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So much drama, will it never end?
It sort of feels like High School but with computers on Steemit. Anyway, as you may have gathered from the title this post is intended to be inflammatory, but it's written from a place of no prejudice, only that, perhaps once read you take a moment to reflect and remember that no-one is innocent. Time to put a spotlight elsewhere.
I'm not religious but a great passage from the bible was this:
"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone"
Someone once told me that perhaps I'm too mainstream, perhaps this is my attempt of shedding that light.
How to be a complete douchebag on Steemit
So you've just found this new tech-fangled thing called Steemit, a lovely platform that rewards its writers with monetary gain for sharing their work and creating new and thought-provoking content, sometimes not, but what the hell. Each to their own, right?
The beauty of Steemit is crafted in such a way that there is no barrie. People with loads o' Steem can vote on the artists they like, each post is subjective, and with there being quite a variety of subjectivity between whales then at least the really good writers have a chance of accruing some much needed dollar.
Oh, and you, of course. Every one of your posts are absolutely magnificent and it would be an outrage were you to earn pennies from your beautifully hand crafted Venus de Milo-like priceless works of art. How dare they.
1. When whales stop voting you, decry the system as unfair, and moan for months, even from no initial investment and when you have the highest earnings and reputation
Yeah, man, those pesky damn whales. It doesn't matter if your account currently holds a five figure sum, bitch and whine and moan for months after wards. Make sure that your reputation is super high, so when people new to the system come looking for an authority to see how it's done, they'll have you to tell them how completely unfair it is. Decentralisation is only fair when it works in your favour. If anyone calls you out on this, either completely ignore them or just casually brush them off with, "Yeah, I was overpaid back then anyway"
2. Cash in from your whining whilst offering absolutely no productive, or achievable solutions - legwork? That's for the skivvies!
Fuck that man. Who cares if you have the bank flow to actually make something happen, it's better to post inflammatory articles that make people angry and achieve nothing whilst you make the mullah from the posts. People are there for YOUR benefit. Nothing else. Get those bitches to vote you up, make them angry. Yeah.
3. Post better written psychology articles for the more well read of us, that anyone working in the trade would understand anyway - but pass yourself off as a forward thinking sear
Yeah, man. Not many mental health professionals are into technology anyway. You'll be fine. Write all your articles out as if you were the first one to think of them. Make people think you are amazing. Even add your own artwork to add that touch of authenticity, and if anyone calls you out on that, just downvote the shit out of them, because, you know, you never downvote anyone as it's against your principles. Unless they provide proof and embarrass you. That's different.
4. Add absolutely no soul to your writing, and be a twat in the comments section
Who cares if the comments section doesn't match up with your writing, just be a fuckhead constantly and people will be too angry at your elitist attitude to reflect on whether your writing is actually outsourced, plagiarised, or it's actually you that did it. Reflection is for pussies anyway. In case someone tries to make you reflect, offer no introspection and just attack. Make it all about them. Hell, be so super sneaky to offer no personality in your writing, that way no-one can question or compare stories.
5. Watch others earn. Get super mad. Forget about anything else
Because fuck them. You are worth more than that. It takes you 6 hours to write an article for here, double that when you do two. And you're super popular on your other platforms because you're just awesome. And fuck sleep. You're super human. Spend most of the day getting twisty mad at all the other people earning on Steemit, watch their articles, tags, categories, and comment on everything that is slamming them, feed the hate. Fuck having a life man.
6. Reflect no application from what you have written on your article in the comments section
Because when it comes to Blooms Taxonomy the furthest you managed was 'understanding' to hell with application, never mind creation. Just regurgitate another soulless psychology piece and pass yourself off as a dominant sear again if anyone questions otherwise. Maybe attack them in the comments section to ward off suspicion. Make light of their faults, you have none. You are perfect in every way.
7. Forget what decentralisation actually means
You're all for decentralisation, but only if it works in your favour. Have all these awesome ideas but every one of them has to involve you, otherwise it's invalid or unfair. If you've become a whale by now apply no thinking to your own wallet - only those with MORE than you. Application of anarchistic theories only apply when they don't involve your own wallet - Jesus. You're not that daft, right?
And that's it for now - hope you enjoyed my bit of satire. I thought I'd try it since @supergoodliving is always at it :)
Peace, friends.
I was gonna flag this post in the spirit of performance art satire. but I'm too lazy to scroll back up. Flag so high!
All in the name of satire, friend. As I've said before - I'm no model of innocence lol.
so this is a call out for more douchebaggery on steemit? it keeps the place engaging
sigh - well, it's like this. When you become a popular person anywhere you involuntary set a precedent. People follow your actions, your words or anything you do. You become a leader by example completely by default. It's a responsibility, and occasionally a burden. If you set up a hate campaign, people follow that.
As a popular person you're expected to set some sort of standard, and as for being well known on the internet you're put under the microscope, you get hate, people scutinise your very being, or they troll you - it's all part of the game.
But what I don't expect is to have to put up with it from my popularity peers, and have them completely unchallenged for their behaviour. So perhaps this post was digging my oar in a bit - but don't worry. Normal service will resume today!
Back to positivity and happiness et al :)
One easy way to fix the problem is to change the whales. Make ME a super, mega whale, and all will be well. I'm nice. People like me, and I'm not popular on other platforms. (maybe that's why people like me) I have no ego, no money, no unhealthy desires. Just world domination, and that's normal right?
And if I was the mega-ist super-ist whale-ist person on Steemit and everyone followed my example, there would be a lot more talk about elves and dwarfs and dragons, and less about the doom of crashing cryptocurrencies.
Hmmm..... I think there is a story in that somewhere....... stares off into the distance.....
This actually really REALLY made me heartily laugh. I didn't get it, but I certainly like your humor. Going to follow you :)
Thanks for that. I like a good giggle.
Followed back. ;-)
LOL
My hamster and me wanted that world domination prior to you :D
Hamsters can't dominate the world. It's a well known fact. Google it. Never in the history of the world has a hamster had world domination.
Squirrels are a different story however.
So if you are bent on world domination you may want to consider an upgrade :-)
Your hamster could always serve as say..... finance minister, or under secretary for carrots or something.
I hope that helps. ;-)
While I love your sense of humor, we both strongly disagree :D
Nice. I love it :-)
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If only the people you are appealing too weren't so arrogant, because this post cries on deaf ears. Excellent work poking the hornets nest. Some people are starting to wake up to themselves, others not so much. In the end it'll be the ones who benefit the community that succeed, not those that try to break it down without reason. Thank you for this post @lifeisawesome, you're awesome ;)
Thank you! Normal service will resume as of today, promise. Until they implement a block button I'll just be ignoring it from now on :)
'The truth is it's own defense'
I expect that the crybaby wanna-be's won't last much longer.
....the current crop.
They'll be replaced.
Think of it as 'evolution in action'.
I guess that's a really good way to look at it. Things change, people move on. Great perspective :)
Good post!
I'm just wondering about whom exactly you meant? LOL
Thank you :)
Hi @lifeisawesome, I just stopped back to let you know your post was one of my favourite reads yesterday and I included it in my Steemit Ramble. You can read what I wrote about your post here.
Thank you Dawn :)
the cat's name is Dawn LOL she says you're welcome :)
Included in Steemprentice Spotlight :)
Thank you :)