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An Orange Pill 🧡 Story:

Ignoring war or a dismal start to Uptober, I have an interesting tale to tell.

My wife @Mags had coffee at a neighbours today. The neighbour is aware I’m in to Bitcoin so asked my wife some questions about it. Luckily my wife is extremely knowledgable and a very eloquent speaker about Bitcoin having listened to me every night go on about it for nearly 4 years.

The neighbour asked:

How can somebody make up a currency and just make money out of thin air. Not even the government can do that.

My wife started to explain that is exactly what governments do, but the neighbour interrupted her to say, “But we have the gold standard?”

Luckily my wife is well versed in history and Bitcoin. The conversation went well.

However, it blew the neighbours mind and she asked my wife to stop talking because it was too much for her to absorb, while acknowledging that everything was wife was saying was indeed correct.

She remembered the government printing money during the pandemic and also in 2008 after some prompting.

The pill has been taken, let's see how long before she is fully awake.
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Mags · 91w
True story dat
Radokama Grandmaster Splat · 91w
The vaunted OPS. Did the same with a soccer buddy. I’d been reading Parker’s book, and there’s a paragraph in there that really seals it. It begs the question: Why must I put assets at risk in a speculative market to save for retirement? If the victim is capable of answering that question, the...
Judge Hardcase · 91w
I'm always shocked when I hear there are sill people who think we're on a gold standard. Then, I remember being there myself once. It really only takes one quick look at the FEDs balance sheet (even when I first did more than 20 years ago) to realize how incompatible a gold standard would be.
gojiberra · 23w
your next book is going to have to be something like "how to deal with spouse who has started listening to bitcoin podcasts: a four year journey" or something