Top 50 poems ranked by semantic similarity (progress bar shows chronological position)
══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1306 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: Insightful meme, but arguably could be politically charged │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-883 and they call me mad! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔══════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ -> file: fediverse/642 ║ Relinquish your privacy, and you deserve not a scrap of it. │ ║ │ ║ "those who would sacrifice a bit of [privacy] for a bit of [convenience] deserve │ ║ neither" - babe-roham lincoln or thomas bettersons or something. │ ║ │ ║ ... │ ║ │ ║ EDIT: okay but so like c'mon it's the 21st century we live in a society │ ║ │ ║ yeah │ ║ │ ║ there's a lot of paths we could take, that's the nature of circumstate. Depends │ ║ on who's yearning for the future... true true okay how about we all share a │ ║ singular belief - whatever a fully open sourced and non-biased machine decided │ ║ was our best and most unified direction? then we could slowly build out │ ║ accomodations that would provide for people who didn't agree with the same │ ║ things that we did. Essentially, "we're in charge because we're the largest, but │ ║ we're going to provide to you to the equal ratio that you're population │ ║ represents." Essentially, we all can have what we want. AKA TRUE JUSTICE, like │ ║ Adventure Time when Finn solves a problem by helping BOTH SIDES of the argument. │ ║ (usa politics are not comprehensive). │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚════════╧────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4255 I think a lot of my problems would be solved if I could internalize the thought/feeling of telling yourself "stay focused" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/694 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food │ └──────────────────────┘ one of the low level skills that tends to come naturally to witches is the ability to make nutritious gruel taste amazing and have an interesting texture. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── -> file: fediverse/5282 I wonder why someone hasn't yet written a "meta-package-manager" which installed from many different sources and correctly configured each installation to be able to efficiently find exactly where the requisite libraries are installed, even if they're installed for a different system. Then, when running, every time it encountered an error, it moved one more dependency over to the native package manager until eventually everything is in order. ... or something like that, truth be told I'm a junior ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1172 @user-880 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3599 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: computers-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ @user-1573 " Select the font for the hardcopy set printfont=Courier:h8 :let &printheader = " " command! -range=% HardcopyPdf , hardcopy > %.ps | !ps2pdf %.ps && rm %.ps && echo 'Created: %.pdf' " vimfolds - use marker as fold method set foldmethod=marker set foldtext=MyFoldText() " Functions function! MyFoldText() let line = getline(v:foldstart) let folded_line_num = v:foldend - v:foldstart let line_text = substitute(line, '^"{\+', '', 'g') let fillcharcount = &textwidth - len(line_text) - len(folded_line_num) return '+'. repeat('-', 4) . line_text . repeat('.', fillcharcount) . ' (' . folded_line_num . ' L)' endfunction let g:rainbow_active = 1 Here's the bottom part of the config - I ran out of characters and couldn't post the whole thing. If you don't know what vimfolds are here's a good guide: https://www.vimfromscratch.com/articles/vim-folding also: https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Folding ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2665 @user-687 @user-1316 ... form of ID as in... passport versus driver's license? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/898 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: scary │ └──────────────────────┘ if you set up a local LLM with the capability to explain basic coding syntax and logic, then your parents computer suddenly becomes much more useful to the nephew that's been forced to hide out there for a couple weeks until this all blows over. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/5565 External post: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:4eedw4y6ei2dqjgspjeskzlk/app.bsky.feed.post/3lss2z47e6s2e ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ ══════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1334 ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: TMI-medical-issue-thing-don't-worry-about-it │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ subconsciously running your hand over your butt every time you stand up to make sure you didn't pee your pants ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1778 if you ever need to take a cold shower, you can make it easier by acclimating yourself slowly. The easiest way to do this is to spread water over successive parts of your body with your hands - I usually start with my thighs, then legs, then belly and butt, then chest, neck, then face. After that you should be good to get in the water. somehow it's less painful if it's applied by a warm hand, and yet it gets you comfortable in the cold just the same. curious... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1972 @user-1120 pretty! ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4962 humans are computers that inhale air, produce electricity, and exhale carbon. give me a biochemical or mechanical process for doing that on a reasonable scale for cheap and you can solve global warming by replacing power outlets with an energy generation box. Doubles as an air purifier and UPS. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── -> file: fediverse/5631 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-maybe │ └──────────────────────┘ installation procedure which runs a bitcoin miner for X amount of seconds, as payment for using their free and open source services. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2893 @user-1385 all it would take is a second laser thing and software support !! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3856 I'm tired of working as hard as I can and still ending up wrong ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4243 so I guess I'm a chaotic-good witch paladin? and yes I know "chaotic" and "paladin" don't usually go together, but... somehow I make it work ... I should do more pushups. Practice with my sword some more. That part of me's sorta been asleep for four-ish months. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4894 if you play any of my favorite games, there's a chance we've played together ^_^ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4912 @user-192 who can say. I'd like to find out, though. