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LGD posted:no, everyone is pretty much in agreement that they're not a store of value, and both Blade Runner and myself are on record in this thread as considering bitcoin a currency I think you would find that a few years ago people on this very forum felt that Bitcoins were an absolutely worthless fantasy creation being traded on the Magic The Gathering Online Exchange by fedora redditors drying strawberries. To have the discussion evolve to "Yeah, they're a currency, but not a very good one" seems like a significant step forward, though you seem greatly opposed to the idea of me entering "And there was general consensus that Bitcoin, whatever else it was, functioned as a currency around October 2017" still meets great resistance as seen above
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So, like, what if you turn out to be wrong and the Buttcoins go to 1 dollar tomorrow
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Oct 28, 2017 19:08
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Ham Sandwiches posted:More than 90 funds focused on digital assets like bitcoin have launched this year, bringing the total number of such "crypto-funds" to 124, according to financial research firm Autonomous Next. Just because it is possible to make money trading or doing arbitrage doesn't mean anyone on here should engage in those activities. According to that blog post you posted, the only way you will be successful is if you have some kind of competitive edge over the rest of the market which you most assuredly do not. This is literally penny stocks but in a different format. And funds usually make their money from the fees when other people buy in not from the underlying asset lol.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:12
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Ham Sandwiches posted:I think it's a unique opportunity to find people being very against something that will turn out quite different than they are predicting. It sure hasn't gone the way the last few years of coin threads would lead you to believe, and it's still real early days. And you've clearly failed at the sake of your own sanity and credibility. Just let it go. It's healthier for you.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:13
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Ham Sandwiches posted:It's related to research I do, I want to capture a large enough group's evolving opinions on something, what breakpoints it took for people to acknowledge things, and just look at it as sort of a representative sample of how a diverse group deals with something new, when there's no particular consensus, what happens if/when the opportunity gets misclassified, and what the corrective measures are. “Research”? You never answered what your line of work was?
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Ham Sandwiches posted:I think you would find that a few years ago people on this very forum felt that Bitcoins were an absolutely worthless fantasy creation being traded on the Magic The Gathering Online Exchange by fedora redditors drying strawberries. some people thought it was a badly functioning currency then too you loving dingus, there's no step forward whatsoever the people who think it's a commodity and commodity money are still going to disagree with you, and even many people who think it's a currency would take issue with the "functioned" part of that statement, because it carries implications that are extremely debatable
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Oct 28, 2017 19:14
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It's not a currency.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:18
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for Ham sammie's record, my dick is over 5 inches long, I'm also very sexy with a strong jawline.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:18
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Blade Runner posted:So, like, what if you turn out to be wrong and the Buttcoins go to 1 dollar tomorrow Believe it or not, there's a real shortage of polarizing issues people will go on the record with their current / future beliefs and it takes some time to find out the answer. Cryptocoins are very useful for that. If bitcoins fail that would be pretty hilarious and would be the end of that! I would probably do some analysis of the failure from the other perspective - why did people think it would succeed when it clearly wasn't going to, but in general that's certainly not the thing with the big payoff from the "huge shift in consensus opinion" perspective. The payoff I'm looking for is what happens if/when cryptocoins are widely used and everyone gets used to them like cell phones or the internet today. And basically which points of adoption cause perspective shifts and to what extent.
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EorayMel posted:And you've clearly failed at the sake of your own sanity and credibility. The sysadmin crew is back, where is gary oldman 
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Oct 28, 2017 19:19
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Burt Sexual posted:“Research”? You never answered what your line of work was? Just a dude posting about Bitcoins, an honored tradition on the Something Awful Forums
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Ham Sandwiches posted:Believe it or not, there's a real shortage of polarizing issues people will go on the record with their current / future beliefs and it takes some time to find out the answer. Cryptocoins are very useful for that. I go on record about my hot takes on things all the time, so just follow me around and scribble away Anyway, if the bits coins manage to overtake everything and become the dominant global currency, I will spend one one trillionth of a coin or whatever it is to get you a title saying you, forums poster Ham Sandwiches was correct and I, forums poster Blade Runner, was wrong This is not a joke, screen cap it and I'll do it when Buttcoins have dominated the Earth
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Oct 28, 2017 19:23
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Ham Sandwiches posted:Just a dude posting about Bitcoins, an honored tradition on the Something Awful Forums So you won’t Answer? Do you have any autism diagnosis? Like I’m seriously curious how you can get so worked up over a basically niche thing. It’s fascinating how evangelical you are.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:25
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Blade Runner posted:I go on record about my hot takes on things all the time, so just follow me around and scribble away If it helps any, I don't really care who ends up right. I've been looking for an unresolved issue where for whatever reason the vast majority of people come to believe something and then over time that ends up being incorrect and they revise their opinions. The discussion that would be neat to have if coins end up being widely used would be to capture how people were looking at it over time and what stuff turned out to be incorrect in retrospect.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:27
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Ham Sandwiches posted:I don't know how much detail I'll get into but it would be cool to count the number of dumb snipey posts and see if they get in the thousands or just stay in the hundreds, and how many unique individuals felt the need to do them, and what their stances were My man you seem like you may suffer from autism  (link)
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Minimalist Program posted:My man you seem like you may suffer from autism Too slow, my friend.
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Oct 28, 2017 19:29
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Burt Sexual posted:So you won’t Answer? In general I feel it would be cool if people didn't try to psychoanalyze me from my posts, which is the same thing I said to mentally ill poster Prester Jane when they were trying to figure out my personality traits from the fact that I post about bitcoins Maybe dudes with Autism are common in the pos and thats why you're guessing that, I'm just a dude posting on Something Awful and I post on a variety of topics so please don't form elaborate narratives that are based on not much, is all I ask
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Oct 28, 2017 19:30
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This dude deffo has a lot of autism.
