Outstandingly put @lexiconical. You must recall the flag wars? Where it was like being in the Army again - They give you a hundred dollars but take back $99?

Career soldiers and Steemians are often the result of a fine for breaking equipment, or uttering a post with less than pure ideals such as uttering the word 'God' or being historically correct, and so they have to continually re-up and be crazy( soldier talk)

Sometimes it does seem like one is dining at Phuc Ewe's bestial Vietnamese restaurant but...that is life. Or is it?

I myself am evil because I vote myself up! The amount has totalled a whopping $24.00 over 3,000 posts

I have tried the promote several times and never received more than I put in.

What is even worse, I am a blasphemer of purity because of my capitalist belief that advertising (GASP!) should be sold by Steemit like Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Google to cause the price of Steem to rise to the moon!

Sincerely,

The best man at Ernest Hemingway's Son's wedding.