My Co-Dependent Adopt A Minnow Plan...

in codependent •  7 years ago  (edited)

Since I have been feeling a bit amused (and maybe jealous) of the Cryptokitties, I've decided I also have an emptiness that can't be filled by human interaction, hence I need a pet.  Cryptokitties just aren't enough to fill the void that I feel, so.. 



I've decided to adopt a Minnow.  Not just adopt, but live vicariously through you co-dependently.  


Not just adopt though, to take an unnatural, over-involved interest in a minnow's life

  • If you are adopted, I will live for your success or failure.
  • I will over-estimate your successes and become over-involved in your failures
  • I will brag about you even when you don't deserve it.  I will post about how fabulous you are even if you are barely average.
  • I will nag you and give you unsolicited advice
  • I will upvote you just to keep you happy, I will demand that others acknowledge your talents and shame them for upvoting others over you.
  • I will quickly tire of you when you become self sufficient and can no longer meet my need to be needed

Since my own success is moderate at best, I hope to catapult you past my own level and remind you for the rest of our lives, how I am responsible for all of your victories.

If you are interested in becoming my online project giving me illusions of making a difference and a smug sense of personal importance, please apply below.  I will focus on you until I lose interest.  Likely about a month, after which I will forever remind you that I launched your career.

Please let me know how you can fulfill my need to be needed below..

Must be a small account with less than 1k SteemPower, a history of PoweringUp, and some reasonable content.

For the rest of you feeling unloved, you should adopt a minnow also, everyone needs an indentured servant.

@whatsup

(it is all in fun, but I really will adopt a minnow for a bit)

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I knew it! I knew those cryptokitties were going to result in unforeseen collateral damage. But I wish you all manners of success with your new project... I shall follow it with interest, and hope you end up with many groupies who will collectively help launch the wee minnow directly to whalehood... or something like that.

To totally misappropriate an overused political quote: "Make Steemit Interesting Again!"

thanks for sharing.

Its cool idea, lets see whose future is going to rock.

Awesome idea! Maybe you will start a trend! :)

I'm your man/minnow/goat.
My credentials are: being co-dependant. You working for me will make me work harder for myself. I'm fine letting myself down, but I hate disappointing other people.

Hmmmm! @whatsup,

This is a good idea.

Hmmm! Who would be the lucky minnow to be adopted by a whale. Hahahàha!

You can brag about any upvote you have ever given me, past and future. Tally them up if you'd like. Right now I must owe 70% of my fortune to acidyo . Feel free to beat him as my #1 benefactor and steal me from his custody. I sometimes shit on the floor.

If you choose a smaller, cuter minnow, I will understand.

Hahaha! This is too much competition for my weak spirit. Acidyo is more successful than me, and I can't face that. :(

It's ok, he usually doesn't want to upvote me, he just has to cause his OCD staff loves me so much :-D!

If I owe 40% to him and 30% to you I can call him daddy and you mommy. Or the other way around if you'd like, mommy can be stronger.

hahaha. Mommy is okay, but tell Daddy, I wear the pants.

Daddy must know, that's why he disappears for weeks at a time.

I have never had a father. I am homeless, hungry and unloved. I made a wish to the good fairy an hour ago for a father who would be obsessed about me. I wonder if my wish is being granted😢😢😢

The good fairy may have answered both of our prayers.

Amen! Amen! Amen!!!

Would you really like to be a part of my attention seeking, self promoting project that I will disguise as an attempt to help you? Grovel here if so.

Oh wise and noble master, how could any man born of a woman not want to be a part of your project? How could I, a lowly man who is from no royal lineage, mistake your altruism for selfishness? If this be disguise, then disguise is what I will have. No honor is greater than being known by you, oh mighty king. Please, let me be the means by which your fame is talked about even in the remotest corners of the earth. I say this before you and all those gathered here this day, that I and my people shall be your servants even after your reign is over. Oh mighty king, may I find favour in your benevolent eyes

Adopt a minnow, so much more PC than the derogatory label of 'intern'. Pick me, puhlease, pulease...in turn I'll be super sweet for the first day, then quickly resort to yelling: YOU'RE NOT MY DAD - YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!

I need someone to rebel against...this could be a co-dependent match made in hell!

I am considering you, it does seem like a match, can you spend some time telling me how important my assistance will be to you?

DON'T YOU EVER TELL ME WHAT TO DO! But please don't leave me, I need you. crying laughing emoji

You are a finalist... If you want my attention, affection and votes... Please stroke my ego below.