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Ham Sandwiches posted:In general I feel it would be cool if people didn't try to psychoanalyze me from my posts, which is the same thing I said to mentally ill poster Prester Jane when they were trying to figure out my personality traits from the fact that I post about bitcoins I’ve never read, much less posted, in yos. So anyways, what do you do for a living that gives you this insight into crypto currencies?
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Oct 28, 2017 19:33
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well i do research
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Minimalist Program posted:This dude deffo has a lot of autism. You might have serious brain damage going by your posts bro, unfunny repetition like this... have you hit your head on anything recently?
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Oct 28, 2017 19:34
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more so than bitcoin, it's been interesting to watch the crowd of luddites who have been mocking it for years, continually moving the goalposts as it become more successful and legitimate probably b/c it's easier to pray that The Crash that Was Promised happens tomorrow instead of holding yourself accountable for being wrong / missing the boat
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Minimalist Program posted:This dude deffo has a lot of autism. I kinda feel bad now. It’s like beating up ur little brother.
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it sure is wacky to see libertarians be irresponsible with money! because surely they're the only crowd of people who do dumb financial things
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LinYutang posted:more so than bitcoin, it's been interesting to watch the crowd of luddites who have been mocking it for years, continually moving the goalposts as it become more successful and legitimate There are several things that are funny about bitcoin threads. It's funny to laugh at everyone who is mad that they missed the train and desperately need the narrative that bitcoin is a scam and a bubble and a MLM scheme to cope mentally with that. It's also funny to laugh at the autistic hypernerds who like bitcoin and have a lot of their personality invested in being "right about bitcoin". It's also funny to use 14.000 dollars on bitcoin and make a bit of money off of that.
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What about Goatsecoin? I got an email about it, might have to ground floor that shot.
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Burt Sexual posted:I’ve never read, much less posted, in yos. I'm just a guy watching goons constantly warn people away from Bitcoins because they're a worthless scam, and noting what happens if their dire warnings turn out to be unfounded. And posting on that topic. I think you'll have to live with the uncertainty of why I do things and if that bothers you 
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Truth be told I'll probably end up oversleeping one morning and thats when the bubble will burst and I'll be out of everything I bought bitcoin for and that, too, will, in its own way, be funny.
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LinYutang posted:more so than bitcoin, it's been interesting to watch the crowd of luddites who have been mocking it for years, continually moving the goalposts as it become more successful and legitimate Booking my flight on AA right now for a trip to DCA using the successful and legit crypto currency btc!
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LinYutang posted:more so than bitcoin, it's been interesting to watch the crowd of luddites who have been mocking it for years, continually moving the goalposts as it become more successful and legitimate Ah look someone gets it, it turns out it really is that simple
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the pizza police posted:well i do research funnily enough I do research too, both for work *and* for recreation I'll just say that my recreational research gets put to more immediate use than my professional work because it's pornography you see
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Ham Sandwiches posted:I'm just a guy watching goons constantly warn people away from Bitcoins because they're a worthless scam, and noting what happens if their dire warnings turn out to be unfounded. And posting on that topic. Burt Sexual posted:I’m sorry about your unemployment.
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Minimalist Program posted:It's also funny to laugh at the autistic hypernerds who like bitcoin and have a lot of their personality invested in being "right about bitcoin". It's also funny to use 14.000 dollars on bitcoin and make a bit of money off of that. Ah ok you're calling me names to express your clear skepticism of coins that you spent a ton of money on so that it's less likely you get called a sucker / true believer for spending that money on Coins, got it
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Ham Sandwiches posted:Ah ok you're calling me names to express your clear skepticism of coins that you spent a ton of money on so that it's less likely you get called a sucker / true believer for spending that money on Coins, got it No I just think it's funny when people care super hard,positively or negatively, about internet money.
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Ham Sandwiches posted:Ah ok you're calling me names to express your clear skepticism of coins that you spent a ton of money on so that it's less likely you get called a sucker / true believer for spending that money on Coins, got it I thought we weren't doing the psychoanalysis but if we are I am writing free prescriptions for more bitcoins
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the pizza police posted:I thought we weren't doing the psychoanalysis I didn't assign any labels or use any terms, just reading his post he clarified that there's an exact correct amount of care, the people that care too much (more than him) are bad, and so are the people that didn't care enough and missed the boat since they are lying to themselves, there's a narrow window of correct amount of care to be had (invest $14,000 but do NOT care about it) and this dude has it.
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Ham Sandwiches posted:I didn't assign any labels or use any terms, just reading his post he clarified that there's an exact correct amount of care, the people that care too much (more than him) are bad, and so are the people that didn't care enough and missed the boat since they are lying to themselves, there's a narrow window of correct amount of care to be had (invest $14,000 but do NOT care about it) and this dude has it. No everyone at every level of care is funny, my self included and + also, especially you, who are autistic about it.
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Minimalist Program posted:No everyone at every level of care is funny, my self included and + also, especially you, who are autistic about it. In the long lists of posts that I don't enjoy, it turns out that simple namecalling is high on that list. I guess you're just an unpleasant jackass.
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Ham Sandwiches posted:In the long lists of posts that I don't enjoy, it turns out that simple namecalling is high on that list. I guess you're just an unpleasant jackass. I'm sorry here let me help you.
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Ham Sandwiches posted:In the long lists of posts that I don't enjoy, it turns out that simple namecalling is high on that list. I guess you're just an unpleasant jackass. buttcoin
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