Confessions of a Bored Geek

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So what to write today? I started doing a restaurant review last evening but on Hive there’s no @tasteem anymore.

The review will arrive on HIVE, just not today. It doesn't feel like that kind of day.

I liked @tasteem, won a lot of their contest probably because of my stake size and not because of my writing style, but I can persuade myself that I can write and maybe I won them for that reason.

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Those contests are still going and barely anyone enters them as the @misterdelegation pulled their delegation. They still take a 9% of author rewards and dish out 50% votes now.

It’s still worth it for the smaller stakeholders. They can win all the contests now, as I don’t do STEEM.

…’I don’t do STEEM. I said my goodbyes and yet I keep looking on there and seeing all the looting going on’…

Should I rescind my proclamation and resume duel posting? It is tempting but I can’t go back on my word as that would be sacrilegious.

I have been out of work since Christmas Eve 2019. It's getting boring, every day is the same, get up, eat, mess around on STEEM/HIVE, write something, post it, switch on the PS4, do a little gaming, eat, crash, rinse and repeat.

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What day is it today, Monday or Friday? They are all the same to me.

We can’t even go out anymore unless walking the dog constitutes that. Talk about a boring life.

I have been offered a contract, that’s if they don’t pull it at the last minute. I’m awaiting a DBS check (criminal check), which will show nothing as I haven’t been in trouble with the law since I stole a large bar of chocolate when I was 17.

…’that’s a long long time ago, and I wrote about it once in The Kwiksave Chronicles’…

I quite liked that series, I wrote it a long time ago on the STEEM blockchain. Does anyone remember STEEM? Oh yeah, that's the place for looters. I better move on.

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Maybe I will post it all again on Hive with some tweaks and extra content. Other artists produce special editions so why shouldn’t we?

@bingbabe has managed to get a job so she’s keeping me in food and beer for the moment. Someone has got to do the work while I lounge about all day.

This is not my typical post. It doesn’t educate, teach or even make you laugh. I could say it’s a shit-post really, which means it should be targeted on to STEEM and not HIVE.

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...'a life of luxury, not after 3 months, its pure boredom'...

At least it has a little meat. I can't do five-word posts. It's just not me.

Now I need to find some suitable pictures for this extremely crap boring post that is telling you all that I'm a bored geek.

Its time to walk the dog; living the dream.

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I was going to say, post on Steem anyway until I saw this

…’I don’t do STEEM. I said my goodbyes and yet I keep looking on there and seeing all the looting going on’…

LOL.
Yes you're right. A lot of goodbye Steem posts have been followed by a lot of cross posting. You can't blame them since Blocktrades and OCD are still dishing out huge upvotes on there. I'd post and get that free money if I were you.

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A lot of goodbye Steem posts have been followed by a lot of cross posting.

Really? It's my last post.. honest guv.. and then more posts? I can't say I have been keeping track of the ethics of others.

I'd post and get that free money if I were you.

Don't tempt me, I'm getting closer to the pit of no return!

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JUMP IN!! There's sweet honey and milk at the bottom!!

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After they censored my post,... I'm going too.

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Why not paint the house? That's what I'm doing.

Shame about tasteem, are they not moving to Hive?

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DIY? yeuch.. it's not me, and the paint won't dry as its too cold yet.

@tasteem are not moving. There is no incentive to write food or restaurant reviews yet.

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I believe there's plenty to join here or start something yourself. Wonder about the 3 months of boredom...💕

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I have had interviews lined up and then canceled. This virus thing is screwing us all over.

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I’m awaiting a DBS check (criminal check), which will show nothing as I haven’t been in trouble with the law since I stole a large bar of chocolate when I was 17.

Let's hope they don't extend the check to USA....

If it makes you feel better, you wouldn't be posting to Steem, you're merely copying and pasting a Hive post to Steem. The E from ethics doesn't appear in copying and pasting

Look where it got the rest of the world, UK included when we tried to be ethical and respectful.

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Let's hope they don't extend the check to USA....

I'm already not welcome there, LOL.. I was OK until 9/11 and then...

Look where it got the rest of the world, UK included when we tried to be ethical and respectful.

Should I...?

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Respect is reciprocal. The Chinese has a saying, "You respect me a feet, I will respect you 10 feet".

Those who don't respect people don't deserve to be respected at all.

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You still made me smile with this post. Hope you get a job soon for the sake of your sanity. You do tell good stories, both true and fictional. Keep writing even if there's no big Tasteem vote. Your posts do okay anyway and you keep us entertained.

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You do tell good stories, both true and fictional

Thanks, I hope so, this was just a freewrite than started from nothing more than what was going through my head this morning. I don't expect the unemployment thing to last much longer.

Are you still WFH or are they forcing you to get the virus at work?

