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@itsrealfake
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 10 Jun \ parent \ on: What is the most inhuman tradition still alive in the world? AskSN
he did complain. according to him it was painful to have an erection
102 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 10 Jun \ parent \ on: PortlandHODL: "We've got a city to build, but we're arguing about street-names"" bitcoin
war happens, this revolution is mostly peaceful.. arguments are part of the solutions
17 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 6 Jun \ parent \ on: Save Our Wallets – Protect Your Right to Transact Freely Politics_And_Law
anarcho-nationalism
hmm. I don't often hear from people who think so similarly as I do.
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake OP 5 Jun \ parent \ on: Meta Discussion - Efforts to promote the "Save Our Wallets Act" are spammy meta
you're right. and I tend to think it's an improvement over the current regulatory un-certainty.
Meta Discussion - Efforts to promote the "Save Our Wallets Act" are spammy#991724
29 sats \ 11 comments \ @itsrealfake 5 Jun meta
10 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 5 Jun \ parent \ on: How does one personally value Privacy and avoiding KYC? privacy
they're Australian & five-eyes still, so be prepared for that..
in my use case it helped me de-google and enabled portability across devices
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 5 Jun \ parent \ on: Hackers Leak 86 Million AT&T Records with Decrypted SSNs security
I identify as having a summer dob, this time.
and I want a palindrome ssn
10 sats \ 2 replies \ @itsrealfake 5 Jun \ on: How does one personally value Privacy and avoiding KYC? privacy
keep it up!
I'm in the same boat and it confuses my people. they've gotten used to it but treat me a bit like the crazy uncle.
It's important both ways tho:
a) you want to be prepared with burner emails (masked email from Fastmail is an option I prefer.. all services get a different email)
b) you don't want your anti-kyc behavior to make you easier to profile, or to stick out as somebody with no record.
but don't thing and keep your head on a swivel
62 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 2 Jun \ on: Quantum vs Bitcoin: A Visual Breakdown bitcoin
Oh wow... new information. now I have more questions!
0 sats \ 3 replies \ @itsrealfake 1 Jun \ on: Favorite artist? Music
is nails in my eardrums an option?
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 30 May \ parent \ on: I was interviewed on CNN on Bitcoin kidnappings, dangers of KYC, and Trump bitcoin
jeeze... wouldn't it be cool if you could edit your live remarks as easily as you can go back and correct typos and such?
21 sats \ 1 reply \ @itsrealfake 30 May \ parent \ on: I was interviewed on CNN on Bitcoin kidnappings, dangers of KYC, and Trump bitcoin
i think you did well... i watched the video 3 or 4 times in total...
you did well to respond to her & cover some important points, but she definitely led you around the ring a bit.
if i only had one recommendation, i'd say these two have a really good ability to handle these conversations gracefully, and your rhetoric could be strengthened by stealing some of their memes.

price

i wish you wouldn't lead with "it's over 100k", and would instead have said something like "as bitcoin appreciates against all currencies, it will be desired by more and more people, criminals included. and for that reason, it's incredibly important that people are not prevented from acquiring bitcoin safely and securely"

kyc

looks like there was an edit... between her question about anonymity and your response.
you correctly point out the KYC risk, but i think it could be improved by mentioning the CENTRALIZED nature of KYC.
the centralization is a big part of the problem (not merely the identification, which people will presumably find to be less of a bother). KYC vendors and businesses required to implement it have got more attack surface, because of the added complexity.
i think you could also hammer on the point: once data is leaked, it's leaked forever, and becomes aggregated... leading to further problems down the road.

bitcoin vs. the rest

notice that she asks about businesses involved in crypto companies and directs her commentary towards these other businesses seeking access to power
in my opinion, the best way out of this morass is where you headed... "bitcoin has no board"
it could be dialed in: "it has no boardroom, and it's stakeholders are the worldwide user base. as it continues to be understood up by individuals, businesses, multi-nationals, governments and the rest, questions of impropriety and imbalance in access to governance will diminish due to the nature of [a strictly enforced monetary policy*]." *- phrase that however you want... there are better examples of the right way to put that
this would have neutered her complaint that she can't talk about bitcoin because everybody has a stake.
listen for her laugh tell as she interrupts you... "i should say heheheheheh that you're with the bitcoin policy institue" she knows what she's doing, you've gotta learn how to do it back.

re: the rest

i'd say, come up with a punchy retort (ask @bitstein ?) when they start in on tokens...
"look, i'm with the Bitcoin Policy Institute, this should be taken seriously. if i were interested in being scammed or having opinions about how to win against the house in the shitcoin casino, i wouldn't be on your show. bitcoin is durable, deliberate, and has a low-time preference.... <on to your next talking point about>"
... this is obviously a bit sharp, but i think you can

language choice

you mention "ideology" of the various tokens. you could have mentioned "philosophy" of bitcoin ... specifically, it's strict monetary policy & consensus mechanism.

bonus points

when she says "thank you for your time"
you can say: "you're welcome, i hope your viewers will check out our [BPI's smallest URL]"

more bonus points

  1. bitcoin lapel pin
  2. orange pocket scarf

strategies you might use to iterate

  1. get the transcript & ask some AI to identify "passive language"

questions i have

  1. how do you think you did?
  2. what kind of preparation did you have?
  3. did you know what the quesitons or theme would be like?
  4. were you asked to indicate your views before being interviewed?
  5. did you get to say everything you wanted?
  6. do you think this was valuable feedback?
80 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 30 May \ on: The Who Cares Era BooksAndArticles
people don't care because every time the become even marginally invested in the thought process of some writer, the writer inevitably spills the beans in a dumfounded way: the writer suffers TDS
case-in-point:
Of course we're all victims of the biggest perpetrators of this uncaring era, as the Trump administration declares "Who Cares?" to vast swaths of the federal government, to public health, to immigrant families, to college students, to you, to me. As Elon Musk's DOGE rats gnaw their way through federal agencies, not caring is their guiding light. They cut indiscriminately, a smug grin on their faces. That they believe they can replace government workers—people who care an extraordinary amount about their arcane corner of the bureaucracy—with hastily-written AI code is another defining characteristic of right now.
we've been in "who cares" for longer than this author realizes... who cares about the unsustainability of the liabilities. who cares about the government overreach into every aspect of independent thinking or action. who cares about the survival of the species.
who cares what you think? if you can't get your mind past "Baloneyman Strikes Again", i can't trust your cognition.