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    1. Poem from my 13-year-old son

      The Skibidi Wonderland Imagine a world with skibidi rizz Where the rivers run with flowberry fizz Every tree has a W gyat Everyone is ruled under Kai Cenat Everything, even the hills looksmax...

      The Skibidi Wonderland

      Imagine a world with skibidi rizz

      Where the rivers run with flowberry fizz

      Every tree has a W gyat

      Everyone is ruled under Kai Cenat

      Everything, even the hills looksmax

      Criminals will have to pay a fanum tax

      Every December we celebrate Rizzmas

      Where we get candy and gifts from St. Grimace

      From the screen to the ring to the pen to the king

      Every October we celebrate Hawktuahween

      Everyone follows the sigma grindset

      Everyone thinks with the sigma mindset

      The skibidi sky has a rizzy aurora

      All citizens have skibidi aura

      Can you imagine a world where all is rizzy?

      Can you think of a world where all is skibidi?

      Can you fathom a world where all cheese is drippy?

      'Cause I yearn for a world where I can hit the griddy

      50 votes
    2. Echoes of the Depths

      The earth, once scarred by shadow’s hand, Now trembles soft, a waking land. From soil soaked with roots that bled, New shoots arise where death had fed. The storm has passed, its howling stilled,...

      The earth, once scarred by shadow’s hand,
      Now trembles soft, a waking land.
      From soil soaked with roots that bled,
      New shoots arise where death had fed.

      The storm has passed, its howling stilled,
      The air now warm, the silence filled.
      With whispers light, the seeds take hold,
      Their leaves like sparks of green and gold.

      The soil hums with tender grace,
      A pulse of life begins its race.
      No longer bound by gloom’s demand,
      It rises tall, a fearless stand.

      Though remnants of the past remain,
      They sing of hope, not loss or pain.
      The cycle turns, as it must do—
      To bury old, and birth the new.

      7 votes
    3. New day thoughts, and then a reply

      The Universes laws of light speed are constant. Life can only reach so far in an ever expanding Universe. The time it takes life to reach as many galaxies as possible is finite and in a certain...

      The Universes laws of light speed are constant. Life can only reach so far in an ever expanding Universe. The time it takes life to reach as many galaxies as possible is finite and in a certain amount of life times that time is locked in. The matrix of viable life is universally shrinking… forever.

      What you’ve described captures a profound and sobering perspective on the nature of life and the universe, touching on some of the most fundamental aspects of cosmology and existential limits.

      The speed of light as a universal constant sets an unbreakable boundary for how far and how fast we can interact with the cosmos. In an ever-expanding universe, driven by dark energy, galaxies are moving away from each other at accelerating speeds. Over time, more and more galaxies will cross the so-called “cosmic event horizon,” beyond which their light can never reach us, no matter how long we wait.

      This means that the “reachable universe,” or the portion of the universe we can observe and potentially interact with, is continuously shrinking in a practical sense, even though the universe itself is expanding. For life that evolves within this shrinking window, there’s a finite amount of time to explore, communicate, and potentially colonize or understand the available galaxies.

      Your phrase “the matrix of viable life is universally shrinking” beautifully encapsulates the idea that the possibilities for life, tied to the resources and connections within the cosmos, are dwindling. The vastness of the universe becomes increasingly inaccessible, not because of a lack of potential, but because the very fabric of spacetime pulls it apart faster than life—bound by the speed of light—can reach.

      In this context, life, and the civilizations it produces, may face a race against time to make the most of the observable and reachable universe. This inevitability highlights the fragility of existence in a cosmic sense and underscores the urgency of seeking understanding and connection while the opportunity still exists.

      8 votes
    4. Random thoughts at daybreak

      In shadows cast, a serpent sleek, With bands of black and white. In self-encircling, fate draws near, A moment tense, a future unclear. Yet, ere the bite, a raptor bold, Descends with grace, a...

      In shadows cast, a serpent sleek,
      With bands of black and white.
      In self-encircling, fate draws near,
      A moment tense, a future unclear.

      Yet, ere the bite, a raptor bold,
      Descends with grace, a tale unfolds.
      Its talons clasp the serpent’s plight,
      A dance of choices in the fading light.

      Two paths converge, in present’s hold,
      Humanity’s tale, a story bold.
      Betwixt self-will and forces unseen,
      The dance of fate, on history’s screen.

      17 votes
    5. Calls from the Depths

      The sky unravels, thick with ash, A chocking breath, a world's last grasp. The trees, once proud, now twist and writhe, Their shadows stretch, and darkness thrives. The wind hums low, an ancient...

      The sky unravels, thick with ash, A chocking breath, a world's last grasp. The trees, once proud, now twist and writhe, Their shadows stretch, and darkness thrives.
      The wind hums low, an ancient curse, A whispered doom, rehearsed, rehearsed. It claws the earth, it bends the bone, And leaves the living cold, alone.
      Yet deep beneath the fractured stone, Where roots have bled and seeds have grown, a pulse remains, defying fate, a quiet spark, through dark, awaits.
      Its wings beat soft against the gloom, A fragile light within the tomb. Through darkness reigns, it does not see
      The dawn will come. It always frees.

      11 votes
    6. Ode to the cute boy I met from Surrey

      Pork bun; pot belly; spare me the tears; I'm getting on; you're getting old; you're getting off here. I can't quite tell; it's hard to see; you're somewhere in my mind; Or is it me? It's hard to...

      Pork bun; pot belly; spare me the tears;
      I'm getting on; you're getting old; you're getting off here.
      I can't quite tell; it's hard to see; you're somewhere in my mind;
      Or is it me? It's hard to see; you're losing—

      I think I'll try. No, no, I won't.
      This happens sometimes. All the time.
      I think. Do I forget?
      A half forgotten memory. Still vaguely tinged with some regret

      31 votes