I’ve really enjoyed myself this last couple of days…
Weird, uh?
I haven’t been posting - which was mostly down to me dying a couple of times.(see previous post).
I find that death has an annoying habit of interrupting the normal work flow.
Pesky death.
That being said, it’s not all bad.
The thing is, I don’t just 'stop thinking' - because my body has given up the will to live .
Noooooo… far, far, from it .
What is DOES do, is that it allows the brain to keep ticking away, while not engaged in the day to day ‘normal’ processes and habits.
And this is always a good thing (for me it is, at least).
And so, today, as I return to the keyboard to write down my thoughts, I come back with a fresher perspective.
Not with a different outlook, not fundamentally - but with one that is more disengaged with Hive.
Social media can become a cancerous, navel gazing , all absorbing exercise - if not careful. (for me at least).
Unfortunately ‘careful’ also seems to be a word that I really have trouble understanding – or even seeing , a lot of the times…(bugger).
Once upon a time (believe it or not), I used to have a saying that I tried to live by ( most of the time) …
...“if you can’t say anything good, don’t bother saying it’….
ok, most people probably won’t believe that I used to have that saying (which I can fully understand) - but I really did.
The ‘social media experience’ soon knocked that one right outta me…
NOT being on social media for this last couple of days (virtually true) , I now find myself renewed with a positive energy instead of cynical one.
(Should stand me in good stead for a few hours! lol)
What does tell you about social media in general?
Yeah, I know, it’s nothing new – various studies carried out time and time again - have confirmed that it is , mostly, negative to a persons life.
Why then, are we all so addicted to it?
It’s not for the money, that’s for sure.
I have my own reasons as I'm sure all you do.
All addicts have their own valid reasons.
Even as I write this, I find my ‘cynical persona’ kicking in, trying to alter the way in which I express this post.
Hive and block chain.
The problem I have with block chain is the lack of a free market.
And it's one that really grinds my gears - as it shows up my own failure. On the block chain.
And I hate failing.
IF success on the block chain – in terms of financial reward – is dependent on the level of sycophancy and politicking, then I know that I will fail.
I've known this about for myself for a long time, but whoever said that 'stubborn' listens to 'wisdom'?
I’m not very smart at all - not in this context.
(see my next ‘deep dives’ post after this - and ‘the equation of smart’ to understand exactly what I mean by this).
Five or six months ago I decided (once again), to see if I could live off my inane ramblings and video's on the block chain
and only made remotely possible by milking steem posts , (with much help from @antisocialist) my efforts to make $10/15 a day - failed.
So....I’m not trying to do it anymore.
I’ve never – NOT ONCE – (in relation to work and doing business), failed a free market scenario.
Hive and DPOS is not a free market.
(and that is for another post that's coming up later on).
There is no philosophical or intellectual argument that it is a free market.
Free markets without price discovery mechanisms, is an argument fit for 5 year olds, or those of low cognitive ability, or/and disingenuous liars.
Price discovery mechanisms without sound money, is an equally facile , low IQ, argument.
Yes, I know my statement could be seen as contradictory - vis a vis me 'never failing in free market', not when there's never been any sound money or free markets in my lifetime – but that’s merely argumentative and pedantic.
Within the microcosm of 'real life', day to day experience and transactions- and business - ‘sound money’ has been in play – or least the illusion of it - to such a degree that everyone had bought into it.
So - in 'day to day' terms, it's acted and exhibited the qualities of sound money.
I digress...
...I joined steem when it was less than a year old and so , as such - have been around long enough to know exactly how things work in these parts.
I've argued long and hard about the shortcomings of the system in relation to ‘price discovery’ and sound money.
My position has not changed in that regard and my arguments are sound – and self evident - for anyone wishing to see for themselves.
(more about that later on yet another, separate , post).
I'm one of the few remaining 'veterans' of this space!
If the abysmal retention rate and lack of growth of the block chain ecosystem isn't giving you severe tinnitus, then you're really not paying attention.
I cannot change anything here - nor will I bother trying.
I’m done.
