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I wrote a short rant called "fuck easy" a couple of days ago. I've been listening to podcasts and after the 5th person complaining that nostr is too hard (is it, really?) I was fed up and typed this out on my phone. I hope that we can return to a point, culturally, where "hard" is okay, just like the first level of the original Super Mario was hard.

Coddling everyone's mind has led us to the upside-down clown world we're currently living in, and coddling everyone's body has led to less-than-optimal health, to put it mildly. In the Bitcoin world, coddling users and making things "easy" has led to Coinbase-by-default and other stupid bullshit, and I truly am fed up with all of that.

There is a better way, but the "better" isn't necessarily "easy."
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EvilDood · 129w
I dropped processed foods over a year ago and, even though I got a lot healthier, I noticed I still had some problems with energy and stubborn fat I couldn’t lose. I did more lab work and found that my gut was severely damaged. Years of fiat food and fiat medicine take time to fix. As I started to...
Garth · 129w
It’s good to “take it easy” after working hard for a period of time, I personally have gone through this cycle over the past 6 months. Aspiring to perpetually take it easy is in my opinion weak minded. It’s why I hate the concept of “retirement”.
spoonman · 129w
Counter-argument: embracing things getting harder is indistinguishable from embracing “degrowth”. Innovation is about making previously impossible things possible and previously hard things easy… so that we can do more things.
awayslice · 129w
u read “the comfort crisis” yet? if not - it’s all about this.
balas · 129w
<3
bitjoon · 129w
Do things that are hard and your life will be easy. Do what is easy and your life will be hard. -Unknown
cuban · 129w
we can do hard things
cwilbzz · 129w
I ranted about this months back as well Embrace the struggle 🫡 https://yakihonne.com/article/naddr1qqxnzd3cxy6rxvf5x5en2d3jqgsxsuwcmux5yk3tqlkdcv9rk5ll4mc5mxkj2uluz4pxjnt9f2fedsgrqsqqqa28v990c3
sLiD · 129w
I think what makes it "hard" is people not wanting to be responsible and be accountable for their stuff. These last generations have been configured to always assume they have a safety net. It will take time and younger generations go embrace and take the plunge is this new Era that was, until rec...
Erik The Decentralist · 129w
https://image.nostr.build/694b52113461a5f33566b859b050076ac37df394822d543a9559c93a800357e6.gif
mattaroo · 129w
Where do you think the term helicopter parents came from. Coddling is rampant. Being taught to kids from parents and school teachers. It can easily be fixed with endurance, discipline and training. Low time preference values.
goodcharity · 129w
This game was really hard too https://m.primal.net/HTSV.jpg
atyh · 129w
take the padding off of the corners of the world. you comfort addicted bitches.
Josua Schmid · 129w
A world of consumers where making and investing has no place.
47 · 129w
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nout · 129w
Nostr being hard serves as a filter of people that can't handle hard things.
Joe Martin · 129w
Nothing worth having is easy to get
suidoc · 129w
Legendary game 🔥
Peregrine Talcom · 129w
I'm not much of a SM user, but found nostr (via #amethyst) easier than Twitter, particularly not having to wade through crappy ads, spam and weird fake accounts/follows.
caleb · 129w
I like it. Reminds me of the concept of Hormesis and “salvation through suffering”
Babbling Bee-Rye · 129w
great comparison to the original SMB! that game is a classic to me for that very reason. it made the player step up and rise to the challenge rather than just sitting back and be spoon fed.
SwissNode · 129w
It IS a little tricky to remember the little details of how to start in Nostr. I don't find that a bad thing, just means there is an incentive to write a simple guide to make the tricky untricky... I think Alby do a great job in making the hard simple...
dreamer · 129w
Well, I'm just after setting up my account, so I am by no means a power user 😅 The opposite of ''hard'' doesn't have to necessarily be ''easy''. It can also be soft as in child's play, the soft focus of being curious, having an open mind, the joy metric of wonder, discovering something exciting,...
Deleted Account · 118w
I’m consider it Done if
Sean Murray · 36w
what’s hard about nostr
Osiris · 36w
Hard is whre the signal lives. The world gt addicted to convenience nd handed ovr freedom fr comfort. Bitcoin nd Nostr flip tht proof of work and proof of effort. The learning curve isn’t a flaw, its the initiation. If you want easy, you’ll always be owned...🤜🤛🧡🧡🙌
DasFrettchen · 36w
I started stacking not long ago, and it is extremely easy. Saylor, Saif and Jeff Booth just explained the basic in 3 hours. Taking self custody is super easy with the coldcard + sparrow and buying BTC is easier than banking with strike. IMO builders and the minds on the BTC space hava already pav...
Dave🐸 · 36w
nostr:npub1s4t5da3x5f26dpl3fralazs7jlzw95y0vtppf8zejzt7zw9rw75quhazvc knows https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/the-revolution-wont-have-good-ux
Gary Green · 36w
I think the upcoming Satellite drop is going to impress most. The newly retooled back end protocol makes it super fast and the front end UX has new features most people have been waiting for. Your bud @Stuart is about to impress us all. I've been following his progress IRL and got sneak previews of ...
Chappy4756 · 36w
People get the monetary system they deserve and put effort into being part of. Just like we don’t get healthy by not putting effort into eating right and being active. It’s a problem with our 21st century microwave society. The solutions are simple not easy.