I had dinner with a group of my closest normie friends tonight for an early birthday celebration (HBD to me). I spend so much time with Bitcoiners, that I forget how others think about (or don't) finances. The most habitually argumentative among the group brought up his “promising returns” in XRP and ETH. You can imagine how I responded. He then attempted to counter with “Bitcoin isn't the only crypto with a fixed supply” and “real estate is the ultimate scarce asset.”

I just patted him on the back and said we'll compare notes at next year's dinner. The dinner was too delicious to argue.

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Should have patted him on the head

Happy early birthday!! 🎉🎂

Thank you. 🌽 😃

Happy birthday, Shawn 🎉🎊🌽

Thank you, sir. 🙏

Happy Early Birthday 🫂

Cheers!

This is the way, brother. It’s almost always worth it to offer someone a nudge in the right direction. It’s almost never worth it to fight over it.

🫂🤝💜

Well said.

🫂

Happy birthday 🎉🎂

Thank you!

Happy birthday 🎂

This is how it’s done 👏🤣

Happy birthday

If someone is XRP army, maybe they need to get rugged to learn the hard lesson 🤷

He's one of those, unfortunately for him.

good policy

show. don't tell.

Zapping you for having to endure that hardship

Suffering for sats. 🙏

Happy Birthday Shawn!! 🎂🥳

Hope you have a wonderful new year of life!! 🎉🎉🎉

Thank you, Connie. 🙏

🫂🧡

My standard response to this kind of thing has slowly evolved over time into "good luck w/that". 🤙

And I mean it from a genuine place because they're gonna need all the luck they can get with that kind of thinking. 💁‍♂️

Happy birthday! 🥳

HBD!!! Real estate is IMO a great analogy to understand bitcoin and “crypto” and the differences. Not all real estate is created equal it’s all about positioning (location, location, Location). Manhattan or beach front San Diego vs. Death Valley desert, Antartica or mars. Sure they’re “scarce” but there’s no economic activity happening and it’s economically infeasible to develop them, Etc.

Good on you for taking the high road and maintaining a Low Time Preference. Stay humble.

Good analogy!

Thanks! I’m standing on the backs of giants on this one, but it’s helpful to take analogies further to help people understand, Especially no coiners.

I'm going to spend Xmas with the in-laws, who, every time they call, keep asking why I'm not selling "before it crashes again"... 😔

This is going to be an opportunity to teach them about real money vs. fiat money 😅

Happy Birthday!! Good job trying.

Daring people to try to beat BTC, makes people more afraid of their contrarian theses than when they see you exhausting lot of energy to argue their points.

Just smile, tell them "god bless your heart", and switch to "how's the family doing?"