Well Denise, I hope it's money you can afford to lose.
How are you, gals? My apologies, it's been a while since I dropped in.
We survived Hurricane Ian but the damage was substantial. That said, nothing compared to what occurred farther south. Katie and I are working on her PhD (Biomedical Sciences) application ... it's hard to imagine ... graduate school already. How time flies. Some of my old mates are in Ukraine and I was asked to join them ... Katie informed me that if I did, so would she. So, needless-to-say, the sword gathers dust above the mantle.
Denise, Pryde and I periodically tag-team on Twitter to beat up on ding-a-lings. And again, needless-to-say, she tends to play the good cop while I ... don't. Yin and Yang. Beauty and the Beast. Despite Ms. Foltz' many charms, however, she did manage to get herself thrown into Twitter jail for a spell. And so, like Thelma and Louise, our Pryde now has a record ... so don't be surprised if she buys a Harley or starts rhyming her poems. Anyway, it's all very ironic. I reduce people to tears and tantrums almost daily (they have a low threshold for crying) and yet have managed to avoid the Big House while Miss Hugs & Kisses gets busted and booked.
Pryde, as you've undoubtedly heard, Elon's back to buying Twitter so I, for one, intend to make the best of this newfound liberty. Indeed, I'm working on an Ode to Ivermectin. Sharpen your pen.
Yes, I was all fussed up that you are over on the Twitter feed and didn't drop in here. I need to lower my expectations. I am still missing Voice and cannot believe what a show they have going on now. I'm betting they change again. I shouldn't say that, I haven't even been over there.
I didn't know that you still had a clean record. I have had Twitter forever, but, don't seem to get anywhere except here and not even that often. Trying harder.
It is more than ironic that Sweet Baby, Pryde got busted while you got around and bustem off. Seems a little unfair, doesn't it?
Ooops! I'll be back. Need to post before midnight!
Alas, to my great chagrin, Voice is not a business but rather an ideological platform. The NFTs are but a pretext for "woke activism" ... and the receipts tell the tale. I presume they are running deep in the red and quickly depleting whatever's left of their original bankroll. They've actually created a quite attractive website and I think it could do well but their business strategy is, in my opinion, suicidal ... appeal to the smallest niche possible while alienating everyone else in the process. Da Vinci himself couldn't get featured on Voice unless he came out as a non-binary black transgender communist. Every nuance is designed to trumpet a Far Left ideological narrative. Practical things, like making their NFTs purchaseable with cryptos, are ignored. And while they seem to have an insatiable appetite for organizing exhibitions in boutique art museums of which no one has ever heard, engaging in traditional marketing initiatives seems out of the question (too "capitalistic" I suppose). Arrrrgh. We wasted so much time on what seems destined to be a dud.
I still have a 100% clean record ... everywhere ... and no one is more surprised than me. Even having turned whale-baiting into an art form on Steemit and Hive, not once did anyone ever downvote one of my posts. For Heaven's sake, what does a guy have to do to get targeted?
And yes, it seems the very definition of injustice that POP (Poor Ol' Pryde) would get thrown into the stocks for seemingly nothing while I galavant about, condescending and offending, like a friggin Sith Lord.
Busted and booked ... because I say things that are true but also dangerous if more people heard about them. Usually they are content enough to shadow ban me. But then my comment gets opened and all Hades breaks lose. As far as twitter is concerned; I feel they need me more than I need them. Their loss would be HIVE's gain and another poetry forum I sometimes frequent. That said my suspension was very short; it had been lifted before I realized I had been suspended. Sort of like a verdict of guilty but a sentence of time served coming before the trial. Berenson re-instatement has really changed the ability for them to do things like that now. If Elon buys it; we may have free speech on their back almost altogether.
But Quill we should hang here more often ... but be careful with the verbal sparring, me being the hardened twitter convict and rhino like charge:)
I'd be more enticed to hang out on Hive if you bought a Harley. Now that you've got some bad-ass street cred you need to think about re-branding: "Ride With Pryde." Your posts could include an intro video of you cruising down the highway on your hog. Hmmm, what else? Is there any chance you'd consider chewing tobacco? I'll mull on it for a bit.
Anyway, keep doing what you're doing. If poets won't defend Free Speech, who will?
I'd put money on you! You are a real tiger!
@dswigle @prydefoltz
Well Denise, I hope it's money you can afford to lose.