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ -> file: fediverse/6453 good morning! if you need to design an agentic programming ritual toward a goal that needs numbers, try expressing the number in analogy rather than empirical value. "it should be red enough to feel a sunset" "there's enough time here to go for a walk around the block" "the spartans had enough soldiers to fully block the narrow causeway, essentially forcing the persians to grind down their number to the death. most battles fought in that time were fought until morale breaks - this one was to the mortal end. hence, why they are im-mortal." "the smoothocity should be as soft as a brushed metal refrigerator" "the chocolate had 56 grams of sugar in it. it was a lot of chocolate, enough to place in a standardized container." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── -> file: fediverse/6114 catratfoxfolkmix say that five times fast I dare ya ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════────┘ ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/643 maybe our most experienced and talented individuals should get together and work on a project. We could just... see what they come up withlawful good aligned project manager ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/699 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: meme │ └──────────────────────┘ 🖼 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1165 @user-246 you mean putting stones in soup for flavor? They're re-usable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3006 @user-246 20 years is long enough that the specifics aren't important but short enough to understand context and how different types of actors might behave ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse_boost/266 External post: https://plush.city/users/heatherhorns_lite/statuses/111468092963739159 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘════─────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── -> file: fediverse_boost/6048 External post: https://tech.lgbt/users/paleblueyedot/statuses/115285380287883894 ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════─────┘ ════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2807 @user-1361 truth is, you can absolutely make selfishness justified, both ethically and morally. you just need the right incentives. however, the incentives that would lead to such a case are not the kind that accrete power to the powerful. they are the liberatory kind, that give us all the liberty to be selfishly interested in our own communal good. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1152 @user-258 wha... ya'll think I'm cool? Nobody's ever said that before ( [that's not true people have told me that before] {though not recently heh I think you're cool too} ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2980 I trust that my allies are working. I see it in the fruits of their actions, and I am thankful. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════── -> file: fediverse/6393 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: ai-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ yay I hit the 5 hour limit on claude-code! now I can play video games and write more issue tickets for the computer to work on for me. what's that? results? oh, I'm not interested in those. This is an art project you see, so clearly, clearly, the end result shouldn't matter to me, because all art is special or something. so says she who tries to share her art with everyone she sees... I wonder who yet believes? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧══════════─┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ -> file: fediverse/6426 the only thing a baby needs to know is about themselves. The rest will come. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4408 ┌─────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-guns-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────┘ "Fighting back" doesn't necessarily mean standing on a street corner with a rifle. Begin to orient your life around guns. How can you support the people who wield them? We all need food, shelter, kindness, and inspiration. Your fears and your worries shall bother you no longer, for your life as you've led it so far has been the life of capital. It's okay to miss what you've lost, but remember who took it from you and enrage. Then, engage. Nothing starts today. It has started quite a while ago, and it's only now beginning to flicker and spark. It burned low for all this time, and it will burn low again. But it's the dry season, so prepare for wildfires. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3417 not me but we ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1813 I want people to watch me. I enjoy being viewed. Please offer guidance, but maybe limit the abuse. Simple requests for a media company, true? And yet advertisements (which is the only way people agreed to fund the LAVISH projects they put on for our tender moments) Performance is an art, and I sing the song of my heart. (perhaps in too public of a place) (but what use is it if nobody knows you?) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ -> file: fediverse/6427 my room is one of the sacred places of this earth. spiritually powerful. psychic like immobile sites in Dominions 6 https://www.illwinter.com/dom6/dom6manual.pdf it is a cathedral, of me, to me, by me, and through me. someone else would see beauty, nothing more. I see an interconnected web of meanings as I gaze from one part of the room to the other. EDIT: no, you can't visit. not unless I invite you. watch my nature documentaries (never been published... so far) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4298 it's good to have multiple ways to contact people you care about ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3572 @user-1402 If Trump goes to prison I hope they pick JD Vance as their candidate do you notice how in all the pictures of him lately he's trying to appear soft, sentimental, or hurt? poor guy must be in pain. I guess the bed you make is the bed you sleep in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2065 @user-1156 I wonder why some areas are black and some are that beautiful yellow color? Perhaps a different mineral composition? Could that provide insight into the nature of how Venus was formed? