No worries, I won't beg for the upvote because I completely understand your point of view. I do hope others are able to cast an upvote for the quality of the article, if not the subject matter.
I am watching to see if I have a future in news articles or not and adjust my writing based on response (upvotes, comments, resteems, etc) from my fellow Steemians.
I blame you for giving me the incentive to finally figure out what this meme was about and I feel dumber for it. Still following you though :) Someone has to troll the the heap of news to pick out the gems. Keep up the good work!
I try to stick to the more 'hard hitting' stuff but sometimes you get detoured. Lol Thanks for the follow, I appreciate it.