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Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

30 year old looks like a 12 year old dressed as a 60 year old.

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lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".

shame on an IGA posted:

Jesus that AOC twitch chat is nothing but people pumping dogecoin

Not surprising but she is putting on a clinic with Twitch. Any Republican, or otherwise not fully aligned with her agenda, needs to be loving terrified.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016
Terrified of what

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".
Her savvy and ability to get her message out, especially at this speed. I'm sure they are going to improve on the stream but she is incredibly on point for what it is. She doesn't have to change minds today but build this presence up and push a consistent message.

Butter Activities
May 4, 2018

It’s funny to see WSB going nuts over AOC, it kinda reminds me now of when 4chan was wasn’t a fascist shithole and was just a “gently caress you dad” type of politics shithole.

brains
May 12, 2004

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1354912214457716741?s=20

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
He can read that his entire term if the results will be this entertaining the whole time.


I know it's a Bush joke.

mlmp08
Jul 11, 2004

Prepare for my priapic projectile's exalted penetration
Nap Ghost

Defenestrategy posted:

edit: and isn't this the guy who usually draws a stupid self insert doodle that explains the joke or has some snarky aside?

No, that guy is on the opposite end of the political spectrum and mocking right wing racists and snowflake chuds etc.

GoGoGadget
Apr 29, 2006

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

Abongination
Aug 18, 2010

Life, it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come.
Pillbug
Bitcoin is bad op

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.
I'm just glad someone said it.

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
Bitcoin saved the SA forums and I'll never forgive it for that

DJ Burette
Jan 6, 2010

GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

I mean, it's still funny because it's actually worth 37,000 tether, a "stablecoin" used as an exchange medium instead of dollars on all the exchanges. Unfortunately it's pretty much impossible to change your tether for real dollars, and tether is used entirely to pump the value of bitcoin which is why the price is so high. Tether have created a few billion dollars on paper during this huge pump, have incredibly shady banking arrangements, and are currently under investigation by the NYAG and a whole bunch of other people. Bitcoin is still a giant house of card made entirely out of fraud. Not that this makes it impossible for some people to come out ahead, but it's entirely gambling and in no way implies any skill or knowledge.

The $37000 valuation is merely an additional funny aspect of the whole bitcoin scam.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

:lol:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

drat. I can’t believe Seraph84 would blow an account this old like that.

ThisIsJohnWayne
Feb 23, 2007
Ooo! Look at me! NO DON'T LOOK AT ME!



Trying hard to not bandwagon lol at how likely it is to find a $billionaire buyer for your valuble bits when you need to get off

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
if a buttcoin can never be sold is it even real?

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

Because it was supposed to be an alternative to "easily manipulated fiat currency." If the value of your "currency" has 10,000% swings throughout the year it's not a viable currency.

Fart Sandwiches
Apr 4, 2006

i never asked for this

Stultus Maximus posted:

Because it was supposed to be an alternative to "easily manipulated fiat currency." If the value of your "currency" has 10,000% swings throughout the year it's not a viable currency.

Also tether is fiat currency. They claim it’s not because it’s “backed one-for-one to US dollars” but there’s no way it is and they’re grifter liar scammers all around

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS

GoGoGadget posted:

I don't get why you guys keep digging on bitcoin. One BTC is nearly $37,000 right now, and the whole "lol buttcoin" thing started back when it was less than $10. If anything, people making fun of it have been shown to be the losers. Disclaimer, I don't own any BTC.

Bitcoin is literally skullfucking the earth for your meme currency. It's like what, 50,000kWh to mine a single bitcoin a couple years ago and a transaction costs about 680kWh which powers the average US household for 3 weeks. gently caress off, I'd like to leave behind a habitable planet for the kids.

e: sorry, it's 50,000 kWh not 50 kWh for a single coin

Eej fucked around with this message at 13:18 on Jan 29, 2021

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Fart Sandwiches posted:

Also tether is fiat currency. They claim it’s not because it’s “backed one-for-one to US dollars” but there’s no way it is and they’re grifter liar scammers all around

If it’s backed by a fiat currency isn’t there a transitive property thing going on

Comrade Blyatlov
Aug 4, 2007


should have picked four fingers





DJ Burette posted:

I mean, it's still funny because it's actually worth 37,000 tether, a "stablecoin" used as an exchange medium instead of dollars on all the exchanges. Unfortunately it's pretty much impossible to change your tether for real dollars, and tether is used entirely to pump the value of bitcoin which is why the price is so high. Tether have created a few billion dollars on paper during this huge pump, have incredibly shady banking arrangements, and are currently under investigation by the NYAG and a whole bunch of other people. Bitcoin is still a giant house of card made entirely out of fraud. Not that this makes it impossible for some people to come out ahead, but it's entirely gambling and in no way implies any skill or knowledge.

The $37000 valuation is merely an additional funny aspect of the whole bitcoin scam.

I just want to thank you for house of cards made out of fraud, that's a great turn of phrase

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine data is back, and it's very good.

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1355140083544977408?s=19

https://twitter.com/AllisonLHedges/status/1355138753040408577?s=19

quote:

In the more than 44,000-person study, the vaccine prevented 66% of moderate to severe cases of Covid-19, according to a company statement on Friday. And it was particularly effective at stopping severe disease, preventing 85% of severe infections and 100% of hospitalizations and deaths.

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1355141564432060416?s=19

We're mostly used to the absurd effectiveness numbers of Pfizer/Moderna, but this thing's good, easy to use/transport, and it'll sure help a lot.

