Originally published on Yours.org on September 17, 2018.

Psyche!

You guys, I’m not throwing in the towel today or any time soon.

However, I’ve had some recent nagging doubts as the “bear market” and social drama drags on. A couple of months ago, everything was peachy according to my rose-coloured glasses. In the last several weeks, the ramped-up personality and ideological conflicts, combined with general FUD, has me stumped. I don’t think we’ve hit rock bottom yet, regarding price or the rest. My overactive imagination is questioning the motivations of all players in this weird 4-D poker/chess game. Will things get a LOT worse before they get better (or not at all)??? My general thought is that the big players in this decentralized network won’t screw things up for the rest of us (plebs, a.k.a. regular users), because they have more on the line (in terms of money and/or blood/sweat/tears equity) than little ol’ me. But the landscape is looking very bumpy and the water is murky.

Anyhow, it’s probably a good idea to hold onto your towel if you have one. It could come in handy, you never know. (The mom equivalent would be a Japanese handkerchief or mini tissue pack that I carry around in my purse. You know, in case a child in my vicinity has a random explosive sneeze.) Also,

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels.A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value — you can wrap it around you for warmth … More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has a towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit, etc. etc.”

Unsolicited updates:

  • If you are following me on Instagram @satoshidoodles, SORRY. I got behind and am still not up to date over there.
  • I am going to be shilling art prints soon™.