Price Baiting on Etsy & Other Annoyances

As anyone who loves to watch YouTube videos might have noticed. the ad length & frequency has been steadily ramping up for a while now. A few years ago, there was often a short ad at the beginning of a video or sometimes at the end.

There was always the option to skip the ad.

Then, there was sometimes an option to skip, at least, in my experience.

Then, there would be an ad at the beginning of the video, sometimes one at the end, too, with the option to skip it. Then, on longer playing videos, there would be an ad at the beginning along with a few more peppered in throughout the video.

Now?

There is an option to skip an ad after the countdown 5 4 3 2 1 SKIP!

Some of the videos have stopped featuring the skip ad feature. Some of the videos have a pop up that says the video featured will play after the ad.

Nope.

After the first ad ends, there is another one!

In place of the skip ad feature, there's a pop up that offers an ad free option, for a price!

So, the powers that be at You Tube get paid so that a company can advertise their wares, service or make a political statement. Then, the same powers that be, seek to collect further fees from people who don't want to learn about shaving foam, poop quality or meds to get hard & stay hard.

Since the onslaught of poop ads, viagra & cialis ads, the annoying Melissa McCarthy in bed or on the beach ads, I've considered it.

Almost.

Now that many of the ads play all the way through with no option to skip the annoying & disgusting ads, it causes me to rethink whether I want to watch the video at all. *click* ~ *next*

Unless it's an Andrew Huberman podcast or a how to video I need to fix my car or fix anything, I choose to exit the video or at least turn the sound off so the ad is less annoying.

Yes, you read that right!

I do car repairs for myself when I can.

One of my favorite shopping sites is Etsy. The other two are Amazon & eBay. The broad price range for car parts, between these 3 sites is astounding! Even Facebook Marketplace has some sweet deals on miscellaneous car parts. I had a mishap with an oversized construction cone which took my drivers side external mirror off. It was around 2 am, I was driving a descent into the Salt Lake Valley. It was very windy with random gusts. One of those gusts blew a cone into the driver's side front into my car. 

Yup

I heard the part shatter into so many pieces.

Dang

The road was paved & unlit, so, too dangerous to go back for it.

Looking on eBay, the prices were so ridiculously high. I have the $$$$, I'm frugal. Just because I have it doesn't mean I should spend it.

As I looked around at the price ranges from $55. - $220. it was so astounding that the prices had such a wide range. Around 90% were pre-owned in a polite descriptor. The parts were used!

Google Search!

Finally, I located a replacement mirror for my car, same color, for the suh-weet deal of $18. with free shipping on Facebook Marketplace! It was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

YAY!

The part arrived 3 days later, the YouTube video was very helpful.

This was a long explanation with no skip option. Get creative!

While browsing on Etsy, I was looking for the best deals for needlework patterns & fancy dancey components. Beads, silk fibers, tiny charms, etcetera.

Yes, I'm passionate about needlework. 

No judgey-wudgey.

Doing needlework used to be thought of as a much older persons hobby. Small minded people still think of it as such.

Umm, nope.

Needlework is still very much alive, well, enjoyed by many different sorts of people. All ages, genders, races, ethnicities. Got it? Good.

Having been so fortunate to have gone to a few needlework retreats, meeting the designers who are the celebrities of the needlework world. Yes, It's a worldwide community. I hope it's even a galactic maybe a universe wide community. 

Maybe even fluidic space? Home to species 8472.

Shout out to 7 of 9 & Chakotay!

I'm a Trekkie, I can dream!

Whilst browsing on etsy.com, I saw a needlework pattern that usually sells for $12. at the least, $25. at the most, if it's still in print, that's just the price of the pattern.

The price was $4. WOWEE! I got a titch excited!

I clicked on the listing. If it had been an illegal copy or a PDF not approved by the designer, I would report it for sure.

It was a bit disappointing. 

The tactic used by these dishonest sellers is JUST for the beads or a charm or a specialized hand painted thread used to stitch the model of the pattern.

NOT the pattern itself for $4.

To me, this is a dirty way to list an item. The photo shows the model that the pattern would look like, NOT the beads or charm or fiber.

This is a dirty practice of trickery.

Bait & Switch.

Show something that someone would want just to get the person to click on it. Offer something else that the person might want, NOT the item pictured in the initial listing.

When I see one of these dishonest listings, I make a note of the sellers ID. Yes, I actually write it down, in a small notebook, pen & paper.

