The tenliest blog - why are we (humans) so dumb?

I've parenthesized 'humans' as if I'm pointing out that I AM one like an alien pretending to BE one 😅

This is not a vent; it's just a ramble.

Naturally, like most newly minted Rewinding Friends denizens, I discovered amongst the shiny fun features this site offers that are part of the "ain't never was" nostalgia myspace throw-back experience are these badges.

Bronze.

Silver.

Gold.

And wow, hey, platinum? I can get platinum?

Gotta catch 'em all!

They're a throw away.

A pixelated participation trophy.

And yet, I've literally seen posts from presumedly fully growed human beings (the non-parenthetical type and as such, not aliens pretending to be human, but actual-factual human beings or a reasonably good AI facsimile thereof)* talking about how desperate they are to "catch 'em all". 

At least none of this involves micro- transactions. (yet?)

Is there an acceptable level higher than platinum? Maybe plaid? Oh my! Can we get plaid level badges???

Oh, and what about that shiny shiny gold level badge that the first 1000 members received! Can those of us within the first 10,000 get a silver level exclusive??? 

Must have all the badges! 

Why?

Because pixels!

And!

Because humans gonna human 😅 

So I had vowed to ignore the whole business and go on my way fat, dumb, and happy, posting, conversing, forumning, grouping, and whatever. 

But it did stick in the back of the underdeveloped recesses of my monkey-brain. 

(Psst ... Macey ... you still only have 'bronze' level for blog posts).

*sigh*

Dammit.

Must satisfy the need for pixelated acknowledgement of a non-accomplishment! 

Here's a sticker for good penmanship! 

So, I did post a blog or three just a wee bit faster than I might otherwise have.

I am HOPING that quality didn't suffer too much (lest I be judged harshly by the strangers in the interweirds ... for bad blogging. For junk blogging. Not anything else, like being a generally obnoxious bitch while displaying unbridled toxic positivity in spite of my screen name).

Well then, this particular blog post celebrates my previous blog post. 

My 'tenth' blog post.

The 'tenliest' blog post there is!

Is it a good post?

No.

Is it my tenth post?

Yes!

So what?

So I get the silver blogness badge of doom! 

Now THIS post ... my ELEVENTH blog post of most extremely high caliber and deep introspective quality starts me on the long path to the gold badge, and thus to the ultimate goal of platinum!

That is of course ... until there is a 'plaid' level, rendering 'platinum' to be the penultimate goal. A lesser child of greater sires.

By this point, I've caused any unfortunate innocent enough distress by having to weave through my generationally out of date writing style's overuse of parentheses, ellipses, and quotation mark and will relent for now.

Until my twelfthliest blog post! 

*The irony of pointing out something as "non-parenthetical" within parenthesis