Hey there my steemian peepz!
Hope you’re all having a great festive time so far with family and friends as well as generally making the most of this holiday season. I know I certainly am. In fact, I’ve just got back from a dinner party where my wife and I had a very memorable evening. Yes, the drink flowed and the food chowed down. Though when all the hurried gobbling had subsided, conversation soon took over and one of the subjects that cropped up was none other than… Crypto!
Yes, for the first time ever at a Christmas gathering, the topic of digital currency played a part. And who were the central focus of this engaged and brief natter? Why, yours truly, of course. And his most esteemed lady. For not too long ago, this was all we would bang on about.
Stuff like, “Have you ever heard of this platform called Steemit? It’s incredible!” or ”The price of Bitcoin and Ethereum keeps on pushing higher. You have to get into this game!”
Now, as I’m sure many of you can relate, in the past they would hear the dreaded mentioned of “crypto” from us and automatically close off all audible channels to their brain containing the words, “Bitcoin, Ethereum or Steemit”. It was like pure kryptonite and the euphoria of our life-changing new discovery soon wore off. We decided to keep it to ourselves and embark on this epic journey as a couple as opposed to a group.
So, how the tables have turned! One guy started off proceeding by dropping the hammer early on. He opted for the casual approach. This is a play-by-play of how things went down.
”Hey guys. Been hearing a lot more about your crypto currencies.” (Yeah, sure. Like we own the damn things.)
”Are you still active in the game?” (a.k.a. Give me as much information as you can, guys… Right now!)
After some rapid thinking, I responded by saying, ”Oh yeah, crypto. It’s been a while since we’ve heard that term.” (Yeah, right… Like when I checked my phone for the latest market rates just before ringing the doorbell to attend this party.)”
”We invested a little at the beginning and now simply playing the waiting game for however long it takes.” (In other words, Google is a great source of information for those that can be bothered to use it for that purpose.)
At this point, I could see my wife smiling out of the corner of my eye. That was fine but I didn’t want this guy to start reading between the lines.
He looked at me with a smug grin before blurting out, ”Well, if you got any tips to offer your good old pal then I’d be more than happy to listen. Catch my drift? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink?” (Yeah, I catch your drift already… Except the only drifting will be us backing away in the other direction.)
”Sure. I tell you what. I’ll mull over that thought for the time being and get back to you a little later tonight. That OK?” (I was hoping this tactic was good enough for the time being that he might forget about it by then and stop attempting to pry my mind open like a tin of sardines.)
He nodded back in a kind of half-tipsy stupor as we did in fact make that swift exit.
You see, that is the way things are now. People who decided to partake in cryptocurrency a few years back aren’t suddenly doctorates in giving expert financial advice. Nobody told us how this “game” works. We had to fight and claw our way out armed with nothing else but Google and a modicum of common sense. But most of the time when confronted by those who want in at this stage, we just don’t know what to say anymore. I guess all those scornful glances and expressions of mockery finally pushed us over the edge, so to speak.
So, at the end of the evening, our friend did indeed forget about our little “crypto” related banter and will most likely go back to the same routine of daily life until some other unforeseen spark triggers him to seek us out for more info on this most elusive of subject matters. But for now, we’re done. It’s too vast an area to casually discuss over the phone and at some dinner party.
If only those same individuals had taken the plunge as we did and attempted to discover something new and transformative for their lives, things may have worked out very different.
No… As far as we are concerned, "crypto-chatter" is at a dead-end moot point. Maybe things will change in the future, but not until we are certain that the individuals probing us with questions do indeed have some wanton belief or trust in the technology itself.
We shall see…
A very merry Xmas to all my fellow steemians who “DID” take the plunge and are now enjoying or have enjoyed the same journey as we have…
Bless you all… :)
