Climate activist dinner party tonight. Wife said no bitcoin. What to do? \ stacker news ~bitcoin

Climate activist dinner party tonight. Wife said no bitcoin. What to do?

4635 sats \ 54 comments \ @Scoresby 4 Feb bitcoin

I'm making beef kofta and homemade falafel and pita. Lots of olives, tomatoes, and cheese. Gyro bar. Pinot grigio. Apple pie with ice cream. Espresso.

Happy wife, happy life40.6%

Inflation and petrodollar21.7%

Grid load balancing17.4%

Laser eyes Liotta comes to town20.3%

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1464 sats \ 2 replies \ @Scoresby OP 5 Feb

I wore my pleblab shirt and it led to telling them about FOSS, so that was cool.

70 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 5 Feb

Patriot

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 5 Feb

Woah glad you found a way to circumvent a potentially tricky situation.

How did your wife take it?

536 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Feb

You'd be doing a minor service to humanity with any of the latter three options, but stick with "Happy wife, happy life".

567 sats \ 1 reply \ @fiatbad 5 Feb

I disagree. Bitcoin is too important and relevant. It needs to be brought up and discussed as often as possible.

OP's wife should read a few books. After she reads Alex Gladstein's books, and Lyn Alden's book, and the Creature from Jekyll island.... she'll change her tune. Instead of "no Bitcoin" it will be "more Bitcoin".

200 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Feb

As important as bitcoin is, stable marriages are more important. As in sports, always be aware of time and score.

68 sats \ 5 replies \ @ek 5 Feb

But is it a happy life if you can't talk about the things that you care deeply about?

Honest question, I don't know the answer.

544 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 5 Feb

It's a request to not talk about it at a particular event, not in general. If you can't make those minor concessions, then you're going to be bad at marriage and probably won't have as happy of a life as you could have.

26 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 5 Feb

Yes. Real life is about compromise. I was actually heartened by the poll results that many people seem to actually realize this.

625 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 5 Feb

It's a request to not talk about it at a particular event, not in general.

Mhh, yes, I guess I missed that. In that case, I agree with both of you. Guess I got a little triggered because of the topic and missed the point.

But to elaborate on my view:

I guess for me it depends on the reason why I shouldn't talk about some things. Because I already talked too much about them? Ok. Because the guests are new and we shouldn't confront them with "radical things" on the first time? Ok.

But if it's about "Bitcoin is dumb and I never want to hear anything about it ever again, especially not at this dinner with friends" then it's not a happy life anymore.

But I guess that's an extreme case. And I guess in that case, it's obvious.

689 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman 5 Feb

Many of us repeat the vegan joke...

Q) How can you tell if someone's vegan? A) Don't worry, they'll tell you.

...but forget that the same claim could be, fairly or unfairly, be made about us bitcoiners too.

It may be tempting to speak about Bitcoin early, feeling we're impressing them as we've all those counterarguments lined up and data at our fingertips - but it's difficult to see how this might make friends or allies.

If everything goes well, and friendships are made, we all get a chance to be heard, with the walls and barriers down. We just have to make sure that they see us a fellow human and we see them the same way.

Friendships and allies take time: if they're rushed, friendships (and marriages) can sadly break.

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @erict875 5 Feb

True. He deeply cares about his wife.

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 5 Feb

Yeah but he might be eroding his ability to do anything at all. It's a long game.

208 sats \ 0 replies \ @shyfire 4 Feb

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75 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman 4 Feb

You could say you misheard her and thought she meant, "KNOW Bitcoin" instead...

But I think the only sane answer is, 'Happy Wife, happy life'.

Plus, if they get to know you over some time, then they find out you're a bitcoiner, they won't have so many preconceptions (and might hear what you've got to say as you always seemed like a good guy).

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @hodlpleb 5 Feb

She’ll get turned on if you bring it up

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @KLT 5 Feb

Stay married, everyone comes around eventually!

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @harrr 5 Feb

The idea that bitcoin uses too much power is completely absurd. Fiat money reinforces rent seeking behavior, consumerism, short term profits and leads to enormous inefficiencies and waste. Bitcoin is the opposite, bitcoin is hope, bitcoin is how you can opt out of the system that "kills our planet".

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 5 Feb

The 4 choices you gave really sound like you're a really confrontational person. Maybe I'm assuming way to much into very few words here. But that's not a strategy to convince anybody. It might even be counterproductive.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 5 Feb

Laser eyes Liotta doesn't even need words...only merciless laughter.

41 sats \ 1 reply \ @kevin 5 Feb

Sounds like you talk way too much about it, maybe you could talk about something else?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 5 Feb

Yes, but have previously exhausted such topics as Conan the barbarian and houseplants. What other worthy topics remain?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 5 Feb

Life should be more important, it is all what we have for the moment :)

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @w3irdrobot 5 Feb

i hate the term "happy wife, happy life." i prefer "happy spouse, happy house"

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 5 Feb

Good point.

