Growing Old to become what you hate.....
I was scrolling on Hive today and came across the account of this guy who used to clown and hate on smaller accounts on Hive, how was friends with another big whale that share the same attitude as him, and he could go about dunking on others because of that whale friend he has.
Today I came across his account and saw that he was doing the exact same thing that he hated others for doing.
The other days on twitter, I saw some guy boasting that he can no longer be poor, because he has amassed enough wealth, and looking at the wealth he says he's amassed, think about 2 to 3 million dollars.
Now while this is a lot of money, and when managed well a person can truly not be poor forever, but I look at the lifestyle of this person. They're the type that gambles a lot on different investments.
They're the type that got rich down gambling heavy amount of money and got really lucky by making the right calls from their gambling (meme coin) expenditures.
I looked at this guy and he's probably around 28 or 30. I looked at his lifestyle and he's probably the type that spends a lot of money too, and I shook my head because I think money can give people the type of confidence that makes them cocky.
People don't realize when they're being cocky. They think it's how they are, or they think it's just self-esteem but the truth is, it's just the cockiness of having money.
That confidence that brings a level of boasting, and all that, and to be very honest I see that in people who suddenly became rich, and out of nowhere they started treating other people badly.
Back to the guy on Hive I was talking about.
A lot of people knows him from dunking, cursing, racially abusing, intimidating and discriminating others, and today, he doesn't have that influence, he cannot do the damage he once thought he was capable, and for one, if not that I lead a totally different life, I'd have left him a comment one days, telling him how he's completely become what he hates others for doing, especially for two reasons.
One of the reasons is that, we cannot always be in the positions we are. Life is rotary, and the second reason is that, life has a way of making people become the exact same thing they laughed at others for doing.
He's in his 40s, but somehow acted like a baby at heart in 2022 and 2023, and even though I felt someone in their 40s should have learned a lot about life, I honestly believe that experience is not an age thing.
A person can be 60, and still don't understand what it means to be humble, that is, they never learned what it means to be humble.
Too healthy to die
Some people think they're too healthy to die in their 20s or 30s, I've seen the healthiest people with the best genes, die without signs or symptoms, and I've seen sick, frail people survive for very long time.
The things we currently see or have are fleeting. However because we're mostly short sighted, it's always difficult to predict tomorrow especially when today looks either good or bad.
For example, like I said earlier. I've seen very rich people who are cocky. At some point in my life, I've been cocky too, even though it didn't have to do with money. We cannot continue to predict or assume what tomorrow will look like just by looking at today.
Although life gives us indicators and most times life works in a way where we can easily predict situations, circumstances and conditions, but honestly there are no manuals, no silver bullet, no pamphlets or guidelines to life, and that's why I treat life like everywhere is surrounded by landmines.
One sudden turn
You can make a completely misguided call by stepping into a mine, and that's your end, one single decision, one simple illness, just being unlucky, being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or just life being life, then you're back to being what you've always hated, all your life.
I look at people sometimes and it's saddening because they're conditioned to think they're immune. They treat life like they own the universe, they live like can see the future, and sometimes this becomes their Achilles heel.
One thing I've learned, no one is immune from the devastating turn of events of life, and even people who once had it very bad, can taste a period of good fortune and their lives are transformed.
If you're waiting to grow old to become wiser, then I suggest you begin to study life. Life is a school you don't need degree to graduate.
Anything can happen to you at anytime, including good or bad. Treat life like a field with jackpot and landmines, because just one step can make a huge difference. If you've learned, decided today to be wiser, kinder and humbler.
#bilpcoin #truth
The Ghost Accounts
The Faces Behind the Masks
@kriborin. @lessys. @arsahk. @buildawhale. @ipromote. @acidyo @jacobtothe @cwow2 @letusbuyhive @themarkymark. @poshtoken. @ocdb. @smooth. These are not just usernames. They are nodes in a network. They are the machinery of extraction. They are the ghosts that haunt the reward pool. Today, learn their names. Know their functions. Understand their purpose.
For in the end, you cannot fight what you cannot name.
The Courage to Speak
Silence Is the Currency of the Corrupt
There is a particular kind of evil that does not require action. It only requires your silence.
Every day you choose not to speak, you are speaking. Every day you choose not to look, you are looking away. Every day you choose not to question, you are answering on behalf of those who profit from your compliance.
The downvoting whales of Hive understand this. They know that if they can silence enough voices, the remaining ones will fall in line. They know that if they can label enough truth as "spam," the community will stop searching for signal. They know that your silence is their most valuable asset.
Do not give it to them.
