Discussion Poverty

There is a hunger within me, and perhaps many others, for discussion. To talk. To dialogue.

Podcasts have helped to temporarily satiate the pang that arises when I have no one I can *really* talk to about what I want to talk about. But there is something unfulfilling about only listening to others talk.

I could always try to reach out over whatever social network to my favorite podcaster - and I have - to let them know my thoughts on what I just heard them say, but, you know, unless you are a somebody, you aint getting a *real* reply let alone a chance to *really* talk about something. And I'm a nobody, so there you go.

There are exceptions, of course - there are always fucking exceptions - and while they may seem pretty "magical" and "special," they don't ever really ever help to quench that yearning for real, consistent conversation.

And thus I remain discussion poor.

Discussion poverty is super real. It's a problem that so many people besides me suffer from. The black sheep. The best mate-less chap. There are so many of us.

But things are changing, for me personally, but also for everyone who has felt like I do.

Luckily for me, I was able to get a seat front and center on the inside of a change that has begun to provide me with more chances to have more conversations with the dead ass dopest interlocutors I could ever have imagined.

That change is of course Cent specifically, but crypto more broadly. With Cent, my dream of being able to call up, on demand, my own personal cast of thoughtful commenters to my daily blog entries is finally nearly a reality. I've actually pretty much already been doing that, but with modified posts.

Through those regular posts I have already identified a few readers who really dig my writing, leave me comments on Twitter or Cent and share their thoughts with me on the regular (shout out to @BrianXV and @mohamedhayibor). There are other users on Cent that I'm able to get into regular chats with too, particularly below my BOTI bounty post each week.

And the result of it all is I feel richer. Richer in discussion. Richer in spirit. And I can't wait to share the wealth yall.

Thoughts on Enzypt.io

I just finished reading the first two installments of @BrianXV's animated Cold Storage series, and they were pretty freaking good.

Although he published the stories on Enzypt.io a week or so ago I wasn't able to read them until now because Enzypt doesn't provide support to mobile Web3 dApp browsers like Coinbase Wallet or Trust. Enzypt does that because those mobile browsers apparently don't support in-browser downloads. And that's a shame because mobile is all I use and it's the most convenient.

Anyways, I finally booted up my wife's notebook, paid for @BrianXV's stories, downloaded them and read them.

There is something special about what Enzypt is doing. Something futuristic. Something so right. I love how 100% of payments go to the content creators. I love how the content lives on IPFS and is essentially uncensorable.

But Enzypt also definitely feels like a single feature; not a fully fledged product. There is something missing. If Enzypt gets combined with something else (what that 'something else' is I have no idea...) it could be a game changer.

For some reason my mind goes to podcasts when I think of Enzypt. Hmm I dunno. I'm tired and my thoughts aren't getting any clearer, so I'll stop here, for now.

Why does the Playstation Store Suck?

Let me clarify: Why are the payment options on the Playstation Store so shitty?

I spent way too much time last evening figuring out how to buy a pre-paid card in the Playstation Store, only to have to download some payment app I didn't have, before having to enter in the 12 digit code to seed my digital wallet with funds, before I could finally purchase Battlefield I and a 1 month of Playstation online.

Anyways, it feels great to have surmounted that mountain of a challange. Will vent my frustration in-game sniping noobs.