• LangdonAlger [any]
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        4 years ago

        Can't all those stupid mathematic equations the mining rigs do be used for, like, anything?

      • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        I've been saying it for a while now that legalization should involve some producing countries to fully make sense. There's no need to grow weed under artificial lighting when the stuff you can get from Morocco or Afghanistan is so incredibly good. Like, seriously, anybody who's ever smoked a good traditional Moroccan hashish, not the crappy soapbar stuff, but Hia or a really strong Pollem, or has had some of the sticky black hash that's produced in Afghanistan,Kashmir, Manali, Nepal, anybody who's ever gotten high off that knows how excellent outdoor grows can work in the right climate. Yields are great, too, plants in Afghanistan reach heights of 6 meters, literal fucking trees dripping with resin. And people in Europe or the US are growing the stuff under bulbs.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Crypto hate for me is entirely fueled by the obscene waste of energy it is and the damage to the environment for no fucking reason

    • FunnyBunny [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Make a bunch of money for nothing? Value comes from labor not like minting money.

      My hate for bitcoin comes from me feeling like it's really stupid and kind of a scam, and yet some people are like sycophantically devoted to bitcoin. Also the fact that it's used for like, gun running, money laundering, and sex trafficking.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        "Passive Income" is fucking Satan if I have anything to say about it.

        Yeah if you have a retirement account through work or whatever, do what you have to do. If you want to load $50 (or even a few thousand if you can afford it) into Robinhood and try your odds, then go for it. Definitely not something I would be "proud" of or excited about outside of the fact that I might really need the money by any means possible (it definitely feels good to have your needs met ofc)

      • Anna_KOC [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        I'm supposed to start caring about gamers PC parts now? I say let the capitalists choke on their own creation.

        • SerLava [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Whatever, imagine if, in the middle of quarantine, they were skyrocketing the price of, I dunno, your boomer teevee progrums.

            • SerLava [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              so you'd pay $90 to watch an episode of Matlock so some nerds can buy child porn?

              • Anna_KOC [comrade/them]
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                4 years ago

                What's that got to do with child porn? I would raise the cost of living for Americans until the aren't any left

                • SerLava [he/him]
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                  4 years ago

                  the real reason computer gaming parts are artificially scarce is to create bitcoin for black market shit. so our whippersnapper vidya progrums are expensive because of child porn money laundering