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zik ,

Is this a thing that actually happens?

Facky ,

Hey hun

ImpossibleRubiksCube ,

Sorry for your loss. 📉

UlyssesT ,

I KNOW THIS FEEL agony-deep

Darth_vader__ ,
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

what if its Monero?

Resonanz ,

It depends, in a privacy-conscious way or as an investment? Because in the first term, Monero is totally cool for privacy. Because as an investment, en general crypto is … 😅

Darth_vader__ ,
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

Crupto is not stock or gold. Crypto is not an investment. These crypro “chads” (yeah sure) thinks crypto is an investment… It’s like saying “hey! look at this new currency by this government! Surely this will 100X!! Let me buy a shit ton of it”

UlyssesT ,

What if it’s this one good-one-grift over the other trashy grifts?

It’s like asking “what if it’s the good one billionaire” that still preys upon everyone else but has a better PR team to hide the bodies.

Darth_vader__ ,
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

But unlike billionaire this is actually verifiable, and it even got the “stamp of approval” by the feds when they offered 600M for those who can crack it

UlyssesT ,

It’s still internet funny money with all of the same capacity for pump and dump hype and dubious use cases like “get rich by making others believe more in it.” nyet

Darth_vader__ , (edited )
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

unlike other internet money this thing is actually already widely used by most of darkweb so that’s a pretty big economy already using it

And one of the “features” of Monero is you can’t actually “get rich” by “investing” in it. Monero is very stable and is doesn’t go up or down that much. (**compared to other coins)

UlyssesT ,

this thing is actually already widely used by most of darkweb

So your use case involves human trafficking. congratulations

Darth_vader__ ,
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

Yeah like normal money isn’t used for illegal stuff… there’s even a theory that drug money saved the world partly from total collapse during 2008 crisis

UlyssesT ,

false equivalency intensifies

Why are you peddling your internet funny money in a thread that’s specifically about people tired of people peddling internet funny money?

there’s even a theory that drug money saved the world

Suuuuuuuure, but you could say the same thing about normal money saving the world sometimes with your same mental gymnastics.

You don’t get to brush off how many of your fellow cryptobros are human trafficking enjoyers then at the same time declare a unique and special savior moment for your favorite human trafficking marketplace.

Darth_vader__ ,
@Darth_vader__@discuss.online avatar

Hmm… I’d like to know what you think about Tor, and VPNs and privacy increasing tools in general

UlyssesT ,

Hmm…

Considering where you’ve already gone peddling your internet funny money and now that pretentious opener for your reply, I don’t think I’m going to humor you further because it’s going to wrap right around to your lowkey support for human trafficking and kiddie creeping pornography because you heard once that it “saved the world” somehow once.

pastermil ,

Or MLM stuff…

son_named_bort ,

Usually when an old acquaintance reaches out to me on Facebook it’s to sell me a “job opportunity”.

baked_tea ,

What do you mean you don’t aspire to get into debt for working 24/7 and alienating yourself from family and friends?

Timely_Jellyfish_2077 ,

Maybe his account was hacked? One of my friend’s Instagram account was hacked and was sending messages to invest money. Another friend really thought it was him and sent some money. If he contacted you directly then it’s another case

Landmammals ,

You know how to tell if somebody’s really into crypto?

They keep their mouth fucking shut but if you ask questions they know the answers.

People who talk about crypto are gamblers and con men.

rotopenguin ,
@rotopenguin@infosec.pub avatar

I’m so old, I remember when instead of “crypto” it was “Amway”.

BCsven ,

I came here to say this. Hello fellow old person. Old school friend used to call me whenever he had recently gone to an amway pep meeting.

Albbi ,

First it was Amway, then Tupperware, sheets, candles, and spices. My sister has gone through quite a few of these MLM schemes.

GFGJewbacca ,

Don’t forget Cutco knives and Mary Kay! That happened to two friends of mine.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Same. Cutco targeted college students specifically, got two of my roommates.

I got the same mail recruitment thing they did, so I know exactly how gullible they are now.

They’re “EARN THIRTY DOLLARS AN HOUR AS YOUR OWN BOSS???” gullible.

I try not to bring it up too much.

altima_neo ,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Such a mess. My uncle got suckerd into the Amway stuff. A best friend into cutco. A classmate into Primerica. A coworker into Mary Kay.

All under the guise of running “their own business”. Yeah nah. Any job that makes you buy the product before you can sell it, and makes you sell to friends and family first, is not a real job.

Leviathan ,

I had this happen but instead on our second hang out he started spouting enlightened centrist talking points and quoting Rogan. I remember him wondering why no one showed up to his birthday.

