Confessions of a myLot Snob...

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I just like to type, that is why I am here, plus I learn new things which is always a plus. I cannot imagine living a day without learning at least ONE thing as I am an avid learner. 53 thousand posts??!...I think you could be my hero, or at least one of them anyway.

Wow I love your new avatar Hatley! It caught my eye so I had to respond to this one... I don't count posts, myLot does that mostly for me and the one's it doesn't count... I still know I'm getting credited for it so its all good. I don't worry about that any way - I'm having fun. As HomeBase says 53 thousand posts is a ridiculous amount to try to ' count ' or keep track of!

@ehoforever... When I just read your comment I totally thought you were gonna say,"Wow I love your new avatar HomeBase"

So, you got this link from yahoo answers? I don't even remember how I found this site, but I'm glad I found it. Yes, it is a really nice thing to be able to come here and type and get paid for it too. It is also a great thing to be able to practice your music and get paid for that as well. Life is good.

Ahh, my friend stealthy. I think that you are so right about a person is (more than likely...my words) wasting their time if they come here just to make money, but I feel they are wasting their time not because it doesn't pay a dollar in a single day (as you have said), but for another reason. See, since I, that is me, myself and I, come here because I like to type, I cannot imagine coming here just for the money, to me it is so enjoyable here that doing it for the money is not fathomable to me...it is outside of my circle of understanding. I mean, it's not like I'm the dullest knife in the drawer or anything like that, I just think that sometimes one cannot relate to a certain thing if they themselves don't feel that way. Don't get me wrong, I can certainly understand doing certain things just for money... (after all, my young son and I were homeless for almost 3 years (!!) because I didn't have any money...how many people here on myLot can say that???!!) ... I can understand doing certain things just for the money, I just don't understand myLotting just for the money.

What I'm talking about as far as being a snob about myLot can be partially found in your dictionary definition #1, the part about being condescending. I feel that when people get on here and talk about the money part of myLot, I find it slightly distasteful simply because I don't think like that. Thinking about money is all well and good, money is NOT a bad thing, money is a very GOOD thing, but when someone seems to be doing something ONLY for the money, that is kind of a turn-off to me. Sorry, that is just the way I feel about it. As far as your comment about discussions started without indicating my name, I really don't understand what you mean

See my response -- can be compared to a phrase -- a crow sat on top of a palm tree and a fruit fell down--the fruit fell of its own --but was attributed to crow sitting on top of the palm tree. Money is required. Yesterday i saw a tv program. A muslim man of 40 years married twenty years back to a christian converted as muslim (the girl was only 13). They could not get a son. This man got married to another muslim girl poor girl without telling the first wife. Through second wife he got three sons --now 10,7, and 5 year old now. this man was affected by polio when he was young --he lost heavily in business and is not able to walk-- first wife and second wife are beating him and pushing him down-- it is because there is no earnings and now each is blaming the other. For them money is very much required. But for a person whose needs are already satisfied money is an extra motivation. hope you understand.

there is a discussion going linking earnings to number of responses and i thought this one is related to that now i understand you have posted of your own.

Lol @ SLOB !! Did my mother send you?? That was totally my mom sending me a message thru the ether waves via an unsuspecting myLotter!!! lol (I need to clean my house!!) Sure you can join the club!! The more the merrier, right?? Although I must warn you that I have a tendency to always be *broke*, that is to say, in seemingly constant need of finances. I suppose it is due to all of my nose-'uppidness'-in-the-air about people who seem to be SO into only money...for it is not just here on myLot that I feel this way, I get my pant-ees all in a bunch about people period who seem to always talk about money. Still, I especially cringe when I read the comments from those that have been myLotting for 5 minutes and go into the "when do I get my money?" type of thing, but to be fair I totally understand it. We need money to live, there is no doubt about that. Like you, I don't keep score, I don't post because I think that I will be paid whatever (although I must admit that I do post at times hoping to get attention...more on that later). Thank you echoforever (LOVE the avatar, by the way), I appreciate the banner for the myLot snob. I guess that we should feel good that we are blessed enough to just come here because we enjoy it instead of just coming here for money. We have found something that brings us joy, others should be so lucky : )

If it was your mother I had no idea about it I assure you! That is ridiculously funny. Thanks for the laugh! I am not so much a snob about it in real life so much as feeling somewhat bad for those people who are constantly looking for money. I know we need it but I believe that I have enough to get by usually - I never have not gotten by so I will stick with that til I don't. I hope that day never comes however! I do write my discussions hoping to get attention too because I love responding to them! I get lost in that! Thanks I like your pretty dove avatar it looks very peaceful.

I meant snob - not slob.

