As a traveller/expad/nomad I often have conversations with random westerners abroad. Here's how I do it.
I rarely mention it myself. Usually conversations tend to go in the direction of 'what do you do?'. When this is asked, I answer that I mainly work online. Only if I'm asked what I do specifically, I answer very casually: 'Oh I teach bitcoin'. Period. And I deliberately say it without any excitement. Like I'm saying: 'Yes I know it's boring, but at least I'm glad I have a job'.
Almost always a good conversation follows, because they don't have the feeling you are trying to convince them of something; they are asking you! As soon as the c-word is said, usually within seconds, I smile a bit and say that cRyPtO is about gambling and that I'm not interested in that. That I only help serious people who want to know about hard money and how to protect wealth from a corrupt financial system.
'But I don't work online teaching bitcoin!'
Doesn't matter, neither do I. But in this way you ARE teaching bitcoin; you give random people a touch point they will remember when a future potential orange pilling situation happens for them.
When I was nomading around southeast Asia, I actually met quite some Bitcoiners before I got serious about studying it; how funny now it is my turn to orange-pilling others.
I guess we slowly create more touch points for non-coiners, and then they would eventually get interested and study it.
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Nice work. I used to do this as an Uber driver. Talking about Bitcoin casually absolutely gets them curious about it.
"I drive Uber to pay my bills and I have a website that I work on to teach people about Bitcoin."
The follow up questions is almost always "Oh nice. What is your website?" and a bunch of other questions follow if they want to know more about how Bitcoin works.
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If you mention it in anyway, "I'm reading xyz bitcoin book or doing xyz bitcoin thing," it usually leads to a discussion. Depending on the audience it may result in nothing more than their bitcoin diatribe, but sometimes its earnest interest.
Like you, I don't mention it unless it comes up naturally and I never directly sell it with you-shoulds. I've found that selling into people's biases is more effective than selling against them. I'll usually nod along to whatever their POV is - gently correcting any factual inaccuracies - and excitedly convey my oh-so-personal conviction.
When people are skeptical of something or suspect you're conflicted, the best thing to do is to let the product of your interest speak for itself. Suggestible people will come around slower but you'll avoid enraging the cynics and its way more healthy all around.
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Wear a hat or shirt.
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This is the way ;)
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Oh I teach bitcoin'. Period.
Great answer.
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Online you have to be a toxic maxi, but offline in person you have to be a charming maxi :)
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They will only ask you about Bitcoin when the price pumps a lot and is all over the news.
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I broke my leg last year and was found by a family. The mom and kids went off home and the dad waited with me until it was almost dark and the ambulance came. He was my captive audience. Naturally Bitcoin came up. Poor guy. He couldn't get away. I wouldn't recommend doing this as a technique though. Poor guy had me blathering on about it for four hours.
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Lol I stopped trying I just divert my efforts to my blog and if someone does ask me about it by some miracle I will only engage them based on their question and answer it as best I can and not try to overwhelm them with information
I don't really want to advertise it here, lol bad opsec
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Sounds like it might work! I'll give it a try
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stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.