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Pondering the early Bitcoin meetups, I have a question for anyone who was around then, ~2015-2018. My experience of Bitcoin and Crypto meetups now is dramatically different than in the past in very specific ways, and I’m not sure if the events changed or if I did.

Did we always talk so much about social issues?

Now when I go to Bitcoin events (that are not my own) I try to discuss tech, but always wind up in discussions of social issues. I am particularly sensitive to this at the moment as in the past ~5 years I’ve been bombarded by people literally following me around trying to give me their asinine gender studies treatise 🤦🏻‍♀️

At the past few events I’ve been to I didn’t get too many insane lectures on why I should go home and have more babies etc, but it was just uncomfortable for me as I wanted to discuss tech and I was seemingly the only one who did.

Was it always like this and I was just less sensitive to it back in the day? Did we discuss a lot of social issues at BOB meetups? Or has it changed?

Zen<3lofi 4d ago

wait, so “discussions of social issues”, “gender studies”, turns into why you as a woman should be a “tradwife”?!

well that was unexpected based on the first two terms and what they are usually about.

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vnprc 4d ago

welcome to bitcoin culture lol

Zen<3lofi 1d ago

this is the first I’ve heard of an in-person bitcoin event described in this way (involving sexism, misogyny).

however, about a month or so ago, I did see one or two very active nostr accounts posting stuff like that - like saying everyone should have kids, be a parent. (like the account called ‘HODL’).

I figured they were just trying to stir up engagement via controversy on nostr.

HannahMR 4d ago

ya the 'discussions' always seemed to be more lectures about why I should be back home and have more babies.