See, that's why I like you GardenGerty, because you understand me. Yes, I do come here for the pleasure, because I like to type. Of course I would love to make more money at anything I do, as I have myself and a teenager to support, but I have discovered that I really just like coming here to type. Of course if you would like to school me on how to make more money here, feel free

There was a girl on here who like never posted and then every few months would ask me how much I make on here. I would tell her how it ranges by how active I am and would tell her how much I had made in the last month etc. After about the third time of this I just didnt reply because I'm not sure what she is going for. Is she thinking that if she waits the price per post will go up or something. Ugh whatever I do my thing and enjoy myself. Thats awesome that my post inspired you. I have that happen to me a lot on mylot as well. I love this site :)

Thank you for saying that I'm not a snob. I know that people need the money, I guess the people that I'm really talking about are the ones that have posted 3 times and then ask about the pay, it's like, put some work in first baby, damn! (Can I say 'damn' on myLot?) It is a lot of fun here, I get a lot out of this site. Recently I was inspired by you, yes, you and your cheese sandwich, and that picture that you posted. (That was the cleanest pan I've ever seen to just have had a cheese sandwich cooked in it!!) I'm a very visual person, and love looking at pictures of all manner of things. I was inspired by your story of how you cooked your sig-other a meal and then called him and told him about it, even sent him a picture. I loved that!! I admire people who put work into their relationships, even when it comes to the seemingly simple things, like cooking, phoning and sending pictures of a sandwich. You seem like the type that pays attention to the details, girlfriend! I admire stuff like that.

Yeah, the social part and the money part are both cool, but the social part is really the part that drives me here. I don't even remember how I came across this site, just Internet surfing and found it...glad I did

marguicha, marguicha, marguicha...ahhh, I like how that sounds!! Makes me want to start dancing...but we are not here for that, now are we??! Yes, I know that a lot of newbies get on here and start that type of discussion, and that is why I said in my discussion starter that I really don't like to feel like a snob about this. I realize that people need to make money, heck, I, myself, am in need of some money right now!! But I must admit that I have always been the type to find certain attitudes about money very distasteful in many ways. Yes, we need it, and I understand that, but I guess I'm being a snob about it because for so long I have read where 'they' have said that if you find something that you like to do, you will do it and not even worry about the money. I have found that in myLot, so I guess I'm reveling in it and being a snob about the whole thing.

You are right, coming here to myLot is a lot of fun. I enjoy it. It is okay to be here for money, but I don't think that a person can really get a lot out of being here if all they come here for is to get paid. I mean, we all need money, everybody knows that. But I think that if one likes what they are doing, then they will do that thing with joy, and possibly do more of it.

Privileged?? Well, let's see...I'm a single mother with a young son, who was recently homeless with my young son for almost three years, because I had no money to get us a place to stay...and I don't mean the sleeping-on-your-relatives-couch, or staying-at-a-friend's-house kind of homeless. So, yes, I think that we should be sympathetic, because we do not know their circumstances.

Yes, you are right, people do come here for different reasons. It is a nice place to meet new people, one can especially meet new people if they spend a lot of time here writing and starting discussions. I'm sure it is also a good place to come and develop writing skills using the English language, although your writing seems to indicate that you have a good grasp on the English language already. All types of people come here for different things, it is a fun place to be.

Yep, I enjoy myLot a-Lot lol. Love your avatar by the way

Yes, indeed HomeBase :) It seems like you are enjoying mylot,too :)

So true!! I like you girlfriend!!

At first I did not get this! What a HOOT! (Coming from an owl )

There are so many things that I can say in response to what you just wrote here, suffice it to say, I feel you on a few things...you and I are here with that. I will admit though, that sometimes I kind of think, well, hell, if I just tell some more of my business, then I'll have a whole lot more to talk about here on myLot. I do sometimes feel like a snob when it comes to the money thing, but as I told another myLotter, I need to get my nose out of the air about money, because I'm constantly broke, and being dismissive of money is probably the main reason of my "broke-ness". Thanks though for telling me that I'm not a snob, that kind of makes me feel better about myself.

When one is a noob to a site like this, some will be curious and ask questions. Not everybody who is new here does that.

Well, I think the real issue is, are we better off now than we were 4 years ago...and the answer is NO!!! Oh, sorry, sorry, wroooonggg discussion Thanks girlfriend, I appreciate you saying that you don't condsider me a snob, although I guess on a serious note I really should get my nose out of the air about money. I am always in need of money, and I think one of the reasons why is because I have let other people's worship of money cloud my reality on the fact that I really need money and therefore I have to respect it more, does that make sense girlfriend?? Like you, I don't care about the money here, and yes it would be great to make a lot of money, because goodness knows, I sure need it for so many things, but I think that it is good that we can come here and not even think about the money, just have fun. I must confess however, that it is not like that in other areas of my life, in other areas I seem to be constantly concerned about money. I would love to take that carefree attitude about money that I have here at myLot and transfer that into other areas of my life. I guess that is why I feel like such a snob here when I don't worry about money, because everywhere else it is not like that

ME not need to worry about my financial situation?? HA!! Now that is FUN-NEE!! I am always in need of money, as a matter of fact, I really need some money now!! I have all kinds of bills that need to be paid, so I definitely need money! No, what I am talking about really are the posts that I read where the person only has about 2 or 3 posts, and yet they are already asking about money, it is like, "hey, you just got here. You have to put some work in first!" That is like on any job. You are not supposed to go to a job and be there 2 days and then start asking about the money! Like you, I admire people who do not need to worry about their financial issues, it means that they are doing something right as far as money is concerned.

Well, since you are at home you are going to be able to get a lot of typing done!! You might make all kinds of friends here in the myLot neighborhood ! It is always good to study vocabulary, even a native English speaker can always enhance their vocabulary, there are a lot of words out there to learn!

Yes, you are right, there are good people here. It is a nice place to come and interact with different people.