Radicalized ,

I am surprised at the many nice, fair, liberal people from my past that, 5-10 years later, have transformed into turbo-racists and Christo-fascists.

Duamerthrax ,

I know a bunch of trekkies, a fandom around a post scarcity, pseudo communist utopia, embrace crypto despite it being an artificial scarcity concept that doesn’t really fix any of the issues of the preceding system. I make fun of them whenever nfts come up, including posting any negative nft news into the humor channel of their discord.

GreenMario ,

The right wing trekkies is the weirdest one for me.

Like, let me introduce you to the original SJW, a little know fella named idk, Gene Roddenberry.

Duamerthrax ,

They’re not really right wing. Very suburban, sheltered and privileged, but I’ve never heard them talk politics. I can say extra privileged because one of them wanted to put an Battlefield sound board in their car. Sure, that’s what you want. Making it easy to accidentally make the sounds of gunfire if you ever get pulled over by a cop because your taillight is out.

As far as star trek goes, they’re rather talk about the power output of the phasers then character arcs. They’re very basic.

UlyssesT ,

As far as star trek goes, they’re rather talk about the power output of the phasers then character arcs. They’re very basic.

They admire the technical details of the blue curtains, in other words, ignoring that it’s a story typically being told with an intended point to it besides “fictional energy beam go psheeeeew.”

Rilichu ,

I’ve known a number of self labeled “liberals” that basically think being progressive means simply not being openly racist and restraining from yelling slurs on a street corner.

Surprise surprise it turns out they were just closet bigots who were aware what crowds they could get away with expressing their horrid views with and in the recent years figured street corners are now perfectly up for grabs.

Decompose ,

Just to cover all bases. Maybe you’re just too late due to your brainwashing making you not realize how delusional you are? But of course that’s not the case, because you’re the Super Smartest Guy™, and everyone else is so stupid to not understand your true genius.

Congrats… I guess?

RedQuestionAsker2 ,
@RedQuestionAsker2@hexbear.net avatar

Do you know this person or do you just act like a half coherent smug weirdo at random?

DrQuint ,

You chose to make this post here, in the defense of religious bigotry. Somehow, something about this vague post was enough to trigger the reply you wrote.

Congrats. No guesses, you achieved exactly what you wanted: Everyone knows you’re an idiot.

nat_turner_overdrive ,
@nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net avatar

Maybe you’ve never been to America, but christian fascists are staggeringly common here

UlyssesT , (edited )

Maybe you’re just too late due to your brainwashing making you not realize how delusional you are?

Surely it is mental illness if people disagree with you! And mentally ill people are intrinsically bad and deserve contempt!

Your armband is showing. scared-fash

nightmareofahorse ,

A little misplaced anger can go a long way!

argv_minus_one ,

Ruin millions of lives, then misdirect the resulting outrage by telling everyone it’s the fault of immigrants/gays/trans/etc.

Never ceases to disappoint me how many people are fooled by that trick.

dalispute ,

Went to school for graphic design and I’m now a hobbyist illustrator (though currently very out of practice). Had an old co-worker reach out to check in on me given the pandemic, felt nice until he asked if I would help him design NFT artwork.

lps2 ,

I’d say sure thing, so long as payment is upfront

Duamerthrax ,

“NFTs will protect artists!”

You can’t name a single court case where nft receipts won the case, but it’s very easy to find nft bros minting other people’s work.

gabe ,

damn I didn’t know that they turned into the male equivalent of MLM boss babes

SpaceNoodle ,

NFT Boss Bros

Ingiald ,

Is crypto the male MLM?

datelmd5sum ,

Can you buy drugs and launder money via protein bars or some shit like that?

SpaceNoodle ,

I’m confident you can.

usernamesaredifficul ,

pretty much exactly

UlyssesT ,

“Monero” is being peddled in this thread. sus-soviet

ProxyTheAwesome ,

I have to admire the persistence and endurance of crypto bros tbh. One million scams in a row and they still legitimately fool themselves into thinking number one million and one is the redeemer of humanity and not yet another scam.

That or they are full of shit con artists lying through their teeth who know it’s a scam but want to profit off it.

At this point it’s like 50:50

UlyssesT ,

Here, we even got the claim that the “Darknet” is somehow a net plus for humanity because the peddler heard it saved the economy once for realsies and that human trafficking and kiddie creeping would have happened anyway (but the humanity saving needed the internet funbux!). morshupls

ProxyTheAwesome ,

The one good reason for crypto is dodging sanctions, and that’s an entirely artificial thing that could be addressed by just… not having sanctions and using normal fiat currency

UlyssesT ,

It’s a solution always looking for a problem… while making more problems.

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