Guys, i'm making this post because I believe in something greater than myself. I believe in an ideological method of how this forum should operate. Please don't be alarmed, offended, or disgusted. I will announce it right now:
...Don't give me merit...
I don't want merit, because of what it does to us. Take a look into your heart and ask yourself who you really are. Can you live with yourself? Is this what you really want? A bunch of people come to this forum everyday. Long ago we all loved bitcoin and shared everything about it. Our knowledge, our questions, our ideas, our desires, our fears. It was a living breathing forum. Love filled the corridors of the blessed links. It was a truly beautiful place. The legendary folk knew they were important. The newbies understood how worthless they were. However, they also understood that one day they would become legendary as well. The forums were flooded with more and more important content. No spam, no hate, no fud, no making random posts to get money for sig-campaigns, none of that.
One day a snake was unleashed. Its fury bestowed itself amongst the bitcoin forum world. This snake was named merit. The merit infected the pure forum. Suddenly spam was present. People began begging for merit. Others were scolding those begging for merit while covertly begging for merit themselves. Those that were scolding were also scolded by others for their undercover merit-begging. Well guess what, those folk were begging for merit too. It was just 2 levels deep. On and on it went. People went further than 2 levels deep. I've seen some people more than 10 levels deep. More people came into the forums. More spammers and scammers. More beggars and broken-English posters.
So who will stand and fight. Who will fight for what they believe in. I will, who else is with me? I know the battle doesn't give us good odds, but it is important to be what you are. Be yourself and don't give up. Love, learn, and yada yada yada. I'm trying to think of more good cliché things that everyone respects, but we already know what that stuff is. It just isn't always so easy to put down in words. The English vocabulary isn't big enough for me to express my heart and my journey. Let us venture into a new era of quality content once again.
So...
...Don't give me anymore merit...
I'd like to take a moment and answer a couple of my fan's questions:
Yo TheGodson, why are you not accepting merit right now? You could be killing it with merit. You could already be a legendary by now if you wanted to. This is just so puzzling to me, because almost anyone in your position would be taking the selfish route to gather more merit. It is so weird to actually run into a person that cares so much more about things than just himself. Where do you get your inspiration from?
-Tom
That is a good question Tom. To be honest, I don't have all the answers. I wish I could tell you how I was able to develop such genrosity. The only advice I can give, is to search deep within your heart and find it. It is something on another level that even I cannot explain.
Wow you're so humble TheGodson!
The first thing I noticed about you is that you are so humble. I really admire that trait in a person. You are one of the most humble people I know. The fact that you are against recieving merit is so revolutionary that I don't know what to think. It brings tears to my eyes. Tears of joy. Such humility is overwhelming! How can I become humble like you?
-Sarah
Wow Sarah, thanks for the complement. It really feels good being as humble as I am. Very few people have probably reached my level of humility, but I don't blame them at all. Everyone is learning at different speeds and we should all be loving and giving. I truly have been blessed and I am not all that great. I really am not. I'm just like any normal person. I don't desire to be worshipped either. I am not a god. I am a mere mortal that is humble and recognize that merit is not a good thing to beg for. Guess what Sarah, you already have become humble by asking the question. You can't become a great leader of humility, like me, until you learn how to follow. A good leader doesn't give out orders. He/she guides his people.
Hey TheGodson, I was treated poorly all my life. Also, I know you don't want merit, but I'm going to give you some anyway okay. As a child my parents severed all my limbs. I would have died had it not been for social services and intense medical care. It has been a rough life, but it has also been an honor getting to know you. Even if not in person, I at least get to see your greatness through your quality content that you post. Can you accept merit from me please? I know you don't want it, but I really want to give you some anyway.
-Frank
Frank, I can't imagine the hardship that you have suffered. No child should ever have to go through that. That being said, I can't accept your merit. I have made it my quest to not accept merit.
Let me explain to all you readers out there. This is how you give merit:
Now that you know how to send merit please do not give me any merit. I really trully deeply do not want to receive any more than I already have. I don't want you all to worship me like how you have for the legendaries.
The only reason I showed you how to give merit is so that you would understand that you could and that it would be easy. I don't want you to mistake my post as a beg for merit, because it isn't. I think if you search within yourself you will find the deeper meaning behind the meaning. I like to post quality content just for the content itself and my many fans. I have altruistic motives and that will never change. Please be understanding in the fact that I absolutely do not, under any circumstances, want any merit. This post is already getting long enough as it is with all my amazing content.
I really hope you all appreciate what I've made here and also remember to not give me merit no matter how badly you want to give it to me. I know you want to give merit to me, but please resist the urge.
Thank you and peace
-TheGodson