It helps me to remember who the sellers are. The purpose, you might have guessed is to never buy from sellers who do this, seeing it as just another selling method. There are only ten that I have noted. There may be more.

As a proactive person, I took the time to send a message to the sellers. I was very careful to choose polite wording in the messages.

Only one of them responded. 

Peeps ~ it was quite ugly. 

That seller got a star in my notebook, next to their name as well as the name of their etsy shop. 💥

Many people who sell on etsy also sell on  other sites using the same personal name & name of their business.

Needles to say, no matter how appealing the listing, I steer clear of the bait & switch sellers on any site they use. They can use their tactics, I can choose to make purchases elsewhere.

We humans can do better, can be better to our fellow beings. Doing price baiting is one way to be so off putting, it can hurt sales. Maybe, in small ways. Every sale, every rating matters.

A streaming service I really enjoyed got rid of most of their Star Trek offerings. That was my cue to get rid of them. Downsizing & Switching to another streaming service that I could Trek out on without so many annoying ads, that worked just fine. One is all I need.

There are many more pressing world problems, mine are small. I'm grateful for the fortuitous events in my life.

In Reverie

As the day was in progress

Sweetness filled me to the top

You were there to impress

My heart did a happy hop

In your presence so hard to think

Tough to do anything

I swear I heard devils laughing

As much as I heard angels sing

You were all I thought about

Filled my dreams every night

With joy with desire with fear

It grew stronger with you in sight

For so long I held it at bay

Until I could hold it no more

In it's sweet searing fire

Every cell of me every pore

So I spent a decade of my life

Writing to make it be known

The spirit of prose inspired me

As a godlike spirit on loan

The release I felt was bittersweet

Every word so painfully true

The small release which flowed out

Eased the deep longing for you

The desire is still with me 

As a companion until my end

Less of a painful longing

More like a comforting friend

Song in My Heart

Beauty of linens & needles of gold 

Giving a daily peaceful lull

Silken threads a pleasure to hold

Marrying them into something beautiful

People may snicker as they misunderstand

Humans by nature can be so cruel

Ageist judgment of we who create by hand

Hand crafting can create such a jewel

When I began a journey to learn

Such a skill which calms all strife

Time to stitch as my fondest yearn

Would become a large part of my life

Give me complex hues such a lovely pattern

A comfy chair with enough light

All in my world will cease to matter

Except a desire to stitch all through the night

The Skin You're In

You can buy all of the high priced surgeries

All the expensive lotions with potions

The three-hundred-dollar injectables

That keep you from showing emotions

You can buy all the beauty gadgets 

At all different price ranges you wish

Shock your face several times per day

To feel that you are the hottest ish

LED devices that are Star Trek inspired

To give your face that wrinkle free glow

Do it in the privacy of your home

Only you will ever know

Go under the knife over your bank balance

Convincing yourself you naturally look this way

Vanity is one of the bygone deadly sins

Poor ones can use filters dam what others say

Color your hair a stunning shade of blonde

Even if your natural color is red or it's black

The clock will keep on ticking forward

Youth for you is never coming back

There are ways to preserve your head

In a freezer for a hundred years it sits

As long as there's no long power failure

Someday recreate a body it fits

Freeze your eggs or freeze your sperm

To someday continue your family line

Long after you have passed your limit

All this is well known that's just fine

The crucial thing many people neglect

Water is the fountain of youth we realize

Sunscreen is a marvelous wonder of things

The best to do for our skin is to moisturize

Over The Sink Dish Rack

 

This may be one of the more banal blog posts I have ever posted. 

Hey!

I'm on vacation!

It's been a few years since I bought three of these. 

One for myself ~ I loved it so much I wanted to share the coolness of it. That's how I am. When I find something that makes my life so much easier or is just plain KEW-EL, I share the experience of it. So often, I share a copy or the actual item itself.

One of these, I shared with a relative who also loved it! It looks good, it saves space, it's also more functional than its counter parts (pun intended).

One of these creative genius constructions was also shared, as a gift, with a friend who was exploring ways to become more organized. She said she loved it, I was so happy that she was happy with it. That was a few years ago. She may have tossed it in the trash, regifted it or donated it by now.

The versatility is also another factor that makes these inventions such a nice addition to organization & decor. 

It can also be expanded.

Made to fit a smaller space.

You can get creative by decorating it to fit the holiday or the occasion. Use your creativity! Go wild!

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

 

It can be a vicious, dirty word used as the term to describe the dissolution of many practices. Most often, it's used to describe the end of a marriage. 

