I woke up from a dream this morning which has left me in an ill humor.
In my dream I was trying to put together a post for Steem. It was a semi-nightmare. I was revising and revising and revising for fear of incurring a massive downvote from a whale.
This dream was inspired by exactly that having happened to an excellent post I read yesterday by a friend of mine here. His post was, like everything this particular Steemian posts, brilliant. It had everything one could want in a high-quality post. It expressed an opinion that some might find mildly offensive, but it was only that, an opinion. His post got a 100% downvote from a whale, which nearly wiped out its entire earnings. I went to the whale's blog and saw that his far less well-researched, labored over, and quality posts were making nearly 200 STU!
I dream about making 20 STU!
Oh right, back to my dream. So I was trying to write about, uh, uh... Drat! I can't remember! It was a really good idea too!
So now I am having nightmares about retribution. I've described Steem in the past as a kinder place, but that downvote was an act of cruelty. There was no explanation given in the comments. Is this really what we want?
This is my entry to 
https://steempeak.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-705-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-ill-humor
As usual, I set the timer for 4:30, wrote until it went off, then went back to proofread but not edit.
The image is mine of a sculpture I liked a lot, but I can't remember the sculptor's name at the moment. I'll get back to you on that.
