Do you need Steem to survive?

Yes. Otherwise I would be building gadgets from paperclips, clicking cookie clicker all day and eventually falling of my living room window which is closed but would happen and you do not want to know the unfortunate (on whos point of view) events that would lead me to that point if I weren't at Steem. Steem keeps my head together.

Oh you perhaps meant the money.
HA!

I had a conversation with someone recently who said that they need Steem to perform in order to pay their mortgage.

As if I could ever reach that point. I am still on the giving side if we think about who gets money from who. Steem wins, I lose.

No - I have to be able to cover my life with my life and consider an investment as I always have, already lost.

That's what I've always though about my investment. It's a hobby. But I see how the idea of getting by on Steem is tempting. Especially for someone who has been here when Steem was worth more. It's easy to forget that someday it could be worthless.

What an earth is that intriguing photo of? Burned match? Candle-snuff? Fungus? The thing Justin Sun found from his nose? You better put that to an airless container. That's the investment you've been waiting for. It pays off your loan in the future. Just hold on to that Justin booger. I'm naming it Juger.

An excellent photo of the Juger.