While it is true that the love of money is the root of all evil, we swim in the stuff. We sluice it through our life-gills as incessantly necessary holy water. So asketh and giveth awayeth, say eyeth. But how about with a good beat that's easy to dance to?
Congrats to you, Ray! You are one of the many dragon slayers I like to follow. I can either agree or not agree with your articles, but you leave that up to the individual(s). I will add that it certainly gives a free thinking human to be open-minded enough as to whats really going on in this world. Be Forever Blessed and may you continue to grow!
Happy Birthday to Ray Horvan’s, The Source, Substack!
🎂 🍨 🎈
As a new subscriber, I’m still figuring out the landscape and getting to know and understand you better but what I’m seeing this far is very impressive!
I feel my time here is well-spent and hopefully, I will have a worthwhile comments to contribute, as well.
Regarding this particular article, your ground-rules sound perfectly reasonable; most of your readers would tend to follow this line of online behavior, intuitively, or shape-up on their own with some clear, respectful feedback leading to self-reflection -> behavioral self-correction. Those folk who are not comfortable with this environment will no doubt pass on through.
As a suggestion, would you consider offering PayPal a payment option? I’d love to buy you and the ‘missus a coffee!
But I’m hesitant to share my email address for the purposes of buying you - (or anyone else) - a coffee.
And in using PayPal, I, and others) can specify specific payment amounts.
Last thoughts on this comment:
My writing style will never be in the form of the classic: introduction, three-to-five supporting paragraphs then ending nicely with a clear and concise summary.
Nor will it ever be crisply structured with Roman numerals, alphabet letters, numbers, and bullets.
So try to be patient with me. :)
Question: are swear symbols/substitute permitted? ‘
Ray, I have had a blanket policy in place since 2017 not to ever either give or especially ask for any money with regards to the truth. It was a big No No in the community on YT I was a big part of at that time. My channels were not ever monitized. Asking for money or selling things is still on my long Checklist of controlled opposition red flags. That said, you are the only person on substack I would consider financially supporting.That means you have my full confidence (which isn't easy to get) and I trust you. Your point of view is always valuable and you really challenge people to question their assumptions which I love. Anyway, I think your a treasure! Keep up the good work.
I have been on here a bit longer, and one of the few to write more than you I suspect, addressing issues that are complex and using words more than 6 letters long, vocabulary outside the 800 words most Americans use while reading at the 8th grade level. Writing has become a limited audience career, focusing the creations on the attention spans of the audience you hope to reach. Expecting others to pay for wisdom or valuable directions is apparently not an objective easily reached unless you are willing to create what people demand, under 750 word essays, less than 7 minute videos down from 15 minutes of attention span just 5 years ago. Ooops too long a response. personally, I am generally happy to see others actually go through the pain in the nect process to comment or give feedback after getting the emails. I hope the platform works harder at getting exposure to dedicated writers and not just focus on the success of the few, like a casino focused on making money instead of customers winning. Casinos are not paid for by winners so focusing on them will not work if this is supposed to be more than a cheap version, no people at the gaming tables and the illusion of great traffic or daylight to keep us playing without winning day after day. Why can't we barter paid subscription status with other writers for example. simple fix.
Yours is one of my fave substacks for Covid info and challenging my assumptions. May I suggest setting up a “Buy Me a Coffee” subscription where one does not have to commit to a monthly sub? We all know times are tough and will be getting tougher. I can support more on this type of sub.
Happy Birthday!
While it is true that the love of money is the root of all evil, we swim in the stuff. We sluice it through our life-gills as incessantly necessary holy water. So asketh and giveth awayeth, say eyeth. But how about with a good beat that's easy to dance to?
https://youtu.be/z8rQ575DWD8?t=122
Congrats to you, Ray! You are one of the many dragon slayers I like to follow. I can either agree or not agree with your articles, but you leave that up to the individual(s). I will add that it certainly gives a free thinking human to be open-minded enough as to whats really going on in this world. Be Forever Blessed and may you continue to grow!
Happy Birthday to Ray Horvan’s, The Source, Substack!
🎂 🍨 🎈
As a new subscriber, I’m still figuring out the landscape and getting to know and understand you better but what I’m seeing this far is very impressive!
I feel my time here is well-spent and hopefully, I will have a worthwhile comments to contribute, as well.
Regarding this particular article, your ground-rules sound perfectly reasonable; most of your readers would tend to follow this line of online behavior, intuitively, or shape-up on their own with some clear, respectful feedback leading to self-reflection -> behavioral self-correction. Those folk who are not comfortable with this environment will no doubt pass on through.
As a suggestion, would you consider offering PayPal a payment option? I’d love to buy you and the ‘missus a coffee!
But I’m hesitant to share my email address for the purposes of buying you - (or anyone else) - a coffee.
And in using PayPal, I, and others) can specify specific payment amounts.
Last thoughts on this comment:
My writing style will never be in the form of the classic: introduction, three-to-five supporting paragraphs then ending nicely with a clear and concise summary.
Nor will it ever be crisply structured with Roman numerals, alphabet letters, numbers, and bullets.
So try to be patient with me. :)
Question: are swear symbols/substitute permitted? ‘
Cuz sometimes.. u just gotta say it
Ray, I have had a blanket policy in place since 2017 not to ever either give or especially ask for any money with regards to the truth. It was a big No No in the community on YT I was a big part of at that time. My channels were not ever monitized. Asking for money or selling things is still on my long Checklist of controlled opposition red flags. That said, you are the only person on substack I would consider financially supporting.That means you have my full confidence (which isn't easy to get) and I trust you. Your point of view is always valuable and you really challenge people to question their assumptions which I love. Anyway, I think your a treasure! Keep up the good work.
Congratulations. Keep up the good work.
Congratulations, Ray! :) You are rocking the Substacks, as the kids like to say.
I have been on here a bit longer, and one of the few to write more than you I suspect, addressing issues that are complex and using words more than 6 letters long, vocabulary outside the 800 words most Americans use while reading at the 8th grade level. Writing has become a limited audience career, focusing the creations on the attention spans of the audience you hope to reach. Expecting others to pay for wisdom or valuable directions is apparently not an objective easily reached unless you are willing to create what people demand, under 750 word essays, less than 7 minute videos down from 15 minutes of attention span just 5 years ago. Ooops too long a response. personally, I am generally happy to see others actually go through the pain in the nect process to comment or give feedback after getting the emails. I hope the platform works harder at getting exposure to dedicated writers and not just focus on the success of the few, like a casino focused on making money instead of customers winning. Casinos are not paid for by winners so focusing on them will not work if this is supposed to be more than a cheap version, no people at the gaming tables and the illusion of great traffic or daylight to keep us playing without winning day after day. Why can't we barter paid subscription status with other writers for example. simple fix.
Congratulations Ray.
Yours is one of my fave substacks for Covid info and challenging my assumptions. May I suggest setting up a “Buy Me a Coffee” subscription where one does not have to commit to a monthly sub? We all know times are tough and will be getting tougher. I can support more on this type of sub.
CONGRATS