I sometimes find it amusing the thrill of the zap, how something like 500s makes me feel like I have won some kind of lottery. I won the fact of the day one time for 10k sats and I almost fell off my chair.
https://media.tenor.com/cdrOw1uwgpcAAAAC/borat-borat-king-in-the-castle.gif
In fiat terms, I shouldn't be getting excited about a few pence or dollars, but I think I know why. Because I only get sats from doing a bit of posting, I don't get loads and it changes the way I value them.
Now, of course, I earn in fiat and do a dca once a month into bitcoin, but since that goes straight to storage, it's abstracted away.
If I had a client that paid directly in sats or the world was on a btc standard, I also think it would be different. but when you can only get like 10 sats a day from fountain and a few a month on nostr, if that, the zaps here have a much bigger impact.
I also have a circular economy thing going on where before I didn't do anything with lightning, it was just this piece of tech, but not only has SN and nostr got me into using it, I also pay the kid's pocket money in sats that I earned just posting, I don't have to do any special buys for it. Just a little sat economy going on.
Do any of you also find it weirdly thrilling to get the equivalent of ten cents in zaps?
That's very cool and more noble than @cryotosensei just buying beer for himself with his SN earnings.
And in actual fact, I pimp my son’s drawings here. I do make an effort to send my SN earnings to his account, though
MOAR BEER!
where can i purchase a sensei Jr original piece of artwork ?
if my local store accepted sats, i still don't think i would spend them as i would think, a six pack for 6k sats, that's fucking outrageous!
the six pack would represent 6 weeks of hard milking on SN lol
I immediately downloaded Primal after I read this haha. But darn it! the primal wallet isn’t supported in Singapore;(
Do you have ZBD? I answer its quiz question every day to get a few sats haha
whats your npub? let's have it! you can attach other wallets for receiving zaps on primal, i attached WOS and it works when i manage a few little zaps a month lol
Let’s try!
Here’s mine:
npub180z80td2vekhs24u9p20jn35m3u8ha089ldj0a6pp80vytq4n5vqul4hcs
Always good to have another source of zaps! Well done
The sats from zaps are insanely rewarding. Someone had to give them to me. It has meaning. It carries weight. They had to think about it and decide if what I said has value.
it's true. i have to say, even the little lightning animation when zapping people here is also quite satisfying
I noticed UNCLE ROCKSTAR was active on Nostr all of a sudden and was re relaying notes
I just said 'UNCLE ROCKSTAR woke up and chose to share memes'
Bam 💣 💣 10k zap
Gives you a buzz for sure
i even got a second-hand buzz just reading about how you got a 10k zap lol
yes.
Every little zap is mentally worth so much more than paychecks in a fiat bank account. Freakin weird how that is.
And just like you, winning those big pots or getting phat zaps is a WONDERFUL sensation of awe and gratitude.
do you think if you were fully paid in sats, you would also feel the same effect from the juicy zaps?
Yes, completely. It's changed the way that I value time, energy and value. Still a lot to learn, embrace and integrate into my life, but the pursuit of it feels good.
That's so true. Even getting zapped 10 sats or CC's makes me very happy.
I don't get super jazzed about CCs, but the fact you can spend them to make a post is pretty cool and does make them useful , just less exciting :p
I understand this is why I like CC's too, but you're also right getting sats is just much more exciting.
must be how gamblers feel in the casino lol
Yeah! Sats are 1,000 times more precious than cents.
I'm amazed when someone zaps a large amount on my post. It's happened a couple of times and I want to thank them but have no idea who it was.
Zapped for Borat lol
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This post might be more relevant and engaging in the ~lightning territory.