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Jim Latham's avatar

Disgruntlings reminds me that I had a scuba instructor who would tell people he was gruntled whenever he was in a good mood. His name was Bill, he had long hair, and he ate lots of Snickers bars.

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Kristi's avatar

Hahaha that's awesome! I've also thought of the word gruntled because technically, it would be the opposite, right?? 😁

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MLHE's avatar

Am adding some zero-calorie snickers here, just for fun!

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Kristi's avatar

Lol I love all guilty pleasures with zero calories 😁

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Jim Latham's avatar

Yeah, it's gotten weird over there in Medium land.

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Kristi's avatar

I just can't anymore. I'll post occasionally but since my earnings have been slashed from liveable to one bag of groceries, there's no motivation.

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Jim Latham's avatar

Yeah I’ve cut way back too. More than anything it’s just a buzzkill to log on.

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Yan Huang's avatar

Subscribed to Disgruntlings :) Unsubscribed to Written by Kristi. LOL. (I did not realize that this substack newsletter is for your Medium posts where I am reading yours.)

and yes #boos for Medium now.

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Kristi's avatar

Yeah that's originally why I started this newsletter, just for sharing Medium work. I have found the self-promotion thing to be a bit shameless and I haven't enjoyed it lol.

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Arjan Tupan's avatar

Yeah, I heard about that MWC thing, but had actually jumped ship before that (see why here: https://medium.com/eclectic-notes/i-abandoned-medium-and-this-is-why-d671d00824dc?source=friends_link&sk=8961e117b1e7a8d9b4d8694abdcb3996 ) . Will follow your new newsletter here on substack. I am very happy to be publishing here, now.

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Kristi's avatar

I didn't realize you had left. I'm going to read your article now.

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MLHE's avatar

Well...I enjoy being a sheep if it means continuing to follow you. And baa baa medium!

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Remington Write's avatar

Wait. What? What did I miss this time while ignoring Medium?

"go through hundreds of stories to remove the sign-up link for this newsletter."

For real? WTF is THAT about? (glad I have ways of staying in on your work!)

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Kristi's avatar

Lol it's just THIS newsletter. I've started up the new one and have at least one more in mind to get up and running in the future.

This newsletter is so general, zero focus. It's only purpose was to spam people with Medium links. Eewww.

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Ida Adams's avatar

Stay in touch. I don't know where to go with my writing so I'm still publishing on Medium.com but it's such a CF

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Kristi's avatar

Lol that CF made me laugh. And you're right. I'll keep everyone abreast of current and new happenings. And I'll still hold my spot on Medium and publish occasionally there.

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Robin Klammer's avatar

Definitely a shit load of drama.

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Kristi's avatar

Amen sister

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Charyl Lentz's avatar

Hi Kristi-I take it your not writing anymore on your newsletter. Dang, I'm a newbie and was hoping to learn from you. Take care, God Bless!

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Kristi's avatar

Unfortunately I'm not writing this one anymore. I have branched off into two separate other newsletters but neither have anything to do with Medium. I'm sorry!

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Kristi's avatar

This will be on Mediums headstone 🪦 😂

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