Contrary to popular belief, having boobs does not make it easier. Not when no one can see them.
It’s true. I was feeling lonely and bored on Steemit, unsure of how to start up a conversation in Discord or Steemit.Chat. I tried once, blurting out hi, awkwardly blundering into a conversation about poetry, but they treated me like a ghost. In the end, I had no choice.
That’s what I became - I just stood by, listening, watching, admiring the confidence of other Steemians – how they freely frolicked about chatrooms, uninhibited, stripping down to their bare identities right there in front of everyone. The back and forth was so natural for them…but my botched attempt to join in was the equivalent of blasting Radio Head’s “I’m a Creep” in the middle of a rave.
After a failed one on one conversation, just me and another Steemian in a room, (life lesson: don’t get into politics and privilege with someone you don’t know too well…never ends well), I gave up, and accepted my fate: The only way for me to find love and attention on Steemit was to pay for it.
Butterflies filled my stomach before I took the plunge, I felt naughty, but curiosity drove me to do it. It started with paying for a (cheap) membership to the Minnow Support Project – for just .001 or .002 Steem, I’d gain affection from bots in the form of upvotes – my posts no longer alone with 1-5 votes, earning less than the price of a pack of bubble gum in the 1950’s. With that, I turned out my thoughts on the page, sent them out to the cold, Steem streets to make me money. There was no turning back now.
My heart raced, and I felt a dirty guilt as their street value increased. Some, I dressed up with new photos, edited out glaring typos. Others, I left alone as sort of a social experiment. How well can the ugly, stupid ones do?
That’s when I discovered – even they could succeed with the help of a whale. The Minnow Support Project’s votes did as intended, causing a spike in my dopamine levels – but not bringing in the money I hoped for. My cravings intensified – I needed more love, even if I had to pay for it.
So I turned to…RandoWhale. Before I knew it, I was addicted. Throwing 2, 3, even 4 Steem per post in hopes that she’d give me 100% of her affection, her undivided attention. But being passed around as she’s been, she was tired, weak. I know she gave me more than many, but it wasn’t enough. It would never be enough.
As I finish this sentence, my fingers are already twitching, giddy with anticipation. My index finger has a mind of it's own, leading itself up to my warm, wet mouth, and finally inside, where it's licked and sucked, from tip to base, then making its way back down to the keyboard, gently gliding toward the “r” "a" "n" "d" "o" keys tracing their curves before pressing down hard…
My God, what have I become?!
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Something about self satisfying isn't as pleasurable, maybe flash your minnow support at a bigger fish to get noticed, maybe they'll take the lure.
Random whale is an expensive way, you flap that tail in a big fishes streem, you might just entice them into your waters. Then it's up to you to show your skills, and you've got skills.
Rome wasn't, then it was, took time though.
Thank you :-) Very good point on Rome - and on the expensive Rando Whale lol...telling myself this is a marathon and not a sprint.
It doesn't happen over night, patience and consistency will go a long way. Congrats on the 'bun' by the way, I've got a peanut brewing due in February.
Congratulations with a big, frothy (but, unfortunately non alcoholic) cyber cheers to my bun and your peanut !
Meet a baby with FAS, you'll not regret that alcohol free cheers. Stay strong. I want to add a piece of advice, I know how people love unsolicited advice, but I see you've tried to find help and not got much, so bear with me. Don't ReSteem so much. This excellent piece should be at the top of your page when people click on your name and come here, instead it is hidden halfway down after only five hours. Check out my page, not a brag or ad, you don't have to like or follow or whatever, just look at the layout. You'll note I post at least twice for every one ReSteem. And if a post says ReSteem, chances are much much lower I will, it's tackier then a jellybean counting contest. Give yourself at least 12 hours after a post before red teeming anything that will push you down your own page.
Good point. I didn't even think of that - old Twitter habits die hard. And I absolutely love constructive 'unsolicited' advice, which yours is. You know, I don't know why I didn't think of it actually - because I'm always turned off when I see someone's feed full of resteems and very little of their own content.
I hope Steemit eventually finds a more organized solution to the current interface (something as similar as 2 threads - one with our blog and the other with what we've resteemed. )
Your feed looks cleaner without all the resteems :-)
On the FAS - I sort of 'grew out of drinking' over the past few years. Maybe I spent too much of my 20's with hangovers lol - but somewhere along the line I went from a bottle of wine - or a 6 pack of beer a day in my mid 20's - to (pre pregnancy) maybe 2 glasses of wine a month when I'm with friends.
Weird. It wasn't even a conscious thing. That said - only because it's summer, and because I CAN'T drink, does an ice cold beer look more appealing than ever haha. Obviously, saving it for January :-)
Thanks for taking time to offer advice - and compliments :-)
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Oh no that's very naughty! Why, you need salvation! Just put that rando down! I think there are more users like you that need help. I think I may need to start a support group. Kind of like Rando-Anonyous...(like how I left the "m" off of Anonymous lol) Followed.
That's brilliant - and just what steemit needs lol. I have to say when I saw your screen name - I was afraid to look at your feed - expecting a very different type of content ;-) Pleasantly surprised and following.
LOL best comment evar LOL
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wow very nice
Thank you!
This is so so brilliant!!
:-) Thank you!
Upvote from me!!
Next I want to see something socially thoughtful! You're good at it :)
Absolutely no pressure :-P (freaks out)
You're amazing at it.
I'm blushing hard!
Haha!
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I know @Randompic - the post is kind of tongue in cheek. The beauty of Steemit is that we CAN make money - so why not try? Also, there's a psychological boost of seeing a high number next to your post - high number of votes and/or $. Even if it wasn't actual $
TBH I'd rather receive a bunch of comments - even if a post only made $.01 because then I drew a crowd ;-)