I freaked out last week.

I'm not going to go into details, but I definitely freaked out. It has something to do with the ingestion of too much information and the realization that I have a Coinbase account. Taxes.

I returned to Steemit today, to discover that @steve-walschot did a rage quit. I forgot how much I missed the insanity on Steemit.

Conflict is what attracts the highest engagement, after all. Every marketer and news headline writer knows this.

Without conflict, the world would be boring AF.

Against my better judgment, I recorded my reaction right when I read @kyle's post about @steve-walschot rage quitting:

I know it is not a funny matter, but it is the most I have laughed in a while. I'm laughing not at the expense of @steve-walschot, but because whenever someone has a freakout that goes public, I'm made aware of just how fragile humans are. Also, I'm reminded just how irrational most of us are, including myself. I am laughing because I understand where steve is coming from, when he flagged...........the urge to flag for irrational or rational reasons resides within us all. Some cannot stifle that urge. The flagging should be renamed dynamite.

I also am laughing because I had just come back from a Steemit holiday, and to be honest, I didn't know when I would return due to my extremely low mood.

I don't mean anything malicious or harmful by making this video. I truly have missed the truly bizarre and futuristic aspects within Steemit. I have not missed the shitposts or Steemsports posts at all though. (I'm in the "I dislike Steemsports" camp. My reasoning is that the more gambling type posts that accumulate in here, the more this platform will sink like the Titanic.)

I am begrudgingly back.....and I have good reasons that I'm declining payout. It's readers I want, not auto upvote bots.

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