The main use it was created for was to term a tax payers relationship status when filing income taxes. 

Many people use the terms married, single, separated in a romantic or relationship status to suit their purposes.

Purposes such as:

Separated ~ She's at home with the kiddos while he is supposedly working late or supposedly out of the house to get cereal or milk for tomorrows breakfast. Sometimes he or she is out seeing a woman or man who is not their spouse. Geographically separated, not legally, as it implies.

Married ~ Two people, shacking up without the legal benefit of actually having had the ceremony where they wore a suit or fancy dress with a big or small party that followed.

Single ~ Without a bf/gf or significant other in ones life.

Not Single ~ Having a monogamous bf/gf or significant other in ones life, either shacking up or living in separate residences with frequent sleepovers. 

Cheating ~ When 2 people are dating or have had the bf/gf clarification of their relationship, then, one person gives romantic attention to someone other than the one they agreed to be monogamous with. Unless the 2 people are legally married, it's not really cheating. Both people are free to be involved with someone else until a marriage proposal is made & accepted. It seems unfair because it is. The simple solution ~ finish one thing before you start another. Simple.

Something that people fail to realize is that the relationship terms mentioned have nearly zero to do with romance. They are all income tax terms. Often, the terms are used for the census or statistical terms. Using the terms in any other way can create confusion as they are often used for that purpose. 

Unless the 2 parties were legally married, then decide to terminate that marriage, a divorce will be petitioned then completed. If the 2 people who have been together for a long time without being legally married, then decide to go their separate ways, it's a breakup.

Simple.

As simple as when a person is wearing clothing they are clothed. When they are not covered from the waist up, they are said to be topless. Because they are without a covering from the waist up.

When a person is not wearing any clothing that covers them from the waist, up, or from the bellybutton to the soles of their feet, they are considered nude or naked.

If they are without any clothing at all & about to get into trouble, then, they are nekkid!

It only becomes cloudy when people confuse the terms with the intent to deceive others.

When I spoke with a 15 year old guy, last week, he told me that every girlfriend he had ever had, had cheated on him. I asked him what these girls had done that he considered cheating. I knew I wouldn't like the answer. For the sake of possibly helping him clarify, I asked, then paused, awaiting his answer.

He stated that the girls had engaged in sex in some form with a guy other than him. I asked him if he and the girl had been engaging in sexual intercourse prior to the girl supposedly "cheating".

He paused for a moment, his face flushed in a deep red, he was clearly embarrassed. To alleviate his discomfort, I told him that he didn't have to tell me if he didn't want to.

His face flushed to nearly purple as he said,

"Yeah, 10 times or more.""

I asked him how long he & she had been exclusive. He stated that they had been "together" for two months.

It was rather shocking for me to hear this. Maybe I'm a bit conservative, I was still playing with Barbies at age 15. I was still going out trick or treating, still believed in Santa, the Easter bunny, that all people were basically good & would never intentionally harm another person.

Knowing that it was important to handle this situation with measured sensitivity, I listened to his pain. I offered a tissue to wipe his tears & nose. As he spoke I empathized with his pain as he continued to talk, to cry, to sob. He seemed to need the relief of talking about it.

After 5 minutes that seemed more like an hour, he paused, he became very quiet, continuing to sob softer, now.

His extolling of his pain then a pause, gave me time to carefully formulate a sensitive yet firm reply. My reply or replies had to be sensitive yet firm, grounded in reality also tempered with kindness & understanding.

Asking him if he had decided to continue with the girl or break up with her. Also, I asked him if he had ever, by his definition, cheated on someone. A different look in his expression, developed. He has very large light blue eyes, very expressive. 

It takes a person with magnanimity of personal beneficial quality to admit that they have done something they knew was wrong. He admitted that he had cheated on his first girlfriend with the girlfriend who had just cheated on him.

It was a limited behavior pattern, still, it was a pattern.

He stated that he was just going to ghost her, that she would "get it" even if she didn't even know that he had found out that she had cheated.

I asked him if his first girlfriend had simply ghosted him until he "got it" also, what he thought of it when it was done to him. He got an "aha" look in his eyes. The rest of our conversation, I believe, will benefit him as much as it benefitted me. 

He has such maturity for a person who is so flooded with hormones at the stage of life he is in. The tricky part is that controlling the hormones on the way to adulthood is of utmost importance.

