You know, it's not that I put my fingers in my ears and scream like a child, nothing like that. But, I can't seem to understand the logical mechanisms employed here, I seriously can't. And here is the deal, someone looking from the outside, someone who would stumble on this blog by mere chance, would probably think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not.

As we know SMTs just got announced, and these news should have given people some hope, not the opposite. I even saw some steemians I deeply respect seeing the announcement as a negative thing, which to me is also troubling. We might have entered a time were we are dominated by emotions, negative emotions at that, and have forsaken the positivity we once embraced with open arms.

But anyways, I digress. My question is really simple:

What crypto Project is currently kicking ass?

And I'm asking sincerely, because I don't see anyone mooning at the moment. I mean, I see progress on the technical aspect of things, with BTC launching nodes of lightning network daily, Vitalikoin(ETH) also makes some moves forward as well with sharding being heavily discussed and researched, but I don't see anyone "winning" per say. Not in the way we used to define winning.

We could be talking about who is sucking less, maybe that is actually a good conversation to be having. The way I see it all the crazy gains we thought were merited, were just a bunch of lambo banshees thinking they were about to quit their day jobs and insult their boss. Mass adoption was not there, it's still not here and more importantly 99% of the blockchain projects are immature ideas at best.

So it seems to me that the prophets of doom were probably just not ready for some truth, that's all. And yes, that does sound like I'm being a jerk, but honesty is something that I strive for.

I know what you might be thinking, you are thinking I'm exageratting... I know you are, I would think the same thing if I was in your place, but worry not my friend, I will show you a lovely comment made by a high rep account, with a good STAKE on its wallet too.

So there you have it ladies and gentlemen, a user that could be sitting on 50k, 60k USD on the wallet calling for STEEM to go to zero. BRAVO!!! BRAVOO!!

What is this? What am I seeing right here? Is this some form of masochism? Self Boycott? Of course it is, you know what this reminds me of, this reminds of how small children deal with conflicting outcomes. When they face adversity and still lack the tools to cope, instead of adjusting, they automatically negate the initial desire.

Let me explain, Story time again... I apologize:

My older brother Jose and I were sitting the backseat as usual as my father was driving home one night, when he decided to stop at a store to buy us some treats. If I remember correctly, we were still a bit far from home and he wanted to make sure his boys were not going to make his night a nightmare.

My father got out the car, asked us what we wanted, I said I wanted chocolate cookies and I think my brother said he wanted something spicy, I don't remember. The idea was that his treat was smaller, faster to consume. Some minutes went by, he finished his treat, and he turned around and asked me if he could have a cookie - My reaction.... INDIGNATION.

It can't be fair that he gets to eat all his treat and also ask me for a portion of mine. I tell my mother who was sitting on the passenger seat that my "evil" brother is asking me for a cookie and he already ate his whole treat. My mother, being the pragmatic mother she has always been says to me - "So what? Give him one.. what have I taught about sharing?"

You know what I did? I opened the car window and I threw ALL MY COOKIES OUT THE WINDOW - In the name of justice of course. I "fixed" it.

Deconstructing @MiniMenO

Why would I think the right answer was throwing away the cookies? Does that make sense? Of course not, you can't understand it, but that is only because you are thinking with an adult mind. The problem is too simple, you can be logical about it, but try to put yourself in the shoes of Hive account@minimeno who at this moment had very little understand of the world. (I still know nothing, but I've learnt a thing or two)

The way it works on the mind of a child is that by destroying the one thing that created the unfairness, he could remove his emotional investment, simply because he would have no choice but to convince himself that he never wanted it in the first place. It's a self mind ninja trick.

In other words, after the cookies splashed on the dirty road (it was raining) and became undesirable, the next step was to convince myself I never wanted cookies in the first place. Once I had taken that important step, I could built my argument and disguise it as justice.

Mom... it's his fault, he could have ordered cookies too...

All the logical contortionisms would come out and play, and thus Hive account@meno would being to show signs of a future negotiator (i think so at least).

Now, do not worry about my maternal parental figure, she is sharp always has been sharp and is no doubt the biggest mind ninja that has ever walked this earth, she took a logical Katana to my knees that night and showed me how silly I was to throw away my cookies and how it affected no one but myself.

Why all this cookie talk?

Aside from the fact that I love cookies, and that I think everyone should. I like this story because it really helps me illustrate how silly the Prophets of DOOM are acting. They are just like Hive account@minimeno throwing cookies out the window saying they never wanted cookies in the first place.

And just like Hive account@minimeno if I was to tell a prophet - "Hey little prophet... you spent a whole year in this place, you worked your ass off, Why would you want it to fail?"- The Prophet of DOOM would retort with some aggression tinged with sarcasm.

But... Little Prophet...

I'm not buying it, you are not buying it either. You want STEEM to succeed too, and everyone sees right through the iron mask. Why do I know? Because you are human too, you also put hundreds of hours into this place, wrote until your walmart brand keyboard said enough and bought the logitech with the little lights, I know, I've seen it through your webcam.

So why don't we just cut the crap? Why don't we celebrate a little more, feel a little more grateful for what we have, work on building the community a little more, Why not? If you tell me that's because everything is loss, then show me... leave... - Don't just talk a big game, freaking show me.

But listen, don't get me wrong, I don't want you to leave, I want you to be happy too... I just want you to be more honest with yourself, because from where I see it... You don't fool anyone...