(Not in a nihilistic , 'rage quitting', and storming off kind of way – NOOOOooooo). I’ll still be posting!
I’m just approaching it all a little bit 'differently' from now on.
I cannot succeed in this space, not when politics trumps product.
...Not when the messenger is more relevant than the message.
When sycophancy and politicking return higher rewards than the product itself, I will lose. ..Always.
And if the product is the person?...
Then that just goes to show you just how misaligned I am to this environment.
How misaligned to reality this environment really is.
I’m... not... ‘smart’... enough.
So... rather than continuing to play a losing game – I’m changing my game.
Have you ever heard of 'A Viking Omelet' ?
No, neither had I.
...now that could be down to the fact that I've just made it up! lol...… but it does kinda sums up my perspective.
There's no omelets ever produced, not without first breaking some eggs first
For fucks sake!... I’m only a few hundred word into this post, and I’m already getting arsy.
There's almost no financial reason to post on hive.
For me - to live from posting - would only require $15 a day.
** Speculation on the Hive token price is not relevant. ('speculation' simply a gamblers term for justifying an addiction to money)... and this is not my motivation for being here...Greed is not my addiction.
I hope you enjoy reading my posts over this coming next week or two - I hope you find it interesting enough to watch this new journey that I'm embarking on.
It's all positive.
Oh, and some of you out there with egg shell ego's - are gonna fucking hate it. (I don't think any of my '12 happy followers' will, though..)
Resurrection from the dead - multiple times...?!?!? Geezzzzzzzz... You must be a true Holy-man.
You've done better than methat's an accomplishment of sorts - I guess? financially here, even though I'm prettier than you (Don't get any ideas @frot), so
Anyway... Here's hoping you heal from whatever ails ya, before you croak again with your head in the shit-hole. I know how unpleasant that can be from past experience, after eating a couple of hotdogs from a sidewalk vendor... It sure helped turn me into a vegan for a few years, after that death...
I died for your sins, my son...
I'm fighting fit again, no probs. Cheers.
*You still have some hive coming your way from me...and lots of it (hopefully!) (I'm like an elephant, in certain ways...)
you have a large trunk...
...you just had to, didn't you?
LOTS of IT...?!?!?!?!? Holy shmoley... just tuck it into my wallet any time you're passing through old friend😎 Baby needs new shoes:
....those shoes have years of use left in them!!!
My current footwear (one of three pairs), I bought for $12 - and seven years later, still have and use every day!
Some people are just so goddamn decadent!
Making some cash on social media is like trying to sell your dreams .
A market demands that you adjust yourself to it in order to make a profit , conform to it .
If the market demands dreams from Marx en Mao , well , then you know where the profit is at . (hive:0.13 steem:0.19)
If you want to change the market ,... destroy those dreams first .
Source: https://www.youtube.com/c/DeKapitein/videos
Some had enough , Amsterdam 17-01-2021 .
This week is about to get wild anyway - sit back and watch!
How to make $ on Hive (same as Steemit) - Write a long boring but worthy post. Do a variation of it every day. Never vary that formula or change the subject. Suck some dicks, After six months you will be an omelette.
Or - buy a shitload of Hive and get lots of curation rewards. Ignore dicks. Post whatever the fuck you want when you can be arsed.
I am doing option B!
lol - V. good for you, matey!
I'm trying option C.
I'm one of the 12 followers I guess. I like the variety you post, even though I don't really like meme's you did do some pretty good ones. I don't generally like videos much, but yours were pretty funny.The politics and the education post also pretty enjoyable so I will be looking forward to the next phase/transition/transcendence of your Hive journey.
I don't think anyone really knows what Hive Block Chain is, but I do know the post from you and others do make it interesting.
Thank's matey, I appreciate the input!
Bring on the positive.
Positive is always good!
(and thanks for the tip, btw!)
I find your work seriously hysterical. So I'll be #13! (Try to contain your excitement:)
But in the interest of full disclosure I'll add that, due to lacking an addictive personality, I joined steem in 2016 and somehow I'm still am pretty much a noob. Hopefully your other 12 followers are more reliable.