tipplenurkey's thoughts
tipplenurkey's thoughts

tipplenurkey's thoughts

My real name is Jordan. I'm a disabled combat veteran of the US Army, husband and stay-at-home father of seven. This will be the generic blog for all things not related to my website or potential earning opportunities.


How Can You Make the Most of Publish0x? Here is Lesson One!

8 Aug 2020 3 minute read 0 comments tipplenurkey

   Obviously, the greatest earning opportunity here is getting tipped for your posts.  Today, I will talk about the first step in this process: creating engaging titles.    Creating a title that will draw readers to your article is arguably the most...

Something's Rotten in Lebanon!

6 Aug 2020 2 minute read 8 comments tipplenurkey

   So, the main port through which food flows into Lebanon was utterly destroyed along with the crop fields and the wheat in the granaries?  There was already a food shortage, fuel shortage, no functional power grid to speak of, and now the people of...

Why Centralized Finance is Bad and How Crypto is the Answer

2 Aug 2020 4 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey

   I'm going to do a lot of assuming in this argument. I'm going to do a lot of reaching. I'm not going to provide any evidence for or against my argument because I want you to go find it for yourself instead of taking my word. Ready?      You may ha...

How to tell if your point is valid

29 Jul 2020 1 minute read 11 comments tipplenurkey

When you engage in a debate with someone, pay close attention to how they conduct themselves. If the general strategy of your opponent is to: rebut an argument by twisting and adding to your words until it is a different argument; briefly mention...

My father-in-law is starting his own movement.

24 Jul 2020 3 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey

   In the wake of George Floyd, America and, by proxy, the world at large have experienced a massive wave of oppressive stupidity.  Criminal justice no longer applies if your skin is dark enough and you claim to be "protesting."  Virtue signaling has...

Bricked, wiped and restored my OnePlus 7 Pro six times today

20 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey

   I quit!  I am at the end of my rope and a very expensive  phone is about to die a most horrible death if I don't stop trying to root it.  Honestly, I don't know where I'm screwing this process up, but no prescribed method I have found for rooting...

Dear Publish0x, I have a few suggestions: #3 Integrate a one-time reward whenever an author gains a follower

17 Jul 2020 1 minute read 3 comments tipplenurkey

   While followers do allow us a measure of certainty regarding views and tips, I think highly effective and engaging authors should be rewarded for creating and sharing content that people actually want, as evidenced by that user following them.  Be...

How My Wife Gave Me My Username

17 Jul 2020 4 minute read 0 comments tipplenurkey

   As a husband, one of my many duties in life is to annoy, irritate, or otherwise provoke my wife's ire for my own amusement whenever possible.  At the time this story takes place, we had been married for seven years, so I'd already had plenty of ti...

I might be a closet politician...

17 Jul 2020 2 minute read 1 comment tipplenurkey

   Okay, so I just posted this literary masterpiece about why I support a cashless economy.  The problem is, I totally stepped on my own crank and repeatedly made mention of a fact that hasn't been the case for nearly 50 years, which someone pointed...

Dear Publish0x, I have a few suggestions: #2 Overhaul the post/tip limits

15 Jul 2020 2 minute read 3 comments tipplenurkey

   Rewarding users for participation on both sides is a fantastic incentive for people to engage actively on your website, but you have stifled this participation in three ways which, when used together, are highly redundant.  These are: (1) the ten-...