I was too busy being pregnant and paranoid I was going into labor every other day to check Steemit LOL. (I wasn't, I'm ok, baby is ok, not even due for another 6-8 weeks so don't worry haha). Seriously though. If you keep this adopt a minnow up for long term, maybe I can 'apply' again when I'm more reliable ;-)
I'll watch you and your new protege very closely...very critically...;-)

Love it.

Oh, sounds like real life! Obviously more import! Yes, depending on how this goes I may do another round.

Ahahahaha!!! You are hilarious and this is complete genius. I hope you have fun with your project and eliminate your crypto Kittie jealousy. Additionally I hope it elevates to minnow breeding which I hear is the true benefit to the kitties. Ha! Completely absurd our world, however clearly we are entertained. Maybe entertained enough to put myself up for minnow adoption 😂😂

Hi Brandy, consider the adoption, my annoying factor can go through the roof! :) it is going to be yyyuge.

Whale I've considered it! And annoyance is not enough to say no. I'm up for adoption!

You are a finalist! Please tell me how much I might mean to your future. How you show gratitude.

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Beings this platform is based on all of our our mutual success your boosting my future will also in turn boost your own. The mere fact that you even came up with such a proposal is inspiring and I think we may find ourselves working towards the success of others as a team. #minnowadoption is a great way to pass on the torch... you help me, I am likely to inherit your generous nature to find myself all grown up and following in your footsteps. I am a student of crypto and have lots to learn. I plan to share what I learn in a simplified way in order to make it more approachable for those who may not be a tech savy as someone like yourself or the other big fish in these digital waters. My gratitude will literally be announced in the form of posts, comments and genuine appreciation until our goals are met or become bored. All of this being said, I am likely to bore you quickly with my dry humor and kind nature. I will be the biggest fish I can be and I know that will never happen without the communities support, putting myself up for adoption is admitting that I am nothing without it. Finally you will have to live out your days knowing that you chose a qualified and hard working candidate. That's the hard part. Warning.... this could also result in some giant misunderstanding and the outcome could be steem kitties and since kitties eat fish, this could get ugly!

lol, had I adopted a crypto kitty, I would have been able to breed it and sell the offspring, but in this case...

You will have to sell your own off-spring.

I will begin pushing your boundries now. Oh can I paste your face on Minnow? :)

I am so honored to have been chosen over so many worthy candidates and witty contributions! I will prove to be a most loyal pet minnow!

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Here is a token of my gratitude!! I will be telling everyone I've been adopted!

Well done! :) Omg, I have adopted the best minnow ever, I can wait to show of my Cyber_Minnow!

This is a great initiative as there are too many minnows and planktons who are unloved and unrecognized.

They post great content but is sadly just getting cents or even no votes at all. I remember my own journey of my own introduceyourself post barely hitting 10 cents but you continue and post on.

Sometimes I get good exposure and votes, more often not but you continue on hoping that you'll get curated or be witty enough or funny enough or hit on a piece that resonates well with folks.

The introduceyourself is the obvious choice to look for a new minnow or plankton to help out but those freewrite and fiction tags could also be a good place as there are a lot of good content out there that get undervalued.

I would like to nominate fellow writers @rdj and @felt.buzz though as they have great content.

Adopt me!

  • I'll adore you to the end of time if you take me under your wing.
  • I will work hard to make you proud.
  • I've been looking for someone to mentor me since I got here.
  • AND... should I ever surpass you, I will be sure to pay back the favor.

truly it's an great idea and a good community service too. Hope you will find your right candidate for adaptation and lots of fun.
Now a days it is very hard to find a honest and hard working people in real world activities and finding a trustworthy Steemit candidate for adaptation is not and easy task,
I wish you all the best.
Cheers!

This is a pretty neat initiative. I'm not sure but I don't think I'm a minnow anymore. Nevertheless I would like to be adopted by you. I'm thinking you live in England somewhere? That works for me as I'm tired of living in Texas.

That is fabulous, I live in WA, but want to move to Texas. Will you build me a room and met my needs?

If you want to come to Texas I will build you an airplane and fly it myself.