When I found that I truly loved a guy for the first time, it was so magical. We were both in a sh*tstorm of events that were being orchestrated by our respective parents. When the conversation mentioned above, took place, I drew on that experience. There was no cheating involved that I knew of. I know that I truly loved him because I still do love him although it's been a long time. During brief reconnection with him, I felt the same as I did back then, as a teenager. When he & I were close to breaking up, he began smoking cigarettes which was a HUGE turn off for me. Along with a guy he began a friendship with, who was a really bad influence. In time, being a smoker became a deal breaker for me, it still is. Though I still felt the same way about him, he is still a smoker. 

That was that.

It was important for me to not waste very much of his time or mine on interaction that had to end at some point. Unless I accepted the stench of cigarettes or he quit smoking for life. Neither one had much of a chance of happening.

I married in my early 20s, which I was completely committed to, never believed it would end in divorce. The factual sort that involves divisions of all sorts & a lot of lucre. Most of his family had hated me from the start mostly because I was Caucasian. All the years of his lying, flirting with other women, freeze outs that lasted a week or more, financial abuse then cheating on me. That killed whatever love or respect I had for him. Giving so much while receiving so little from him, then, when he gave to someone else, that was it for me.

I wanted the divorce. I paid all the expenses of it. I wanted OUT!

The divorce was excruciatingly painful for me. I was completely alone for the first time in my life. Crippling anxiety that was so intense, I was hallucinating. With such an uncertain future, the pain of loneliness, being shunned by people I thought were my friends. Even my own children blamed me for the divorce, I'm sure 3 of them still do. The pain of it is still there after more than a decade, I have learned to live with it.

Deeper, stronger pain is in seeing my children mostly treat me the way their father taught them to treat me. My youngest child and I worked diligently to have the closeness we share. Her father turned his back on her which is so sad. I know she loves him & misses him. He is missing out on so much.

It's his choice.

Still, I believe that divorcing him was one of the best decisions I ever made, the best decision I could have made at the time. I was either going to divorce him or suicide. Either way, the misery would end.

So many wonderful things have happened for me that would never have happened if I had stayed married. Listing them would seem narcissistic, so, I will only tell of one.

I moved to Texas!

Star Trek sweet Star Trek

 Star Trek has been a part of my life for many years. It has a very clean feel to it. More dedicated to intelligent minds, personal greatness. 

Akin to serving in the United States Air Force. Yes, I am a veteran who happily, voluntarily served my country which I dearly love.

I sorta kinda like Star Wars, which, to me, is like nitty gritty dirty gerry rigging, hotwire it, make due with what you have. 

Both are good, have their dedicated followers.

The somewhat new emergence of the 3 new-ish series combining some new characters with many of the prior characters from STNG, Voyager, possibly mentions with possible reintroductions. It's quite thrilling. I know it's thrilling for me.

Star Trek Picard is definitely in the lead of popularity. SNW (Strange New Worlds) is getting some love although having to wait so long for season 2 is a bit of a burr under the saddle. 

SNW was a smash hit, I believe, in a substantial part to the re-introduction of the very charismatic Anson Mount who plays Captain Christopher Pike. In the original Star Trek series, Captain Pike barely got much air time before a tragic accident reduced him to being 100% kept alive by a contraption resembling a vertical Iron Lung.

This new, healthy, virile, Captain Pike has many of us girls hoping that the character of Captain Pike will have his fate postponed or even skillfully bypassed by the writers. In episode one, seeing him in bare feet whipping up some breakfast for his lady. He just looks so masculine! Yum!

As a horse lover, it's a complete turn on to see Christopher Pike, on a gorgeous black stallion, in a sheep shear jacket, full beard, as the aerial shot shows them galloping across a snow covered field at his Montana ranch. There is just something very appealing about a man who knows how to handle a horse!

WOW! He can cook AND he can ride!

Anson Mount lends some serious eye candy. The trademark smirk lends an additionally attractive bit of mystery to the mix.

Then I will give a bit of love to Spock who has been dubbed "hot Spock". When he first appeared in ST Discovery, he instantly had a following because he played the iconic Vulcan so well.

Beard

No beard

Surprise me

Of course, with Ethan Peck who plays hot Spock, being the grandson of an actor who was equally a smashing success, Gregory Peck. 

Hot Spock & Captain Pike got their start on ST Discovery which shot off in its own direction. 

I love that series, also! Disco rules again.

Sir Patrick Stewart as he reprises his role as the much loved Jean Luc Picard, Admiral Picard or Captain Picard, he answers to both.

