either. but I'm sure it'll come in handy someday. │ ║ │ ║ Leaders don't necessarily have to be the best, they must simply have acted │ ║ first. │ ║ │ ║ a true communist would be aware of what goes on down the street. They would │ ║ know about everyone's travailles so they could guide one or another to help or │ ║ get de-failed or whatever. │ ║ │ ║ notice I said one OR another, that seems important. not sure why, let's │ ║ consult our bravest optimists for a time. │ ║ │ ║ why do you care about what happens in palestne if you are in current danger │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴──────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/2531 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-violence-mentioned │ │ ║ └─────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ if you suddenly find yourself in a strange place because you felt a call to │ ║ battle, only to find the battle has yet to arrive, your duty is to learn the │ ║ environment, learn the people, learn the resources at your disposal and │ ║ identify places that would be ideal for entrenchment. │ ║ │ ║ Think of the difficulties of the area - where are the rivers? the mountains? │ ║ the natural or man-made barriers? │ ║ │ ║ think of the infrastructure - how are supplies getting here, what │ ║ organizations are active here, what are the demographics, could any of them be │ ║ more productive? In what ways? │ ║ │ ║ action is not necessary until action is apparent. but intelligence, and the │ ║ mind to use it, is invaluable for you and for any planning you might see fit │ ║ to do. │ ║ │ ║ some suburbs are full of old people. Some have new parents. Some are for │ ║ immigrants, and some are a bit more entrenched, but still speak a different │ ║ language. Some are full of enemies, and others are ready for violence. │ ║ │ ║ but mostly, suburbs are just too damn far away │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #6 messages/1196 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── When you buy things from China, you are funding slavery. MAKE YOUR OWN FACTORIES AMERICA. How ungrateful are you, that you'd force your lessers into chains abroad, that you might not be forced to gaze into their eyes at the grocery store? It's easy to say this, but even our leaders are chained, to the will of the people (eggs at the grocery store have prices that rose and fell) and the structure of their power. Our spiritual leaders are confined to their doctrine. Our educational leaders must obey the way the government decrees is best. Our technological leaders can only make what we think will sell well. Our artistic leaders offer a glimmer of hope, until they sell out and spend the rest of their lives on tour. Nothing changes, nothing ever dies. We become as we are, until our pain cracks the mirror and we are forever wronged. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┘ --- #7 fediverse/4422 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-1013 They may return to us if they choose, when they realize that we were right all along. Otherwise, they might feel disenfranchised and choose to disengage. That is expected and allowed. Others amongst them might go right. Fuck 'em, they always cared for gold over lives. You are right, their methods have not worked. They have sustained our society up to this point and for that I thank them - but we are entering a new age for our country, and we shall build it as a federation. They are more than welcome to observe and offer insight from their years spent observing and wrestling with Republicans, but understand that much of their insight is dealing with their elite class of politicians and not with who you and I might come across on the street. They are encouraged to learn from us. To do otherwise is at best to neglect our only route to a bright future - at worst it is to obstruct us, to delay us, to keep us running in circles. Find the people who are sabotaging our efforts and move on ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/5198 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: capitalism-doom-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if the corporations all unionized and started working together to │ ║ understand what "profit" really means in a world where "profit" may or may not │ ║ but probably does imply the death of all humanity? │ ║ │ ║ what if we demanded it? │ ║ │ ║ -- │ ║ │ ║ dear canvassers: don't visit so many different suburbs │ ║ │ ║ visit the same one, more than once, continuously, so people can get to know │ ║ your presence │ ║ │ ║ they will talk to their friends about it, who live elsewhere. │ ║ │ ║ thus ensuring it spreads. │ ║ │ ║ knock once a day, eventually they'll know it's you and will simply ignore it. │ ║ Don't be rude and knock 4 or 5 times, just once, with several taps so they │ ║ know it's someone trying to get ahold of you, and not just some random noise │ ║ in the background scenery. then, when they sometimes answer, talk to them │ ║ about what you believe in. answer their questions. encourage their questions. │ ║ pose dichotomies that are explained by some value or virtue you express to │ ║ portray. you can do "good" things in any programming language, just type~~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/5138 --- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what if we asked all the democrats to read the bible and all the republicans │ ║ to watch Adventure Time and Steven Universe │ ║ │ ║ like... assigned it as national homework │ ║ │ ║ "academia" is a sports