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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I wore my pleblab shirt and it led to telling them about FOSS, so that was cool.
Patriot
Woah glad you found a way to circumvent a potentially tricky situation.
How did your wife take it?
You'd be doing a minor service to humanity with any of the latter three options, but stick with "Happy wife, happy life".
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".
As important as bitcoin is, stable marriages are more important. As in sports, always be aware of time and score.
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.
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.
Yes. Real life is about compromise. I was actually heartened by the poll results that many people seem to actually realize this.
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.
Many of us repeat the vegan joke...
...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.
True. He deeply cares about his wife.
Yeah but he might be eroding his ability to do anything at all. It's a long game.
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).
She’ll get turned on if you bring it up
Sounds like you talk way too much about it, maybe you could talk about something else?
Yes, but have previously exhausted such topics as Conan the barbarian and houseplants. What other worthy topics remain?
Stay married, everyone comes around eventually!
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".
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.
Laser eyes Liotta doesn't even need words...only merciless laughter.
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?
Bitcoin helps the environment, I don't see the problem here?
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
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
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
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
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
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 ?
Go fellate yourself
I am not authoritarian and anti freedom.
Are you aware of projection?
You’re doing it again.
More proof of left wing authoritarianism
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
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.
http://ecosense.me/ecosense-wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/CO2-Emissions.pdf
More CO2 = human flourishing, plants flourishing, earth flourishing…
i hate the term "happy wife, happy life." i prefer "happy spouse, happy house"
Good point.
You can set up a victory lap…
Or stay married 🤙🏽
loool
activist :- a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
bitcoin :- brings political and social change.
hodl for a couple more years, then get a new wife
There aren't many things I value more than bitcoin, but this woman is one of them.
I say happy wife happy life lol
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.
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
Esposa feliz, vida feliz. La felicidad lo es todo. Si te vas de este mundo sin conocerla perdiste tu tiempo.
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...
Just the fact that your wife is a climate activist, would make me want to get rid off her.
good job
Tell your wife, they started first.
They’ll thank you in the long run for the laser eyes.
What if they'll start first?
https://m.stacker.news/14931
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.
What doesnt bend , will break.
Talk about how bitcoin is bringing power to remote African villages
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