Speak today. Share the data. Point to the ledger. Ask the questions they do not want asked. You do not need a million Hive Power to do this. You only need a voice and the courage to use it.
For in the end, silence is not peace. It is the sound of a garden being salted.
#TruthUnsilenced #SpeakUp #HiveTransparency #BlurtRising #Bilpcoin
The Weapon and the Wound
The Downvote Is Not Curation
A downvote is not a critique. It is not feedback. It is not quality control. When cast in coordination, when deployed against truth-tellers, when used to silence dissent—it is a weapon. And every weapon leaves a wound. Today, look at the wounds. Look at the users who left. Look at the voices that were crushed. The ledger remembers every one of them.
For in the end, a wound unacknowledged is a wound that fester.
Follow the Money
They call it curation. They call it governance. They call it community building. But the ledger calls it what it is: extraction. Follow the money. Trace the delegations from Blocktrades. Watch the weekly vesting withdrawals flowing to @ipromote. Count the curation rewards harvested by @buildawhale. The arithmetic does not lie. Today, learn the language of the ledger.
For in the end, numbers do not have PR departments. They only have truth.
https://blurt.blog/blurt-195646/@bpcvoter1/day-14-the-mathematics-of-merit
https://hive.blog/hive-148441/@bpcvoter1/do-not-be-afraid-to-be-a-beginner-the-expert-is-trapped-by-what-they-know-the-beginner-is-open-to-everything
https://hive.blog/hive-178138/@bilpcoinbpc/the-architecture-of-denial-on-the-futility-of-labeling-the-truth
https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@bilpcoinbpc/a-open-letter-to-hive
The Flow of Power
Delegation Is Declaration
When 2.4 million HP is delegated from Blocktrades to a single account @buildawhale, that is not support. That is control. When millions HP flows into a single consolidation hub, that is not community. That is cartel. Today, trace the flow of power. See where it comes from. See where it goes. See who benefits.
For in the end, delegation is not a gift. It is a declaration of allegiance.
Today is not just another turn of the clock.
The air hums with quiet urgency. The light feels different—sharper, clearer, as if the world has leaned in to listen.
Because today is the day you decide:
No more.
No more pretending that power justifies cruelty.
No more hiding behind “curation” while you crush voices that don’t flatter you.
No more downvoting creators into silence—stealing their earnings, their confidence, their will to create—because they dared to speak differently, think freely, or simply exist outside your circle.
https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@bilpcoinbpc/a-open-letter-to-hive
Ohh, thank you
Such ironic, right? Haha!
Yeah, it's such a huge irony
It's sad how some people operate on the idea that when they "make it" it somehow makes them special and better than others.
But, as you said, fortunes can change in a moment and then where are you? A broke butt-head that nobody wants to be around?
I think people just let money change them. Some people feel superior because of their looks, their race, genes or even health. It's just what it is. Unfortunately until they learn that life works in waves, they're probably not going to change. A lot of people still don't learn or change.
The world is uncertain, and so is life and every other thing because we have little control over them. We need to be humble because we don't know what tomorrow will bring.
Exactly, tomorrow can either be favourable or filled with disaster, we just have to learn to be humble, kind and empathetic. Life is full of so many unkind people, it's crazy
Funny how the table turned and he started doing the same thing he bullied others about. He wasn't informed about how life is 😂
I don't think I'd scroll pass his post without calling him out.
Well, he's still as arrogant as ever, and I'm honestly no longer in that state of life where I call people out anymore. It's just shocking that people can become what they hate, or perhaps they don't hate that idea anymore simply because it's them in that position. He's probably never going to learn to be kind or humble
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STOPMoney changes quite a few people, and I agree that things can bite them back in the future. I have seen way too many stories of people getting called out because their own words don't match their own actions on social media, and we never know when that will happen.
It's definitely not just Hive, it's reality in general. I think that became life happens to us differently, some people don't just learn the basics of life because they've not experience how cruel reality can be like. It's just the sad reality of life. I've seen a lot in life in such a short time, and I've learned a lot of lessons
definitely on point, it's super easy to condem water down the effort of others untill you're in their shoes to truly understand what they felt
I think there iss a big difference between being confident because you have worked hard for something and believing you are somehow untouchable because you have made money, things change so fast and it all can vanish from one moment to another, I think confidence also comes from expirience and sometimes consistency, past expirience makes you reasure something most like will work again. I also always gets me how quickly we humans forget where we started, making a few million through risky investments doesn't necessarily mean someone knows how to keep it, especially if they continue taking the same risks that made them wealthy. ✌️