Sorry for the clickbait title again, but there's something about Steem that might interest you. Drove past a graffiti advertisement earlier. It was trying to sell pills to men with that sensitive problem. Not sure what's worse, seeing a certified doctor or a certified dude for the cure? Hmm. Maybe if that person has more than 10,000 followers on Steemit.

In any case, ED is actually not funny and can be a serious health issue - one that can be taken advantage off because self-esteem and insecurity are involved in the mix. Depending on the nature treatment and your perspective, anyone that manages to make good money out of this can be viewed of as either predatory or just as deserving as any business transactions. All said, real erectile dysfunction (ED) is not quite as non-trivial as the mental-equivalent.

Either by intent or accident, mental EDs can be very costly. Sounds very familiar? There are plenty of examples everywhere throughout history:-

1. "Stim"

This is an urban expression in certain parts of the world, particularly in the equatorial region of South East Asia like Malaysia and Singapore. I've heard it since the 90s, but it could've been something old and ancient. Anyway, it means erection / boost in self-esteem / satisfaction / stimulated / joy / happiness / euphoria / steamy / steam-powered etc - you get it. Two examples:

"So much stim.. when I power up my Steem."

"So much stim.. when she gave me some Steem during Valentine's."

2. De Beers & Diamonds

The social dynamics between heterosexual beings make for such a particularly profitable cash cow. Here's a documentary on the influence of modern societies worth checking out: The Century of The Self.

3. Displays of power.

This was especially clear during ancient times when rulers desire everything big, grand, and shiny. It's a bit more subtle these days, but make no mistake that it's still around. Commonly seen in royalties and wannabes. It's good money. Very ingenious, because royalty is then both the doctor and the patient. But to be fair, perhaps it's more for the purpose of signalling power to other tribes or just plain keeping up with appearances instead of healing a trivial, mental ED. They could all very well be the same thing for all I know.

4. Aggrandisement in crypto-societies.

It's all fine that everybody wants to defend their own bigger and better cryptocurrencies, but I'm just saying that it's all mostly a dick-measuring contest due to potential trivialities present in mental EDs. Market forces will try to win over your insecurities with pills that claim to make you bigger and better. So buy now and give us your money. Lots of money. Oh wait, this is the same even for the non-crypto world, although probably less intensified.

5. War

Look no further than George Carlin's stand-up comedy on the topic of "The Bigger Dick Foreign Policy": https://medium.com/@alexsimpson_11118/the-bigger-dick-foreign-policy-57b7682071a8

“War is a whole lot of men standing in a field waving their pricks at one another. Men are insecure about the size of their dicks and so they have to kill one another over the idea."

Conclusion

Even though erectile dysfunction is largely a physical problem rather than a mental one, remember that the mind can also have an effect on the body. When Steem was created, its founders meant for it to be representative of esteem, self-esteem. The blockchain certainly has a lot of Steem in it, but what about the mind? Don't even know what I'm talking about anymore. It's late. Something about marketing Steem like diamonds, but better: https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@kevinwong/are-cryptocurrencies-great-gifts

Steem on!

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