24 sats \ 0 replies \ @OriginalSize 5 Feb

As long as you didn't bring it up. I love findin common ground in long term thinking. How many humans and how much climate can the world handle?

15 sats \ 0 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 5 Feb

http://ecosense.me/ecosense-wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CO2-Emissions.pdf

More CO2 = human flourishing, plants flourishing, earth flourishing…

5 sats \ 1 reply \ @southside263 5 Feb

You can set up a victory lap…

Or stay married 🤙🏽

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @roytheholographicuniverse 5 Feb

loool

21 sats \ 8 replies \ @Lost_dogz 5 Feb

Bitcoin helps the environment, I don't see the problem here?

it's the only methane mitigation technology that funds itself
it improves the bottom-line for renewables, and largely runs on renewables
it will replace most gold-mining
it will replace part of the banking/payments sector
it stimulates people to hodl, rather then spend on the high velocity trash economy (IMO this is the most underrated aspect)
it cuts the block subsidy in half every 4 years (wouldn't it be great if we stopped subsidizing fossil fuels that fast!)

Finally, climate activists are increasingly branded as enemy of the state. They will be debanked like the truckers within 5 years in some countries. Perhaps even the US if Trump gets elected... Better to learn and accumulate Bitcoin now

a climate activist

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

Truckers and climate nut jobs have so much in common.

Maybe they can form a political action committee to oppose de banking

The reality is climate nut jobs face no legal consequences for vandalizing museums or blocking traffic or arson

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

This is a total lie.

Climate activists have nothing to worry about. Trump didn’t debank anyone but maybe he should have.

You clearly have Trump derangement syndrome.

You are a climate activist sympathizer.

You are so full of it

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Lost_dogz 12 Feb

Feeling triggered today, are we?

Calling for people you disagree with to be debanked? What kind of bitcoiner are you 🤣

Showing your true colors now... authoritarian anti-freedom hack

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

Stop spreading the lie that climate activists are being debanked.

In fact scumbags like Mann are suing people who disagree with him and won 1 million dollar judgment in the DC kangaroo court

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

You have shown your true colors.

You claim to be impartial but you only criticize right wing people and policies.

What do you think of Tucker Carlson ?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

Go fellate yourself

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

I am not authoritarian and anti freedom.

Are you aware of projection?

You’re doing it again.

More proof of left wing authoritarianism

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 12 Feb

Stop lying.

I never called for anyone to be debanked except for the cast of Saturday night live.

What kind of bitcoiner spreads socialist propaganda such as climate change?

Not so much of a bitcoiner are you?

You are authoritarian as most elitists are

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @TwoLargePizzas 5 Feb

activist :- a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. bitcoin :- brings political and social change.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 5 Feb

Happy wife happy life has wisdom, but I don't know if I could be friends with people that I'm not allowed to talk about certain subjects with.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @beorange 5 Feb

Talk about related problems in society, do not mention Bitcoin (or anything related to it). Discuss fundamental stuff, make everybody curious about the problem and the possible solutions, eventually they will connect the dots a few days/weeks/months later.

Anyway, have fun and don't spoil the party, it is not worth it.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @quark 5 Feb

I would say happy wife happy life is the most important part for yourself. But don't shut up yourself, you must be true to yourself. Your wife should love you as you are. Good luck ! :D If you notice that others are not following you on the bitcoin topic, don't keep trying. Let them be.

edit: oh I see it already happened... :D

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 5 Feb

Just tell her about limited supply (explain it what this mean), and make an analogy... Ask her, what kind of shoe / bad / jewelry / etc would like to buy it better... A serial production, which can buy anywhere at any time (like fiat money), or a "limited edition", like Bitcoin...

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kenn_b 5 Feb

Just the fact that your wife is a climate activist, would make me want to get rid off her.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @swmtr 5 Feb

good job

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Jorj_X_McKie 5 Feb

They’ll thank you in the long run for the laser eyes.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 5 Feb

What if they'll start first?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 5 Feb

I can't imagine what having dinner with climate activists is like but it seems like it would be easy to get them to bring bitcoin up.

Example. What are some things you believe are threats to the planet people aren't aware of.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DiracDelta 5 Feb

hodl for a couple more years, then get a new wife

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby OP 5 Feb

There aren't many things I value more than bitcoin, but this woman is one of them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @hodlpleb 5 Feb

Talk about how bitcoin is bringing power to remote African villages

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alexprietoexposito74 5 Feb freebie

Esposa feliz, vida feliz. La felicidad lo es todo. Si te vas de este mundo sin conocerla perdiste tu tiempo.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @a7 5 Feb freebie

Tell your wife, they started first.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @1c9dcd8fd2 5 Feb freebie

What doesnt bend , will break.