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Thanks Spoonman, I feel the same, I can't even get myself to a local get together in Minneapolis. I do have some favorites that is for sure but talking to people all on the same wave length is like a massive verbal masturbation session to me.

spoonman 2y ago

Yeh agreed.

I spent a lot of time getting a feel for the community online, and as you say, I have a few favorites, but I think our time in RL is best spent locally on encouraging adoption, stacking sats, and becoming better human beings in general.

Another way I look at it, is that it would be strange to have US Dollar meet ups. So in a sense, BTC, the money, isn't the glue, instead it's the Bitcoin revolution against Central Banks and Keynesianism that is the glue. When we beat them, it would be odd to meet up to talk about our money.

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BR Bitcoinapolis 2y ago

Exactly, spot on, I am old enough to remember the pre-Internet days (note how Internet is capitalized, that is actually correct, just like Bitcoin is not 'bitcoin' but many don't care.) I was a BBS sysop, running Majordomo MLMs (exactly what Satoshi still used to release the white paper, on a freaking email list manager?) The cool young technocrats would be so appalled by the lack of video and cartoon pictures. Just words? How boring.

MLMs were a great way to convey a lot of super technical information to 1000s. I remember arguing with the 'old guys' back then, who said, "just pick up the phone"?

Me then: " Really? I am going to take 100 hours to compile a list of phone numbers and spend seven days calling each person to tell them everything I can send them in an email in seconds?"

No different today with Bitcoin compared to meetings. If you ever worked in Corporations anywhere, the stupid people have meetings on specific projects. They can't convey their thoughts written down, as they are 'too busy' and have to invite the smart/right people to explain things but again, limited group. At one point, I told my bosses I hadn't set up a meeting that I hosted in 30 years because I did my Due Diligence, gathered the right people on the sidelines, and then explained it all. Further, I was a terrible meeting invite, disruptive in about 99% of the meetings I was required to attend.

It got so bad (good) my terrible behavior was rewarded by people not inviting me to the meetings. I am a developer. A code pounder, but I am super extroverted/vocal/fearless - because your Corporate Values are bullshit. I never fit in and reminded them daily, one PM pissed me off so much I put 'caution tape' around my cube with a post it note I pointed to reminding him of the day I said I would be done.

So here we are with Bitcoin, a few people are the cream, 100s of podcasts (meetings) or Bitcoin events (meetings on steroids many steps up from Marriott hotels with the water jugs, notepads, pens, and little candies.)

Sorry/not sorry for the stream of consciousness, it is exactly who I am.

Phew. (i.e. not 'few' people look like morons when they spell it that way but I digress.)