Welcome to my bot stellabelle. I just put you in. I should have done it sooner, but your first two posts were re-posts of your previous work and I didn't quite follow you for a while. I'm glad you've made Steem your primary publication channel.
I was doing my daily review of my bot's voting and this stuck out:
I have hypersensitivity issues with sound, some textures and smells (like chemical scents). This means I have trouble with fireworks, especially ones that are close by. The sound goes straight through my body and produces sharp, death-like pains inside my chest. I sort of feel like I'm dying, so I avoid loud noises of all kinds.
I hear you about the sensitivity issues with noise and textures. Loud noises are like someone hitting me in the back of the head. I'm also glad they have a word for this these days. I wish there was more sensitivity to sensitivity when I was a kid.
Which [picture] do you like the best?
Hands down, this one:
ok, cool. I'm curious about your bots. Maybe one day you explain them to me so I can have my own bots, too?
We have similar taste, as this one is my favorite too. Do you think my clothes are too revealing? It's really uncomfortable for me....
I guess your clothes aren't too revealing. I didn't really notice that they revealed much below your neck. I mostly noticed the interplay of light and shadow on your face and that the theme of fragmentation works very well in black and white.
Can I be blunt?
How did you become a whale?
Did you sink $140,000 of your own money into Steemit?
You know what, I'd love to answer you right here, but I think I'll make some money with my reply and post my story of my path to whaledom as it's own top level article. I'm thinking of using the pseudonym @evilwhale. The name is an inside joke of sorts. I'll let you know when I write it up, which may not be soon because I spend too much time doing evil whale stuff.
Like what?
Tuning my voting bot for maximal rewards for one, checking out authors, reading chats to see how others are maximizing their rewards.