As I have spent time with acquaintances from England, Australia as well as Scotland & Ireland. It's a real kick to hear their isms crop up.  An Aussie toast that I was so entertained to hear:

"Cheers big ears" 

The reply is:

"Same goes big nose"

The reply was bypassed, it was still such a kick to hear it!

In a recent episode, ST Picard S3, it was a nice surprise to hear a phrase that couple of English blokes I knew, said occasionally.

When explaining a plan that was a nearly guaranteed success:

"Bobs your uncle, Fannies your aunt, lets go!"

If you spend enough time with people who use these isms, it's so endearing to hear them said, unexpectedly in a show or episode.

Jean Luc Picard, explaining to the son he had only realized he had, just days earlier. They were getting to know each other, trading stories. His son, Jack, is a lover of Jameson Whiskey! His father, Picard, more of a wine drinker. Love it!

The only flaw I saw was that Jack Crusher refers to Jameson Whiskey as "cheap". It's a rather pricey bottle. 

Picard begins describing an adventure with his best friend when they were in their early 20s, a chance meeting with two 

"delightful young ladies"

The description even gets a chuckle from Jack!

"Oh they were delightful, were they?"

Picard responds with:

"Yes, also very enthusiastic!""

These are the Aussie/Engisms I love!

Of course, if Jean Luc Picard is going to have adventures, a natural wingman is William T. Riker played by Jonathan Frakes. He's now, Captain Riker, love that! A bit older, a bit wiser, his spoken lines are so well timed, so skillfully delivered.

Love it!

"General or Commodore or whatever you're calling yourself. Right now, I'm on the bridge of the toughest, fastest, most powerful ships Star Fleet has ever put into service. I've got a fleet of them at my back. We have our phasers locked on your warp cores. Nothing would make me happier than you, giving me an excuse, to kick your treacherous Tal Shiar azz. But instead, I'm going to ask you to stand down."

That one bit of dialog was so thrilling!

Jonathan Frakes really brings it home as he reprises his role as Commander Riker, now a reinstated Captain Riker. A married man (he FINALLY married Deanna Troi played by Marina Sirtis). Although their first born was a son, they have a very cheeky pre-teen daughter.

It was announced early on that Star Trek Picard would have 3 seasons with 10 episodes per season. As sad as it makes many who love this series.

I am just going to geek out, enjoy, while it lasts. All good things.

 

"So, five card stud, nothing wild....and the sky's the limit."

Life is just a dream

I'm a hopeful romantic, a realist a proactive, plus more rolled into one. Life for me can be an adventure, always a lot of fun!

'Tis the season of winter mon cherie, my love

With the snow slowly falling from up above

Under a blanket of snow Gaia is sleeping

Any dream in slumber it's a secret in keeping

When I rest betimes to go to that vision of life

What may have been as a mother as your wife

Such a true to life dream imperfect by far

As long as I could be there wherever you are

We had far less time together than most folks do

When you find your person you know it is true

You found me I found you in such a quirky way

A rare time I was lacking in what to say

We believed in a vision we both could see

So euphoric for what would soon enough be

Time flew by as we spoke of everything

Prose may fall short for those in believing

Moving on feels like a betrayal of all that we shared

Our connection so tight with both our souls bared

Parting is easier when both people are still living

Pain of losing him to death is far less forgiving

Speaking of you is an annoyance to so many others

Except those rare times spent with your band of brothers

They get it they knew the high caliber of ish you could be

Seeing how happy you were since the day you met me

I was your mariposa you were my delicious big net

Saying you saw your unborn child in my eyes I could not forget

Each night I look for your star by the light of the pearly moon

How I long for that day wishing it could happen soon

       

Broadcasting

 

What do snakes, ducks & possums have in common?

When they are hunted or threatened, they all play dead. 

What do rabbits, deer, squirrels & mice have in common?

They scream loudly when injured or being pursued as the pursuers next meal or simply for sport.

Female foxes aka Vixens make a sound that can be mistaken for a screaming human woman. Except, for the vixen it's a mating call, saying, 

"Here I am, foxy!"

These all are dead giveaways that an animal is in pain, injured or wanting some action.

In the past decade, a new trait which started out small, continues to be even more prevalent. The culture of complaining.

Complaint about a blown-up situation that was small in reality.

Complaining about other people having more, having an economic advantage.

Kvetching about siblings or parents or co-workers treating the kvetched, unfairly or badly.

