<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ben&#039;s Bitter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://bensbitterblog.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[bensbitterblog]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://bensbitterblog.com/author/bensbitterblog/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Guess who wrote 4 posts on this blog for the first time ever 5 years ago&nbsp;today?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know. Someone probably. And also me. I am guessing that literally zero people that are reading this blog right now, read the first 4 posts I wrote that day. You know why I know that? Because the day I wrote my first post, only three people read it, and it was people that I worked with and they all don&#8217;t even read anymore (or at least read this anymore). It has been 5 years on this blog, so I would like to wish myself and all the contributors to this blog(also only myself) a long exhaustive sigh.</p>
<p>First thing you can do is take a look at the complete cluster luck this blog was 5 years ago by clicking <a href="https://bensbitterblog.com/2012/03/08/bringing-bitterness-to-the-world/">here</a>, <a href="https://bensbitterblog.com/2012/03/08/trees/">here</a>, <a href="https://bensbitterblog.com/2012/03/08/pizza-bitterness/">here</a> or <a href="https://bensbitterblog.com/2012/03/08/coffee-bitterness/">here</a>.</p>
<p>It has been 5 long years on this blog, and I would like to reflect upon all the things I have learned in those five years.</p>
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<p>And that&#8217;s it.</p>
<p>It has been 5 long years on this blog, and I would like to look at my bank account and see how much I have earned from this blog.</p>
<p>Checking bank statement&#8230;..$0.00. Wow, that is some amazing amount of zero dollars. The cash I&#8217;ve made could literally not fund an orphanage, totally not buy me 4 Lamborghini&#8217;s, absolutely not buy me a new house with a new large TV, along with the media room worthy to hold the amazing TV. There are all kinds of not things like an infinity pool, a boat that will drive me around my pool, and a sink to put all my bitter tears.</p>
<p>In order to celebrate this unmomentous occasion, I will be sending out all kinds of prizes that will be equal to the value of all that money I earned from this blog. So get ready for some air being sent your way. Also, you can send money to me, because let&#8217;s be honest, I&#8217;m the one that has provided you all this underwhelming content and should be rewarded for my ineptitude.</p>
<p>So, send away, and good luck in winning some air, carbon dioxide, a leaf, some grass, dirt, some carbon, or any other thing that is easily grabbable from your desk at work or your sink at home. Bitter luck to you!</p>
<p>ARRRRGGGHHHHH</p>
<p>Bitter 5 years of nothing Ben</p>
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