Fine Line Between Sarcasm and Funny

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Perhaps there is a funny bone somewhere in me. Shallow Hal anyone?

Disclaimer: I do NOT support tail docking , whereby it human or animal
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I didn’t expect my post on the Case of the Disappearing Cookie to receive any chuckles, but some kind souls stopped by to give their organic upvote support. Thank you everyone, I appreciate us sharing the same sense of humor.

For those that did not read my post, I disqualified myself from the #comedyopenmic for research purposes. I am now poor in SBD earnings since I threw everything I’ve earned in my 112 days on here into that post. Was it worth it? Eh, let’s just say I’m nowhere near the $380+ payout earnings of the trending cookie post. I’m also nowhere in the ballpark of the $800+ post with the contest logo, a link, and a “follow” statement that the community deemed to be of valuable content. So many criteria to factor in for “payout success”, such as length of time here on Steemit, your circle of friends, person’s self-vote worth, alt-accounts…you get the drift.

Since my SBD worth is lack-luster at the moment, I am going to conform to rules! (No choice really). Organic growth, here we go! It’s actually another good post for research purposes. I'm pulling in the community aspect of Steemit by using all the tags that could possibly result in an upvote on this post. The organic way, of course. I really did zap any funny bone in me on my cookie post, so this one is simply a valiant effort.

Alas, it wouldn't be deemed funny if the post is not full of memes and giphys, so you will have a galore of them below.

The Sarcastic Spectrum of the Totem Pole

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In my opinion, writing a humorous post (not simply posting a meme or giphy) is challenging because there is a fine line between sarcasm and funny. Here is sarcasm.

Check out the hashtag #funny and see how many Trending posts with payouts in the value of $150+ with a simple meme or giphy. The @transparencybot stopped by many of them, but there is only so much Mr. Bot can do. How about the individuals NOT using bidbots but one single self-vote or an upvote from an alt account could push them there? Especially if that upvote is worth $100+.

The Sorta Funny Spectrum of the Totem Pole

The best compliment given to me by an ex-boss were these five words: You are good at BS'ing!

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At the time, my job role was working with CEO, COO, and CFOs in health systems around the country so they could implement a drug pricing program that gave the indigent access to prescribed medications. The sad truth is, there are many people in this country that have to decide between buying groceries or drugs. One patient wrote us a letter telling us just that, thanking us for now having to pay less than $5 for a drug that used to cost her $100.

So working with the heads of health systems do require some BS on my part. Some "placating" is involved because the program is not ready to be implemented now as many would prefer. Frustrations are expressed when there are speed bumps.

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A thoughtfully-written email is required most times. I had no idea those thoughtfully-written emails were deemed BS! She did say it with a big grin and chuckle so I guess it was a compliment.

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What I enjoyed most in my prison time there (it was a stressful job) were the charming C-suites with their southern accents from states like TX, WV, and Mississippi --love how that rolls off the tongue. Being called a doll or young lady gave me many smiles.

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Where Am I Now?

I work for a non-profit organization (slim earnings right off the bat) and still helping people but I do so in other ways now. My profession transitioned from project management to IT. As mentioned in another post, I mainly work with interfacing two systems so they can communicate with one another.

A little bit like this:

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Do I Like Where I am Now?

I’ve been here for several years. Let’s just say we are undergoing departmental changes. They want to get rid of a full-time consultant’s position and dump the workload my way.

My workload will likely grow from this (those docs on my desk are not work-related, note the titles on Steemit whitepaper, bluepaper and SMT Tokens. My stacks do look like that!):

To this:

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How Do I Feel About That?

Here is a screenshot of my daily DD activities. Note the timestamp. I think I’m supposed to be in the office by 8:30 AM 🙄.

I do try to add in a day of oatmeal to ease my guilty conscience of having those delectable bacon bits.

So why do they keep me around?

Believe it or not, I have exceptional work ethics. I’m not a morning person, especially not since I discovered Steemit, but always stay late to finish my work. Plus, I am good at my job. I do have an analytical mindset. I dig into issues and try to understand how things work if I care enough about the subject. Many answers are easily obtained (ahem decentralization blockchain where data is available to the public). Just a matter of if I care enough to look or not.

Most importantly, the company doesn’t want to shell out more money for someone else because that is what it takes to handle the daily activities and projects tossed my way.

So they keep me around.

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Dear Redfishes and Minnows:

If you've made it this far, be sure to stop by and read about the $0.02 sbd DUST threshold. Learn why your upvote is deemed dust if your upvote worth is not at $0.02/$0.03. Use your upvotes wisely!

My Two Cents for Your Thoughts - Anything Less and YOU won't get PAID!

Thank you for stopping by! Have a BEE-ATIFIC day!

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Entry to #comedyopenmic, Round 11
Contest Rules for anyone who would like to join in the fun.

Nominations: @doomsdaychassis (get it over with!), @smylie2005 & I did nominate @palikari123 from my unofficial entry.