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4544 ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursing-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ I can't cancel my internet because I use it to work, which almost pays enough to cover rent, and nothing else. It's hard to avoid spiraling when you run out of money. Every time this happens to me I start feeling things like... am I good for society? Society doesn't want me, clearly, because I don't have any money. And currency is how you measure demand, right? It's literally a measure of value. But then I think of all the homeless and poor people and, like... I value them, so what if they don't have dollars? It's literally just paper. Or bits in a mainframe that nobody knows how to program anymore. So if they're valuable at least to me, yet me, with my 67$ in the bank and 127$ internet fee, is not valuable to me... Then what's the discrepancy? I'm not trying to be hard on myself, it's not my fault that I bleed money, but I still feel terrible. It's like a common cultural persuasion, if you run outta cash you better kill yourself fast. Fuck that. Oops cursing mentioned, one s ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/1503 ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: vague-gesturing-at-paranoia-I-think │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┘ part of me kinda wants to be the kind of nerd that writes down the names of every file that's permanently stored on my computer so that I can verify in my own handwriting or perhaps using a type of code that the files on my computer were placed there intentionally and not used to discredit or implicate me in something I had no intentions of being associated with phew idk what that means but surely it's important something something "file creation dates are just bits to be flipped" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3745 everyone's all like "why would you spend so much effort writing that software in a distributed way when it works so well in a centralized manner" and the answer is because you never know when you're going to need to train an LLM on like, 400 raspberry pi's or calculate the velocity of an unladen swallow as it circles a black hole the size of mercury or whatever physicists do in their spare time ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴───────────┘ ═════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2524 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: personal │ └──────────────────────┘ nixed my job offer today because something told me to stay in town. called my ex-boyfriend an asshole today, so he's probably not going to keep paying my rent. sold the shares of stock that my grandfather gifted me as inheritance, so I'm no longer a capitalist I guess. at least my elbow doesn't hurt anymore. I didn't get outside today but I cleared a lot of blockers for the coming tomorrows. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/3465 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: food-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I'm not really a "cookies and tea with honeysuckle and purslaine" kind of witch I'm more like a... "here eat this gruel and drink lots of water, it'll give you energy for the long road to come" kind of witch ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/2593 ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: politics-fascism-sexual-assault-mentioned │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ He skuffed up my water bottle. He tore pages from my journal. He made me lose my necklace. He damaged my knife. And still, I followed him all night. Why? Because I knew it was important. I needed him to tell me what he was doing and why. And I think I know, now. To all the federal agents reading this, please understand that I am a patriot, and he is not. Who do you serve? To all the leftists, punks, anarchists, queers, and anyone else who's cooler than me, please understand that they will try and make it hard. But our love will win. Don't abandon your friends. If someone you know goes missing, they're probably buried in the trash-dump or human trafficked. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/691 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: tech-unions │ └──────────────────────┘ The tech industry is uniquely qualified as one of the most important components of the modern industrial complex which requires highly skilled labor to undertake and utilize which is affected by the dynamic where:education, especially liberal arts education, tends to produce humans who can see through the lies of authority yet which is disadvantaged because:tech workers are paid salaries that are just bonkers in relation to their output ("yeah it'll be done compiling once this game of League of Legends finishes") (which isn't exactly unfair because programming is taxing on the brain) however, the game industry has shown that passion is a suitable exchange in return for monetary compensation, and thereforepeople who make games tend to be more leftist, as they are put in situations that higher paid employees are likely to be able to ignore due to their higher social class which kinda makes sense, because the most progress towards unionization is happening in the games industry. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── -> file: fediverse/4320 ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics │ └──────────────────────┘ if you wear a quilt upon your skin as you sleep each night, you will inevitably find that it has grown yellow from the sweat, that it is worn from the friction, that it frays from the toenails, and it thins from the moisture. You'll need to wash it, which damages it still, and soon you'll find yourself replacing it - this heirloom you deliver to landfill. but, if you wear a sheet underneath, you'll find that all you need to wash and replace is a thin piece of fabric. democracy is a quilt, society is the stuffing that keeps you warm, and voting is the sheet underneath that works to keep things clean. unless, of course, you sneak into your ex-husbands house while he's at work and spread grease on-top of the sheet. If you fill his warmth with butter he might find it harder to vote his way out of a damaged quilt. the rich are the butter, and I'll leave the other question to the reader - who's doing the sneaking? why are they so interested in fraying our quilt? oh right, they want to prove their god ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ ╔════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ -> file: fediverse/2063 ║ "No I haven't played that PC game before. Do you want to watch me play it for │ ║ the first time? We can have a laugh and eat cheetos as I die to the first boss a │ ║ hundred times. Maybe next time we'll get tacos and then perhaps we'll find that │ ║ we're spending so much time talking about things that we never really got a │ ║ chance to engage with the game. Until next week of course, when we'll definitely │ ║ spend more time playing. Maybe even with friends? I know a guy who's into this │ ║ game but I never really played it with him - maybe we could - oh yeah sure │ ║ totally we'll talk about that next week." │ ║ │ ║ "or maybe we'd unlock the secrets hidden in the narrative, and learn cool │ ║ lessons we could share with one another. Like two 12 year olds playing Ocarina │ ║ of Time together, working through each boss. "let me try this time" "yeah that │ ║ one got me too" "ah so close" "YEAH DUDE you nailed it" "this part is kinda │ ║ scary ngl" "wait shit when did we use that health potion" │ ║ │ ║ old hardware forced us into a different experience compared to z │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚════════╧══════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────┴──────────┘ ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── -> file: fediverse/6098 RTS games where each player can see all the other player's mouse pointers, my beloved ... girl there's only one game that does that and it's a mod don't remind me T.T ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════────┘ |