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Who are you people? (self.Buttcoin)

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I would like to know the ideology of the people frequenting this sub. Do you believe in bitcoin, but are here for the lolz? Or do you genuinely think Bitcoin is doomed?

If its the latter, what motivates you to keep browsing/posting about something you don't believe in?

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[–]RghoNomic 15ポイント16ポイント  (4子コメント)

Bitcoin is doomed and I'm here for the lolz.

[–]RagdollPhysEd 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

What dis guy said

[–]frappuccinoCoin[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Thanks, enjoy the show!

[–]RagdollPhysEd 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

important note: when I say "bitcoin is doomed" I'm not sitting curled up in a ball in my mom's basement praying for bitcoin failure because I can't live in a world where it succeeds. It's just a foregone conclusion since the community has so much infighting and is so fundamentally flawed. Well I am sitting curled up in a ball in my mom's basement but not because of bitcoin :)

[–]theskepticalheretic 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

We warned you to not take the brown acid.

[–]Chipopo1 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

I've spent way too much trying to explain to libertarians why government regulations are a necessary evil. I've given up on that because it goes nowhere. Bitcoin allows me to observe the damage caused by complete deregulation in real time, with the damage mostly being inflicted on the people who deserve it. There's poetic justice at work. And similar to any collapsing ideology, the rationalizations made in defense of Bitcoin are like the punchline to a really good joke (any variant of "no this is actually good!" never fails to crack me up).

Basically, if you took any pleasure in seeing Romney's campaign collapse in 2012 (gotta unskew those polls!) than you'll get why following Bitcoin is a good time.

[–]StressOverStrain 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

As someone else said, "It's like watching a documentary on a cult in real time."

[–]wonderkindel 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

The concept of Bitcoin is hilariously fascinating, the implementation of Bitcoin is more hilariously fascinating, and the antics of the Bitcoin community is still even more hilariously fascinating.

[–]mtbaird5687 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude

[–]karmahawk 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Honestly, I think BitCoin is going to be used and have value as long as people are into it, but that's neither here nor there. What I'm here for is the entertainment factor, to read about bad designs in programming, the downfall of poorly managed products, and to not be trolled into shitting up /r/Bitcoin with comments they'll never agree with.

Don't be mistake here, I do not believe BitCoin is the future or anything like that. Rather I am just using its failings, the communities failures as sort of an ongoing Mythical Man-Month. Which if you don't know is a collection of essays about software engineering turned into a book, and its somewhat of a classic in that even though it was written decades ago the analysis it contains is timeless. The BitCoin community provides lots of examples in a modern context.

[–]selfabortion 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

We mostly enjoy making fun of deluded Bitcoin fanatics and have diverse opinions about the technology itself. It's fun watching people relearn the lessons of why financial regulation is necessary. The language of it is amusing too, like watching half educated finance / tech nerds playing Cones of Dunshire

What price did you buy in at?

[–]kantchoose 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Doomed" implies the failure is going to be in the future instead of having already happened.

[–]Zotamedu 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm here because it's funny.

[–]Tesl 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Because you people are hilarious. Albeit not intentionally.

[–]theskepticalheretic 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I would like to know the ideology of the people frequenting this sub.

I try to stay away from ideologies. They prevent one from having actual intellect.

Do you believe in bitcoin, but are here for the lolz?

Well, there's no need to believe in bitcoin. Bitcoin exists. And the lulz come from watching people who know just about nothing about economics act as though they're captains of industry. I mean hell, I saw a thread of people recommending an investment scheme that had the word 'Ponzi' in the title. You cannot mine comedy gold like that anywhere else other than maybe /r/conspiracy.

Or do you genuinely think Bitcoin is doomed?

Absolutely. The community behind it is vitriolic and largely ignorant. If you point any of this out to them they call you a shill or otherwise try to drive you away. That's exactly how to not make your virtual currency succeed. As a matter of full disclosure, I made a fair bit of money off of bitcoin because I saw the pump and dump for what it was.

If its the latter, what motivates you to keep browsing/posting about something you don't believe in?

Schadenfreude and to further understand the failure of ideological thinking.

[–]dgerard 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Libertarians annoy the shit out of me in general. Here they bring the hilarity, with something custom-designed as libertarian catnip that can't possibly scale.

[–]Haleljacob 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm here because bitcoin is endlessly hilarious and full of opportunity for schadenfreude

[–]commutebybike 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm just here for the pay.

[–]moolikeacow 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Bitcoin is my soap opera; nothing more to it than that.

[–]kylesdad72 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I work for a bank. It's one of the big us ones. My job is covert FUD.

[–]TulipCoinsanti-social marketer 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I hate freedom, math and neckbeards.

[–]NotHyplon 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I am the el Presidente of Drivlandia, Who are you? Do i need to send Chief Intelligence Officer Chairwoman-Generalissimo Cat around for a friendly chat?

Or we can play hard ball and i can send Head of the Secret Police Chairwoman-Generalissimo Cat instead eh?

No one messes with Drivelandia!

[–]spookthesunset 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is part of my divine plan to inform the world of Satoshi's second coming. Soon, he shall land his space ship and take all those who hold bitcoin away to his Interstellar Comet. Once on the Interstellar Comet, bitcoin holders will live out their days participating in the galaxy's most free, unregulated market.

Did you know that on Satoshi's Interstellar Comet, there are no jack booted thugs forcing you to use a particular courtroom? On the comet you can pay for whatever fully unregulated courtroom Bitcoin can buy. If you wanted to pay for a Courtroom set in a lovely forest with waterfalls and birds, you can do that. If you wanted to pay for a courtroom that overlooks the vast city of New Satoshi from 70 stories up, you can do that too. No statist will force you at gunpoint to use an illegally funded state owned courtroom.

Obviously not every person can afford such lavish accommodations for their unregulated free market trial. No problem. Those without means will obviously be able to rely on charity courtrooms. For example there might be unregulated free market religious institutions like the Church of Scientology, or perhaps the Church of Saint GNU who would be willing to host your trial using their judges and unregulated free market laws.

Perhaps the defendant's friends could pitch in and rent space at a local unregulated food emporium basement. If the defendant has nobody to reach out too, they could see if a wealthy business tycoon would be willing to lend them money to pay for their trial. If that all fails, maybe it was your fault in the first place—perhaps you simply are not smart or well connected enough to survive without a nanny state to leech from.

This is the beauty of Satoshi's Interstellar Comet. Your own rational self interest determines where your trial takes place. You can reach the comet simply by buying and holding Bitcoin. Here is 1 satoshi to get you started /u/changetip.

Satoshi Speed!

[–]TrillCoin 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Shilling is business and business is good. I'm just trying to keep food on my family's table.