@whatsup,
If you get angry with your pet Minnow what will happen? That's the most important thing before apply for such position :D

Cheers~

I will rant and rave about how you should be better, but I will be emotionally involved, so it will not escalate past words. :)

he's gonna be that guy
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I will focus on you until I lose interest. Likely about a month, after which I will forever remind you that I launched your career.

looks fair enough and I'm lining up. :D

Excellent, i like your thoughts you are planning to adopt a minnow in steemit and then support him or her so that they able to continue their journey on steemit effectively, well according to my opinion we all have to give in such a way that even our left hand remains unaware of it and another thing is that if we give and then expect a return for it then we are just following the proverb do good & cast in to the river, so in my opinion just pick a minnow silently which you think is a most deserving one and then continue to give him or her your support, i hope this act will surely bring in great results for you, Stay blessed and thanks for sharing

Absolutely great idea you think @whatsup. I wish you to success new & next project task. Will see who's the lucky minnow of you. Lot of un-trusted peoples here and no more easy task to find trustworthy minnow.
But why you think to choose smaller minnow?

I have to find someone tiny in order to elevate myself to the limits my heart desires.

That's great idea in your point & I believe and wish it will be success.

lol

Hi @whatsup, I've met very loving humans here at Steemit and congratulations you are new on the list. I've seen some whales who are not generous at all. They're not giving. But the tribe of people that I'm talking about is blessed with generosity - they believe in getting success they sharing. I think this is important even from market economy stand-point. Just like honesty has a market value the generosity has its fruits too regardless of whether you think of it or not.

I joined Steemit back in July 2017. I've been writing whatever I learnt here. Due to some personal affairs, this journey has not been smooth. I had to stop my Steemit activities twice but I resumed again because Steemit for me is just like love at first sight. Finding this platform was just like finding a pond of water in the desert. Since my joining, I've been watching a lots of videos on Steemit and wrote blogs/guides for the minnows based on whatever I knew. I don't fully understand what you wrote above but I believe in your services for the platform so in a way, I believe in you.

I'm willing to become your online project. Please count me in. This would be the best thing someone does to me before this year ends. A great memory that will last forever.

Stay awesome and generous.

Steem On!

hi @whatsup, I am realy awed with your this undertaking uniquely for minnows. I completely bolstered you on "Co-Dependent Minnow Adoption Plan". your points and views for battling individuals here in steem group are appreciable. I realy acknowledge for your positive intuition for us.

wow post i like it..thanks for resteem..

Really good post thanks for sharing @ whatsup
I'm always follow of your post
Please check my profile

nice thinking,good post,thanks for sharing

You are great @whatsup. Thanks for sharing move. i like and following you.

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very good post,nice topic
thanks for sharing @whatsup

Its your kind heart that works without any selfish motive, i find such cases rarely. God blless you.

Great idea @whatsup, if you look at me, can I come up? :)

Bravo! I love this peace... Nice post👍

@whatsup my dear friend...

  1. That is very good idea for all steemians...
  2. And I'm always trust steem can change my future..
  3. Steem and SBD price grow day by day...and I think minnow projects us very useful to new steemians...like me..
  4. Wel done and perfect work my dear friend...I'm always respect your ideas ..
    Upvoted...
    Cheers~~~

Really a amazing post

You got a 4.78% upvote from @sneaky-ninja courtesy of @whatsup!

This is a great,
I upvoted you as a witness :) good luck!

kind of interesting to see at first cool

Thanks for sharing! A link to your post was included in the Steem.center wiki article about Minnow. Thanks and good luck again!

cool and a great idea for the minnows betterment :)

This fish called bata in my country.
I love this fish

That's going to be really epic for an minnow :D

@whatsup - Ma'm this is a good idea & a helpful idea too.... Nice thought in this X'mas time.... If you wish please add myself into the Adopt list to.... ;)

+W+ [UpVoted & ReSteemed]

the best initiative it is going to be

Nice start it will be to mentor them

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And here i thought it was about a fish which was already dead by the image of the post in the name of adopting but you are indeed full of surprise ;)
Now adopting a real minnow ,that is indeed a great projection ,go ahead and i do wish you get your best minnow and help him/her forward all the way even for a small amount of time ,which will definitely expand the view of the minnow that is for sure ;)

you need to find a great minnow for that

Content creators with creative mind time to rejoice @whatsup is here to rescue you

all dolphins and whales should find a group or "school" of minnows with potential to make great financial and human capital gains

i can't fullfil this thing right now but i hope to try and make myself better :)

that's good but first keep that minnow in water lol ;p

you setting the way for many people this will help a lot

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It is definitely fun to be adopted. Nice unique idea. :)

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