^{It's quiet here. A little too quiet, for me, even though silence is one of my favorite things.}

I'm sure many have their reasons to leave. That's their choice, I won't judge.

Recently

^{I left a snarky little comment on this post published by @kevinwong.}

Lighthearted, just having fun, with a serious message hidden behind my humorous mask. Have a read, then think about it.

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_{Thanks for reminding me all about how today, rather than posting, I could have used my whopping 22000SP to upvote ten cheesy comments, like this one, and earned more than I did after I spent a few hours producing some fancy shmancy new art and writing a solid post meant to encourage users here to start paying attention to one another.}

_{Also, since I could have earned more doing that, I'd be cutting off over 100 accounts who've received over 200 votes within the past week from me, personally; and I bet that would cheer them up enough to love this place more! Hooray! Sarcasm is fun!}

_{Now, seriously, is this what we want? I can do that, you know.}

_{I don't care what kind of change happens but some change obviously needs to happen because after being here this long (nearly two years), and producing that much content (well over 500 posts published, with new art and writing in majority of them), I should still be wanting to climb the ladder and further my blogging career; not stop doing what I love just so I can vote up less effort than this, 10 times per day, while cutting off over 100 other members from earning as well. Is this a good time to say derp, or no?}

_{Here's your average long time content producer perspective. How does it sound? Bright future ahead? Hmmm? ;)}

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Are you done thinking?

^{Good. Let's go for a walk.}

^{They Knew It Was Coming}

^{The Last One}

^{That's Not A Wave}

^Emily

^{The Contentinator}

^{Bob Loblaw}

^{I Let Them See Me}

^{Fix My Life}

^{Looking Back}

^{Under the Influence of the Few Influential}

^{A Distant Memory}

^E

^{The Blue Picture You're Looking At}

That's only what I've produced over the past 16 days.

^{On quite a few occasions, I could have earned more by not working.}

Not only recently either. Since I came back on December 9th of last year, more often than not, ten self votes on cheesy comments per day could have paid me more than actually working on this blog nearly everyday.

Now I'm noticing a lot of people going silent. I'm not the type to worry but I am smart enough to realize that might include supporters of my blog. Voters, viewers, readers; the audience. That's important to all of us here no matter who you are, so of course it matters to me.

Back in 2014,

^{I told a lot of people I was planning on doing something with my art and writing.}

Going places.

September 2016 rolls around and here I am, getting started, doing what I said I'd do. All I needed were the right tools and a proper venue. This place was all that and then some so I pounced all over the opportunity. So here I am, an artist with no name, making waves; just like that.

I never had the need or desire to be internet famous so those other social media outlets didn't appeal to me. What good is a selfie with 100000 likes?

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Hi. I'd like to order a pizza.

How will you be paying, sir?

100000 likes.

^click

Hello? Are you there? Hello?

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I wanted to work, and earn money.

^{A simple concept. People have been doing it for thousands of years.}

When I started though, I never once thought I could simply work my way up to a point where all I had to do was show up to work at any hour most convenient for me, grab a handful of cash from the tip jar, then leave without doing any work.

If you were the owner of a restaurant and one of your employees did that, would you allow it, or fire that employee on the spot?

We all know the answer to that.

^{"You're fired."}

Well, I like my job here. This is what I set out to do, many years ago, remember?

Compromising the future I see doing what I really love doing wasn't part of the game plan.

How far can one truly get in life if taking self-destructive measures are included on the list of Shit I need to get done today:

• Wake up
• Kick ass
• Go to sleep

I don't see it on that list.

^{Do you?}

So what am I left with?

The perfect opportunity, once again. That's what.

This time, those of you who are still out there have given me the opportunity to say:

Thank you.

^{It's not me who's preventing myself from giving up, turning my back on everyone, and becoming a leech.}

It's you.

^{Thanks for having my back, making me feel welcome, and enjoying my work.}

That means the world to me. I didn't come here to take. I came here to show you something.

Thanks for looking.

Credits: _{All images seen here were produced digitally, by me. "I'll see you when you get back."}

^{Images © 2018 @NoNamesLeftToUse. All rights reserved.}