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56 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 OP 13 Jan \ parent \ on: Can You Be A Libertarian Toxic Bitcoin Maximalist? bitcoin

You can swear on Stacker News. Yes, I have an adult child. I can relate to what you're saying. Great reply. I'm curious about your upbringing in a cult. Are you familiar with Nick Carter's claim (among others) that bitcoin maximalism is a cult? What do you think? Do you see it that way? Here's a link: https://medium.com/@nic__carter/setting-the-record-straight-b4e1b415e7d9

475 sats \ 0 replies \ @PlebeiusG 13 Jan

Nick carter's odd ranty posts turned me off to him. Its not a literal cult, obviously. He's over the top. I also stop reading Jimmy Song's posts

247 sats \ 2 replies \ @justanumber 13 Jan

Thank you for the link, I will try to read this later and hopefully remember to come back to you.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 13 Jan

Thanks.

1358 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 14 Jan

Thanks for the link. I finally read it. I'm new to the btc space tbh, so I think I'll need to read it again ;-) xD But totally get the aversion when it comes to the laser eyes, steak carnivore stuff and memes. Now I'd add stuff like the mandalorian quotes such as "This is the way" I cringe and groan internally when people say that. That whole ethos screams cultish to me. By my very nature I am a non-conformist, so I'm usually repelled when it comes to doing things that everyone else is doing. That's why I'd never put laser eyes on anything lol. When I first saw ppl doing that, I thought wtf are you all doing?! I've got used to seeing it now. I think get why they're doing it but don't think it's anything to do with btc getting to $100k

A couple of points I'm with him on:

people making bitcoin their entire personality
when he said: "Ultimately, Bitcoin is not a lifestyle. Bitcoin is not a steak dinner. Bitcoin is not memes and it’s not laser eyes. Bitcoin is a profoundly useful tool. It is impregnated with some ideology, but it is not the ideology that these people profess. The core Bitcoin values have to do with property rights, individual human dignity, self-determination, privacy, autonomy, and monetary predictability. Bitcoin attracts me for that reason".

51 sats \ 1 reply \ @justanumber 15 Jan

so, it seems you are fine to swear on SN but when Iook at my satistics on posts where I have sworn (only about 2 I think), vs ones I haven't, I got almost half as many sats. So, are we punished for swearing?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 15 Jan

I have been on here a while. I think your sample size is too small. I doubt any correlation you notice is real. I have seen guys running the site use colorful language. Do what's comfortable for you. No one gives a fuck about obscenities.