Ruminating long term about a squirrelly romantic other or the lack of a "good" one. (That's quite subjective)

The infamous moan & groan about obesity while living on edible garbage, extremely low in nutritional value or devoid of it.

This list can grow faster than a speeding sh*t show! 

Complaining can be okay, as a release of frustration. The pain has to go somewhere, right?

Ladies are mostly looked down on if they adjust their genitals in public, fart, belch, show their underwear. Therefore, they need to b*tch or run the risk of exploding.  😇

Everyone needs to vent at some point whether it's in the gym, taking a 3 mile run, going to a counselor, talking with a trusted friend. Many other ways to release the pressure.

With the rise of the internet there has also been the rise of trolls. 

Individuals who are so malcontent in their lives, devoid of any real power to change their circumstances. Immaturity combined with general anger with themselves which they project, armed with access to the internet & a lifetime supply of caffeine & Cheetos! 

Many will mistakenly believe that lashing out at complete strangers with vitrioled phrases, which is meant to inflame others, will make them feel better about themselves. Their targets have a scant chance of finding the troll or knowing who they are. 

Nil possible recourse.

Anyone who has ever used the anonymity of the internet to vent their anger or cheat on a bf/gf, husband or wife or just be mean for the fun of it, might recognize this. Most people have done some of these or maybe even all of these in varying degrees. It's all part of the gift of the internet that keeps on giving!

One rather sad aspect of this is that people will broadcast their emotional pain all over the net, in public view. While it's fairly common ~ I refrain from judging ~ I have done it. Millions or more will broadcast their pain on their personal social media, in comments sections of various sites that allow it. 

Does it make a person feel better about themselves?

Maybe, momentarily.

Then, the pain wells up again, so the answer seems to be, to the one in turmoil, to go in for another hit. 

Pain - Hit - Relief - Pause - Pain - Hit - Relief - Pause. Repeat.

A troll is born!!!!

When the internet was on its way to gaining popularity among most people in the world, it was a bit safer as well as mostly devoid of trolls. When people who were in such emotional pain that it spilled over into comments sections, videos, personal social media etc, a need to have ways to censor, block, delete was developed. This was a helpful tool, then, the scammers arrived. Trolls began creating multiple aliases belonging to one person.

One very angry, sad, unkind person spreading it all over the net.

As the numbers of trolls rose, it became necessary to simply block them as dealing with them only added fuel to the trolls' delight.

What to do.

What to do.

What to do.

What to do.

Being just one person, I made the conscious decision to stop broadcasting my pain. It's far from my current nature to be a troll. Unfortunately, I did broadcast my pain, before. It's on the internet, it's there forever. It lives on in web sites, social media, hard drives.

The past is fixed, will remain the same. 

All a person can do is to strive to be better, do better, in the aha moment of realization that broadcasting your pain only causes one to hold onto that pain.

If you want a wound to heal, you must refrain from touching it.

These thoughts have gone through my mind for several months, now. Life has been moving so fast for me. With work, travel, the pursuit of beautiful needlework patterns, it was necessary to cogitate on how to express these thoughts in an understandable way. Waiting until the time, presence of mind, verbal skill was there was necessary.

Making the conscious decision to refrain from broadcasting my own personal pain has served to free up my mind from past traumas. It would seem that writing about personal ills would serve to smooth them over.

Nope

Quite the opposite is true.

Along with being a nicer human, online at least, it made sense to spend less time on social media. Also, commenting less than I used to. Even when a person makes a benevolent comment, the trolls will find a way to post an inflammatory reply. Where there is only a benign comment trolls will often find a way to twist it to suit their agendas. 

Trolls will be snarkskies.

Snarkskies will troll.

As a result, after only 6 months of changing my online habits, I feel more peaceful, more energized. I love the work that I do in a field I'm passionate about. Working more has benefitted me a lot. Though it's slow & steady, my suhweet lil bank balance is growing.Little bit by little bit.

If anything ceases to grow or change for better it will begin to die.

C'mon bank account, grow! Keep growing! I know you can do it!

😊😊😊😊

Prosperity & riches is about more than just money. It's equally about feeling secure, having the lucre to live your dreams, help others, be there for family when they hit a rough patch. It gives the security in knowing that if an emergency arises, it can be handled.

These are what a "Troll be gone" attitude is made of.

It might help the ones reading this to try this same approach for themselves. Less time on social media, more positive activities. Fewer comments that broadcast personal pain, more kindly response when a troll offers a mean comment in pursuit of thrills & chills.

Hello 2023!

Goodbye trolls!