team, while "education" is for the en-knowledgement │ ║ │ ║ does the motion cause the emotion or does the emotion cause the motion? │ ║ │ ║ private schools are academic. libraries are educational. │ ║ │ ║ the capability to edit submitted messages in message submitting applications │ ║ and its consequences have been a situaster for the human race. │ ║ │ ║ if something dangerous is coming, intercept. if something fell out while you │ ║ were away, someone else would grab it. allies on the way? move aside to let │ ║ them through. │ ║ │ ║ Stone Butch Blues is like ghost stories for dykes │ ║ │ ║ weed makes me lucky, which is why I always drink before a fight │ ║ │ ║ hey, remember when 10 million of us walked the streets and said we were sick │ ║ of "enough-is-enough"-ing? │ ║ │ ║ the only thing on your mind right now should be how to survive this │ ║ │ ║ what if 5000 people showed up at 5 d │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┴──────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/4447 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ they are not MAGA anymore. Don't call them Trumpers. He won't last long. Call them what they are. They are part of a newly born Confederacy, and we must call them by their name. That name demands respect, and we must respect their power. Then, when you're sufficiently cautious, begin conjuring visions of their downfall. Ideally accompanied by carefully laid plans intended to accomplish specific strategic goals. They are top-heavy. Once their bravest and thickest perish they will have nothing left but their weak fools. They are scared, nothing unites them more than fear, and for that they are weakened. Our bonds are those of love. I would die for my neighbor. I would die for our world. They have no passion, no rigor, all they have is hate and vigor. Martial skills we can learn. We will have to, sooner rather than later. Be prepared, work hard, and do what you're good at, ideally what you'd like to do. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/799 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ the government makes murder okay by framing the perpetrators also prisons are concentration camps and the people who are close to you are oppressing hunting you racism etc is a sham to distract you capital will never be relinquished the internet was AI from the beginning something beyond humanity demands our suffering there cannot be proof of your fears - if it was proven, it would be circumstances instead of fears there's nothing [sorry gotta cut this off, my refrigerator is talking to me again and I want to listen] - [huh that's weird I have no memory of the past hour, best continue where I left off an hour ago -> go to {A}]a schizophrenic who's never been diagnosed {A} - yeah clearly all that I've been saying recently is just a fluke. Like, just noise in the endless array of expression projected onto our communal web-space. Clearly I have no idea what I'm doing and I'm not just cogent when I'm drunk. Or more imaginative when I'm stoned. Clearly dreams are fake and pursuing them is 1/? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2135 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ I feel like we should switch animals every once in a while. Like, trade pets. │ ║ Then, we being friends, could see them every once in a while, and still be │ ║ cool and their friend. Then, when the time comes to interchange, they can │ ║ choose 55% of the time which team they want to spend time with. But they have │ ║ to spend at least a couple months with them before they can make a decision, │ ║ because animals don't use the same language as humans, meaning they need more │ ║ time to find their own home. │ ║ │ ║ do you ever think about how like, furries feel distanced from humanity? │ ║ │ ║ like, it's so different to how they want to be, but that's how they were │ ║ raised. Like, the misalignment of the soul between their two self-same parts. │ ║ The body, with it's experiences, and the dreaming mind, with it's eternal and │ ║ intransigent perspective. │ ║ │ ║ each part of the brain is travelling over slightly different parts of │ ║ spacetime, │ ║ │ ║ (hence, brain waves, like cosmic background radiation, or static on the │ ║ television, it's just... random elements of noise.) │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #13 notes/planes-and-trains-and-tanks --- ════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── From a thread titled "White House delays release of JFK assasination files "to protect against identifiable harm" A violent uprising in America today would have the help of a lot of veterans that have 20 years of experience with insurgencies and are pissed off at the government for sending them to a bullshit war over lies purely so the politicians and their friends can become even richer. True, but they have tanks. And drones. And much higher numbers of experienced soldiers. And a cohesive and organized command structure. There's a hundred reasons why a violent uprising wouldn't work, but a thousand more why it's necessary. I believe we can have a peaceful future, but we must also realize that holding all our cards and intentionally keeping them close to our chest isn't helping anyone. We need to come together and work on solid, stable, and sustainable projects. We're all humans, we all want a better future for our children. The drive to nurture posterity is what defines us, and to that end we must act as a unified whole. Humans can work together, and our beliefs can overlap in ways we