Absolutely agree.

Ed Zitron has been covering this for years and I believe he's going to be proven right.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-the-ai-bubble-3-0/

Love the music. Who made it?

Agreed. Context is everything. Oftentimes, staying silent beats telling the truth. There's no need to tell the fat girl that she's fat, or tell the grizzled war veteran that joining the military was a fool's errand and that he would've been better off dodging the draft -- even though I believe with full conviction that both statements are true.

I've noticed that the need for harsh truth arises in more mundane situations. Like recently, chatting with a fellow diner at a restaurant I frequent:

HIM: I can't believe I got called for jury duty again.

ME: The trick to avoiding jury duty in <our city> is to ignore the summons. Don't call the number on the back. Don't visit the website. Don't show up. Act as though the summons were never received. Six to nine months later you'll get another one. Ignore that one too. The only time you can't ignore it is if it comes via registered mail and even if it does, you do X....

HIM: But we all have a civic duty.

ME: Hard disagree because...<justification>

Now, the guy may come around to my way of thinking with regard to jury duty, or then again, he may respond to the jury summons. But if he's like most people, he'll take my advice, ignore the summons, keep his actions under wraps, but will virtue signal his belief in civic duty when the topic comes up with his friends and family. And that's ok. I told him a harsh truth (as I see it) in a non-confrontational way, and what he does with it is up to him.

I like @PHILOSOPHERDOOD ... He gives off a degenerate gamer vibe if you catch him on the wrong day but has a lot of interesting things to say about philosophy, Bitcoin culture, music, and life in general.

@Scoundrel is an asshole, but he embraces it and enjoys being categorized as such. Unlike most assholes who just try to troll or shock you out of pure spite, he's more thoughtful and I find myself in agreement with his hot takes. I enjoy hating him, if that makes sense.

@Duncan Cary Palmer has Christian content but without the tradcon / patriotic baggage that too frequently accompanies that worldview.

Dude, I still think of tokens as something to be fed to games in the video arcade.

I find that one with the robot to be deeply disturbing for some reason.

Love your Bitcoin dashboard by the way.

I've tried this. It's actually a great filtering mechanism.

When political discussions come up, for example, I say in all honesty that I have zero loyalty or sense of civic duty, and my goal is to contribute as little as possible to the system, while extracting as much as I can. I occasionally get some pearl clutching and righteous virtue signaling in response, but I also encounter others who go, "Yeah. Totally makes sense. Let's talk strategy."

Told a hot girl once that I'd be a shit romantic partner or lover, but I'd make a great friend. And indeed we're still friends decades later.

I think some people appreciate the honesty. Maybe not the honesty per-se, but just the fact that one truly knows themselves and is direct and open about their strengths, weaknesses, goals, and desires -- it's refreshing in some people's eyes.

What about the rainbow chart, bro? That one NEVER breaks.

I can see why they'd give up on Bitcoin. The question of whether or not Bitcoin is a safe haven in times of turmoil, an inflation hedge, or a "store of value" has been answered, and that answer is a resounding NO. It utterly failed for those use cases. But to chase the AI bubble at all time highs when that trade is pretty much played out? I feel like that's going to end in tears. Worst timing ever.

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I'm not gay. I'm retarded.

Maybe. I've been in this game since 2015 and have noticed that for some, each one of the these massive drawdowns builds resilience, while for others, it really takes something out them. Like it steals part of their soul. This so-called store of value isn't for everyone. You have to be wired a certain way.