GoGoGadget
Apr 29, 2006

Eej posted:

Bitcoin is literally skullfucking the earth for your meme currency. It's like what, 50,000kWh to mine a single bitcoin a couple years ago and a transaction costs about 680kWh which powers the average US household for 3 weeks. gently caress off, I'd like to leave behind a habitable planet for the kids.

e: sorry, it's 50,000 kWh not 50 kWh for a single coin

I do not and never have owned any BTC. Don't understand why you're being so hostile about it towards me. My point was SA as a whole bandwagons on how much of a joke it is, and used to say it would go nowhere and people would go broke because of it, but the opposite happened. I don't make any claims on it being a viable currency or not.

Soylent Pudding
Jun 22, 2007

We've got people!


Bitcoin has gone nowhere and people are broke because of it OP. The only "value" it's produced in the last 12 years is revolutionizing organized crime and sanctions evasion.

https://mobile.twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1353369991022784515

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


GoGoGadget posted:

I do not and never have owned any BTC. Don't understand why you're being so hostile about it towards me. My point was SA as a whole bandwagons on how much of a joke it is, and used to say it would go nowhere and people would go broke because of it, but the opposite happened. I don't make any claims on it being a viable currency or not.


I made up smdftb coin and penned its value to something that you can't actually obtain. I have one, it was worth 0$ when I created it, but after consuming enough electricity to power San Francisco for a week, it's value is now $10,000. So yeah I'm rich.

What's that you ask? How do I convert it to $10,000 USD? Ah

bengy81
May 8, 2010
So does a bunch of nerds blowing up capitalism trigger a hard reboot of the simulation or nah?

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

bengy81 posted:

So does a bunch of nerds blowing up capitalism trigger a hard reboot of the simulation or nah?

No, just has the same effect as black people excercising their rights to bear arms and protest.

Abongination
Aug 18, 2010

Life, it's the shit that happens while you're waiting for moments that never come.
Pillbug
When I see Johnson & Johnson my immediate memory is like their baby formulas containing like formaldehyde and asbestos or some poo poo?

Cool world we live in

Duzzy Funlop
Jan 13, 2010

Hi there, would you like to try some spicy products?

facialimpediment posted:

The Johnson and Johnson vaccine data is back, and it's very good.

https://twitter.com/jbarro/status/1355140083544977408?s=19

https://twitter.com/AllisonLHedges/status/1355138753040408577?s=19


https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1355141564432060416?s=19

We're mostly used to the absurd effectiveness numbers of Pfizer/Moderna, but this thing's good, easy to use/transport, and it'll sure help a lot.

That's actually really amazing news.

Now, if we could unfuck our dumb order/supply situation over here and actually get our hands on enough doses to come even close to utilizing a quarter of the stupid-tier vaccination capacity we've built up since October, that would be just fun. :mad:

Stultus Maximus posted:

No, just has the same effect as black people excercising their rights to bear arms and protest.

Oh god, nerds on reddit are going to draw parallels to the civil rights movement, aren't they?

As Nero Danced
Sep 3, 2009

Alright, let's do this
I'm guessing the J&J vaccine will be given to most folks and the other ones for more critical populations. Might make logistical rollout and supply a bit easier, but I have no idea how that works.

MA-Horus
Dec 3, 2006

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

god i hope we get some loving vaccines up here

ontario has 55k people vaccinated since december. 55 loving thousand, we've had a thousand die in long term care homes just this month.

TheWeedNumber
Apr 20, 2020

by sebmojo

That Works posted:

I made up smdftb coin and penned its value to something that you can't actually obtain. I have one, it was worth 0$ when I created it, but after consuming enough electricity to power San Francisco for a week, it's value is now $10,000. So yeah I'm rich.

What's that you ask? How do I convert it to $10,000 USD? Ah

cocaine

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Duzzy Funlop posted:

That's actually really amazing news.

Now, if we could unfuck our dumb order/supply situation over here and actually get our hands on enough doses to come even close to utilizing a quarter of the stupid-tier vaccination capacity we've built up since October, that would be just fun. :mad:


Oh god, nerds on reddit are going to draw parallels to the civil rights movement, aren't they?

Lol this is a far graver thing to them than the CRM

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns

As Nero Danced posted:

I'm guessing the J&J vaccine will be given to most folks and the other ones for more critical populations. Might make logistical rollout and supply a bit easier, but I have no idea how that works.

Yeah that's probably what will happen once the supply gets sorta-caught up, then by late summertime you could likely get your pick. We're still in complete scramblemode, but the the cheapie, easy J&J vaccine turning severe COVID into a at-worst bad cold is an ideal vaccine for the less at-risk population.

A lot of the scary, lovely state-level vaccination percentages are due to the two-dose requirement of Pfizer/Moderna. Can't shove everything you have into arms if there's not a good guarantee of the second dose showing up! Not to mention all of the extreme cold storage requirements at the storage site, temperature fluctuations killing doses in transport, etc. J&J has none of those logistical concerns - get doses, stick into fridge, stick into arms.

pantslesswithwolves
Oct 28, 2008

https://twitter.com/marwilliamson/status/1355038451180171265?s=21

The Cringe is strong with this one

Nick Soapdish
Apr 27, 2008


https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1355167185895874560?s=20

If you're a long-time Thomas Friedman watcher, you really need to listen to his loving analogy because it is crazy

The next 6 months will be crucial

Hyrax Attack!
Jan 13, 2009

We demand to be taken seriously

Nick Soapdish posted:

https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1355167185895874560?s=20

If you're a long-time Thomas Friedman watcher, you really need to listen to his loving analogy because it is crazy

The next 6 months will be crucial

I enjoyed Noho Hank dunking on him

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFchpvKpYm0

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TheWeedNumber
Apr 20, 2020

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