never expected. That is understandable and expected. They may also differ in unsuspected ways, and that is also understandable and expected. We have the power to *choose* how to react to our differences, and we may *choose* to pursue and develop our similarities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 notes/planes-and-trains-and-tanks --- ════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── From a thread titled "White House delays release of JFK assasination files "to protect against identifiable harm" A violent uprising in America today would have the help of a lot of veterans that have 20 years of experience with insurgencies and are pissed off at the government for sending them to a bullshit war over lies purely so the politicians and their friends can become even richer. True, but they have tanks. And drones. And much higher numbers of experienced soldiers. And a cohesive and organized command structure. There's a hundred reasons why a violent uprising wouldn't work, but a thousand more why it's necessary. I believe we can have a peaceful future, but we must also realize that holding all our cards and intentionally keeping them close to our chest isn't helping anyone. We need to come together and work on solid, stable, and sustainable projects. We're all humans, we all want a better future for our children. The drive to nurture posterity is what defines us, and to that end we must act as a unified whole. Humans can work together, and our beliefs can overlap in ways we never expected. That is understandable and expected. They may also differ in unsuspected ways, and that is also understandable and expected. We have the power to *choose* how to react to our differences, and we may *choose* to pursue and develop our similarities. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═══════──┴╧═──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4365 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ what if Trump controlled x% of the land (according to electoral college votes) and kamala controlled y% of the resources (according to popular vote) and they each could do whatever they wanted there the house and the senate in congress would function the same and unite the two, but anything the president disagreed with they could veto for their particular pieces of land and it would only affect their constituents. why should we settle for anything less than legitimate representation, unclouded by the division and spite? if some combination of presidential vetos created an impossible situation, then by law people weren't allowed to interface. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/1968 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌───────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: alcohol-mentioned │ │ ║ └───────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ what is it with me and buying steam games for long-lost friends while drunk? │ ║ │ ║ I swear I'm not depressed about my upcoming new job, I'm just doing all these │ ║ drugs in such a short time period because I'm, uh... living for the the │ ║ moment? Yeah that sounds good, better post that on the internet where everyone │ ║ in the world can see it and read it and realize what a mess you are because │ ║ you've been traumatized by employment and are about to dive back into that │ ║ frigid pool after a lengthy break where you did nothing but heal and recover │ ║ which is not a boon that most people are able to afford │ ║ │ ║ lucky you, Ritz Menardi, lucky you for being so privileged. │ ║ │ ║ But hey, those long-lost friends surely will want to hear from you! Surely. │ ║ Surely you're not someone they're trying to forget. Surely you didn't hurt │ ║ them, didn't twist them into knots, didn't compel them to act in ways that │ ║ benefited you but not them, SURELY you're a good person, according to all the │ ║ things people tell you and the results of your act │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 messages/607 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── I want you to print out electoral COUNTY results. One page for each state. Also 50 copies of the entire map of the USA for good measure make a couple maps with other things too, like GDP or topology. Then take them to your local leftist, lgbt, whatever meeting and distribute them out. Tell them "build us a plan for this state. Use your phone to research, and work with nearby states - sometimes blue areas cross borders, and they should be united in your mind when strategizing. Washington and Oregon can be treated as one, same for NM and Colorado. North East is a mega region and should work together. Don't sleep on southern cities, they can handle themselves, but united they would be stronger. Find a way. