Maybe you'd get more customers if you stop setting up these shops in the middle of 3rd-world nowhere, and set some up in the actual western world? Bet you get more Bitcoiners in a demographic that actually popularized it in the first place.

I'm usually just a reader/zapper. The world needs us, too!

I like to take mushrooms when I go to Rainbow Gathering. It's nice to do it out in the woods and get that feeling of connection with the earth, far enough away from light pollution, but still having all those people around for safety in case anything goes wrong. Also, I just love going to those gatherings.

Psychedelics are a lot of work, though, so I haven't really done that in a few years, and last I have it was purely by chance and not something I was seeking.

I think/thought he was just describing the aftermath of Leary's acid tests. The man was trying to empower people and ended up creating vulnerabilities that were immediately and viciously exploited by entities like the CIA with MKUltra, and a whole bunch of fucked-up Hell's Angel's doing a lot of horrible shit.

I guess Neuromancer-style telepathy(telemetry?) is an obvious evolution to that.

Relevant historical data: https://youtu.be/BOItNU4k3hM

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I just meant the "most households use English at home" bit. I find that incredible, and I'm certain it's not true for Mainland China. Singapore makes more sense. Still amazing, though.

Is that in Taiwan, or Mainland China?

As if there's anywhere in the western world where women haven't been weaponized in this way...

Stay where you're at kid, and focus on money and health.

Lol. This is the most raggle taggle bunch of misfits you could possibly be connected to! I guess that's why I'm here, though.

A lot of reasons, primarily Bitcoin related, of course. It's a community of people who all seem to share a similar disposition as me. Young site, which gives it a tight-knit community feel, and of course the lightning voting system which forces a user to put their work where their mouth is.

Aesthetics, information, entertainment... I could go on. But that's the core of it. It's perfect to me, and it's something unique to(in?) my lifetime.

Didn't say it was. And "wag the dog" is about creating a narrative, not only for the purpose of distraction.

It's for control. The tail controls the dog. Distracting from political scandal is only one possible use.

If by "new" you mean a movie from 1997 which describes a very real phenomenon that was already endemic to the system by the time the movie was made, then yeah, super "new"...

Yeah, you're right. The people in power would never kill someone. So far fetched.

It all feels very "wag the dog".

Morgan Freeman

Wasn't disrespectful. It was a valid response to your condescending question. You obviously have a chip on your shoulder, so I'm done talking to you.

Do you think the majority Black population in New Orleans (politicians, police, government officials of varying importance) lack the ability to make such a simple change?

I know. I was just goofing around. :)

I just truly can't understand why.