324 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 6 Mar \ on: Low Time Preference When You Don’t Have Much Time Left mostly_harmless
Sounds familiar. My folks both grew up poor, but my dad was comically poor, rural-living-in-a-shack-and-hungry poor. He has never, ever kicked it, and that mindset has caused a lot of angst, though, ironically, my siblings and I openly discuss how his pathology has also probably been the reason why my folks are relatively comfortable now.
And so, a pattern: the problem giving rise to its own solution, which the problem prevents you from adopting. Kind of lovely, actually, like a big cat that's about to kill you.
I always thought that the role of btc is the same as the role of anything, which is to help you to live a good life. I'm walking the same road with bitcoiners for like half the way, bc there is something important in asking what it means to live a good life, and digging into the defaults society wants to give you. Many of them do not hold up under scrutiny.
But two road diverge half-way through the wood, and I part ways at that point bc btc is not a fetish for me. Stacking is a tool. If my stash ever becomes life-changing in size, I'll treat it the same way I treat my table saw. I get that this will be easier said than done, for some, but I'm sure of my conclusion.
I don't want to miss the starting gun. It only goes off once.
There are things about your reply that resonate with me too. I didn't go into great detail in the post, but poverty scars people. My dad was a larger than life figure, and it wasn't always easy being his only son. As a young man I saw him as a bully. He was tough on me. Like everyone, I still carry that baggage. It wasn't until I was much older and had my own family that I realized how insecure he was as a result of his own childhood.
Regarding bitcoin and maximalism, I really think that none of us have the right to judge each other on things like when to sell. I didn't fully explain this in my post, but my family and I live very well. I still have a substantial fiat income, which we spend. I'm not being miserly, and would sell my stash in a split second if someone I love needed it.
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