How are you, gals? My apologies, it's been a while since I dropped in.
We survived Hurricane Ian but the damage was substantial. That said, nothing compared to what occurred farther south. Katie and I are working on her PhD (Biomedical Sciences) application ... it's hard to imagine ... graduate school already. How time flies. Some of my old mates are in Ukraine and I was asked to join them ... Katie informed me that if I did, so would she. So, needless-to-say, the sword gathers dust above the mantle.
Denise, Pryde and I periodically tag-team on Twitter to beat up on ding-a-lings. And again, needless-to-say, she tends to play the good cop while I ... don't. Yin and Yang. Beauty and the Beast. Despite Ms. Foltz' many charms, however, she did manage to get herself thrown into Twitter jail for a spell. And so, like Thelma and Louise, our Pryde now has a record ... so don't be surprised if she buys a Harley or starts rhyming her poems. Anyway, it's all very ironic. I reduce people to tears and tantrums almost daily (they have a low threshold for crying) and yet have managed to avoid the Big House while Miss Hugs & Kisses gets busted and booked.
Pryde, as you've undoubtedly heard, Elon's back to buying Twitter so I, for one, intend to make the best of this newfound liberty. Indeed, I'm working on an Ode to Ivermectin. Sharpen your pen.
Quill
Hello Quill! :) @quillfire
Yes, I was all fussed up that you are over on the Twitter feed and didn't drop in here. I need to lower my expectations. I am still missing Voice and cannot believe what a show they have going on now. I'm betting they change again. I shouldn't say that, I haven't even been over there.
I didn't know that you still had a clean record. I have had Twitter forever, but, don't seem to get anywhere except here and not even that often. Trying harder.
It is more than ironic that Sweet Baby, Pryde got busted while you got around and bustem off. Seems a little unfair, doesn't it?
Ooops! I'll be back. Need to post before midnight!
Alas, to my great chagrin, Voice is not a business but rather an ideological platform. The NFTs are but a pretext for "woke activism" ... and the receipts tell the tale. I presume they are running deep in the red and quickly depleting whatever's left of their original bankroll. They've actually created a quite attractive website and I think it could do well but their business strategy is, in my opinion, suicidal ... appeal to the smallest niche possible while alienating everyone else in the process. Da Vinci himself couldn't get featured on Voice unless he came out as a non-binary black transgender communist. Every nuance is designed to trumpet a Far Left ideological narrative. Practical things, like making their NFTs purchaseable with cryptos, are ignored. And while they seem to have an insatiable appetite for organizing exhibitions in boutique art museums of which no one has ever heard, engaging in traditional marketing initiatives seems out of the question (too "capitalistic" I suppose). Arrrrgh. We wasted so much time on what seems destined to be a dud.
I still have a 100% clean record ... everywhere ... and no one is more surprised than me. Even having turned whale-baiting into an art form on Steemit and Hive, not once did anyone ever downvote one of my posts. For Heaven's sake, what does a guy have to do to get targeted?
And yes, it seems the very definition of injustice that POP (Poor Ol' Pryde) would get thrown into the stocks for seemingly nothing while I galavant about, condescending and offending, like a friggin Sith Lord.
Go figure.
Quill
Busted and booked ... because I say things that are true but also dangerous if more people heard about them. Usually they are content enough to shadow ban me. But then my comment gets opened and all Hades breaks lose. As far as twitter is concerned; I feel they need me more than I need them. Their loss would be HIVE's gain and another poetry forum I sometimes frequent. That said my suspension was very short; it had been lifted before I realized I had been suspended. Sort of like a verdict of guilty but a sentence of time served coming before the trial. Berenson re-instatement has really changed the ability for them to do things like that now. If Elon buys it; we may have free speech on their back almost altogether.
But Quill we should hang here more often ... but be careful with the verbal sparring, me being the hardened twitter convict and rhino like charge:)
I'd be more enticed to hang out on Hive if you bought a Harley. Now that you've got some bad-ass street cred you need to think about re-branding: "Ride With Pryde." Your posts could include an intro video of you cruising down the highway on your hog. Hmmm, what else? Is there any chance you'd consider chewing tobacco? I'll mull on it for a bit.
Anyway, keep doing what you're doing. If poets won't defend Free Speech, who will?
Quill
I kick a pretty mean scooter:)
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Meow ... :)
:))