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #18 messages/487 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Why are you buying bumper stickers and flair? You could be spending that on 3d printers! Unrelated, but companies are wasting their time at pride. Wanna know how you can help? Pick 15 attendees and pay for their entire Amazon wishlists. Then, have a competition with all the other companies for fame and prestige of who bought the best gifts (that are explicitely asked for and randomly assigned) while they work to secure the rest of the things they need. The things that can't be bought, the things which utilize gifts from Amazon shopping lists, the organizations and groups of people working toward a common goal. The common goal that queer people share, the liberation of all of mankind. Corporations could actually help them work toward that by tangibly improving their material conditions. Like by buying everything on their Amazon wishlists. (that's just an example, doesn't have to be amazon, but that kind of vibe. Giving them everything they have previously had need of, but couldn't access. The idea being that they would then implement those newfound capabilities, through their own usage or in the guided manipulations of another's will. Like a teacher to a child, bringing forth understandings the child may use in their future lives, people may be given new capabilities and taught how to use tools that the teacher might have placed on their Amazon shopping list, and were subsequently provided by a corporation sponsoring a small segment of pride, but did not possess the time to use. They may possess the functionality (skills and muscle memory and such) yo utilize those new tools, but without the time to do so they cannot. So, they might teach another, who then might provide the same impulse that the sponsored person (with the fulfilled Amazon wishlist) was initially guided. (by). Like, if bought a 3D printer, I might spend a hundred hours learning how to do it, I might spend 50 if I was taught one-on-one. But someone who already knows how to use it could use it (have it instead) and fulfill the need that I had which initially encouraged me to reach for a 3D printer I neither possessed not owned nor could operate. The need remains, and may be fulfilled by the person who was given the 3D printer who can use the 3D printer by the person who was fulfilled it from their Amazon wishlist by the corporation who believed in the same common goal as the queer liberation of humanity and eternity. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/2696 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: capitalism-mentioned-mental-health-mentioned-cannabis-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ me at a job: week 1: omg omg omg pay attention learn everything month 1: okay this isn't too bad you can do this month 2: just gotta get out of bed it's not too bad month 3: okay gotta get groceries at the store then feed my cat and do the kitty litter and month 4: it's... fine if I smoke a joint on the weekends, right? month 5: it's... fine if I smoke a joint after work, right? month 6: c'mon you can do it just get out of bed it's not too bad month 7: please get out of bed month 8: all your vacation time is gone, you can't call in sick again month 9: you're letting everyone down month 10: just two more months and your contract will be done month 11: I know you've been drafting your resignation letter every day after you wake up but before getting out of bed but please just go for one more day, and see how you feel month 12: I'm sorry it's resignation or suicide EDIT: then I'm burned out for years afterwards ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 notes/harambe-conspiracy --- ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── TIL that Harambe’s mother, only full brother, and two of his half siblings were killed when a tub of wet chlorine tablets was left by a space heater. The toxic fumes were blown into the gorilla enclosure and killed the four gorillas. - /r/HighStrangeness - /u/ Cincybus /u/rumiGoddard1111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ ++ ++ Harambe was the last of his line of the great protectors. They were ++ ++ protecting us from the unholy timeline we are in. (Kidding, but also kind ++ ++ of not kidding) ++ ++ ++ ++ We need to bring him back via cloning or something. Only way to reverse ++ ++ this or wait until the new protector line is born. ++ ++ ++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ /u/ugathanki ############################################################################### ## ## ## the new protector line will rise out of kindness because the environment ## has changed. zoos are not the wilds. same thing happened to humans, ## really, we just made new personality types with media instead of ## bloodlines - stories and poems at first, and more advanced language was ## necessary to describe more complex topics. then we got further and boom ## society was born. of our dynamic perspectives etc etc -> we're just apes ## livin' our lives. then the societal system grew a mind of it's own, and ## guided us to it's own whims. but what whim is stronger than survival? ## loyalty and dedication to "the system" was how it held cohesion, and ## after a while it became as developed as it could. at that point, what can ## you do but develop laterally? an orthogonal progression to your previous ## obsession, ideas crystalizing one after another. almost like a 3d ## structure building itself out of geometric primitives, just each point ## (connected by planes and tanks and trains) another step forward. we ## thought that's what war was, and indeed it is - but played on another ## plane. ## why not try another direction? one with everything we could desire? ## choose paradise, and figure it out next time you're around. like ## breathing in time, slightly inflating then deflating, or singing a tune ## most contrived. ## boom, communication ## i say we birth that protector line on our own terms, when we know what ## we want. there's still simulations to run, and thoughts to discover, ## before we pick a single direction. So choose knowledge. ## ## ############################################################################### ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ |