I have to say, this has been one entertaining post. As for the arses in the comments, eeeeek!
I agree with you, past the first few weeks of confusion about rewards etc, if you continue whining you need to go home. Mind you, at some point the whiners will fall off the face of Steemit because they can't sustain the hard work for little reward.
I think there are a couple of ways to approach Steemit. If you joined to make money, you need to put your business hat on, and strategize with an initial investment, bots, SP etc. You focus on the moolah.

Unless you're in it for the dough, chill, be creative, connect and have fun.
And if you like arses big and small, you're definitely in the right place! The other way is to use Steemit as a platform to connect socially (works great if you are not too good at it in real life), to get alternative perspectives on world events, politics etc., to get exposed to new stuff (for instance I follow @godflesh who posts some great write-ups about literature, philosophy, art and daily poetry, and this morning it was a poem by Bukowski whom I didn't know), to exercise your right to free speech, to be challenged in the statements you make, to support causes that are dear to your heart, to decrease your isolation as a freak of nature because you have unpopular political views or militant leanings.