Rambles, art, guidelines, sweet spots. ....”and content in a pear tree!”
Mine are really long sometimes too man. I’ve heard quite a few things like “I’ll have to come back later” or “1,400 words?!” I’m sure you’ve heard similar, I've probably even said it you (though you speak satire) but I’m just “well, I guess that’s how many words I meant to type today then—uh, I’m not apologizing.”
Thanks for the content which, by the way, is just as entertaining as it was back when the rewards were $2-3, congratulations dude—long time coming. I love it when people get what they deserve.
I have heard similar over the years. I cut enough out though, when things are long. I don't find it too challenging to write a 30 minute read in a day, but I also know that's quite long, yet the people are getting paid. The TL;DR thing almost doesn't make sense here.
Going from $5 and always being stuck underground for years to what's happening now took some time to adjust to, mentally. Comes with some heavy baggage as well. Superficial nonsense. People see $30, and forget only half is mine. No reason to get jealous or be pissy, because there was a time plenty of us earned far more than 15, and people were happy.