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I'm having to go in for now, but not many people around the office or on the train.

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I've also said my adios on Steem. I check in just to see, but I'm so done there. I'm guessing that in 12 weeks I'll quit checking entirely.

I've got a good post hanging. Will I post it today? I'm still thinking about it. Beings as how I'm a lazy SOB I'd guess yes.

I disagree with this being a shit post. It's pulled back the curtain a bit on you and that's got to be a good thing.

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I disagree with this being a shit post. It's pulled back the curtain a bit on you and that's got to be a good thing.

Thanks, @bigtom13, it just spilled from my head through then fingers and onto the chain.
I may as well write something, its more productive than gaming all day, eating crsips and getting fatter.

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I really miss @tasteem as well... I hope they manage to sort something out, either here or back there.

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There was another announced at SF4 by @grampo but it seems to be just in the Vancouver area. There's a foodie community but other than that, nothing. I will still do reviews, you have to improvise.

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Im not sure what is "wrong or right" about double dipping. I guess honestly at this point I dont even care. I figure if I have stake there, I can dip there as well.

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I guess honestly at this point I dont even care.

Neither do I anymore after my censorship. I was going out all quietly too.

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All I could think about in January was the time I had booked off in March. Lost my job and finished on the 6th March and now all I want to do is get up and go to work in the morning. I can't even pull my hair out as that buggered off on its own accord.

Sat here attempting to complete the Linux+ courses on Pluralsight ... tomorrow I might just do it wearing a suit - might make me feel like I'm doing something useful.

On the up side I can now find my desk :)

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Lost my job and finished on the 6th March and now all I want to do is get up and go to work in the morning.

Eek, was that a contract? You have those great beaches to stroll on with the dog. Gotta get that exercise. The canal towpath is busier than I have ever seen it around here. All those peeps wanting their 'ration'.

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No, was apparently permanent :)

We do indeed! I've been struggling with my back and sciatica so haven't ventured too far this week. Going to try the slightly firmer mattress in the spare room tonight to see if that helps with a hope of a nice 4 - 5 miler tomorrow.

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Did they have a good reason for giving you the boot? That doesn't sound quite right.

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Define good reason lol. There's quite a story behind it which I can share but not publicly. Ultimately I'd not been there for two years so have no recourse.

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I am planning on pulling in curation rewards, but I don't plan on posting to Steem anymore except for my Sports Talk and Actifit posts. I know STS is moving to Hive, so probably even that will go away eventually. Has there been any movement lately on Steem now that we have went our own way? I kind of expected a hard fork to happen the day after Hive went live.

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Has there been any movement lately on Steem now that we have went our own way?

Not that I am aware of, do they have the expertise do change things? Everyone of value left.

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Good point. I think you are right!

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I think you need to look at it from an investment point. You are not dual posting, and you are not looting, you are investing your time and effort to obtain a return on investment. I still use steem for voting, if I was able to post more often or frequently I would do that also, but I have limited my posting to Hive for now do to time. I like to read and see a lot of things, and then i just have to throw in my comment or thoughts on some post, and there is that time thing again, so no post on steem, and a lot less comments on steem, but still get my votes out on steem.

Also if they are flagging you, you can help all the other tiny people on steem that really are shit posting by draining their down vote mana pile, thus allowing the true shit posters time to drain the reward pool on steem.

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Alright, you are starting to convince me now. Can I put in a clause, 'don't comment, just comment on the Hive version'? ;)

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That would work. I generally check Hive first, then steem, but a few times you have posted after I left Hive to look at steem, and I was commenting on when i saw the post not on what site I was on, It happens most with tarazkp's post, but also with other peoples post. I don't want to sound like a broken record or copy paste my comment from one sites post to another sites post, and if I forget I commented on one site, and then comment on the other site, some time may have passed and my comment might be different because I read the post different or was in a different mood. I have never been bothered by being seen as wishy-washy on my opinions or thoughts, they change as circumstances or time changes. I dislike stagnation, I am not sure how I feel about Chaos, but I know I am one of those weird people that love change, even when it is just change for the sake of change.

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I will start tomorrow. The content on both chains will be quite different. You can probably guess what I'm doing when you see the STEEM stuff!

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Good luck on the contract.
The only posting I do on Steem any more is my Actifit posts because the app posts to both. I don't actively post there any longer.

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Good luck on the contract.

Thanks, I hope to hear something this week.. I fear I am going insane.
STEEM is a playground now, I would love to see the state of it in 6 months.

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At least you aint having to work from home which is absolutely rubbish after a couple of weeks!

Always a silver lining

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Worse than that I'm stuck at home without work or income. The job has still not come through, not sure if it will.

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It's a ropy time for our that's for sure. I know a few places are letting contractors go. Bloody lockdown. Who could have seen this a few weeks ago?

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