Roughly similar stats where I’m from. Religion has a grip on community but it is definitely not what it was. I often wonder if this is my attraction to bitcoin - some certainty in an otherwise multifaceted and inconclusive world. It’s one of my worries that I’ve just joined a cult rather than being early to a monetary renaissance.. while the bitcoin network is damn near perfect, it just may end up on the shelf
I think he even offered the council a share at one point? Just let him try ffs
I really appreciate this note. Your last sentence is critical and it is something that I’ve recognised as I’ve matured. I once was vey anti-theist but am now much more comfortable with the views and beliefs of others. The lead C++ dev on one of my teams is also a Russian orthodox priest and I have some really deep conversations with him (deep for me anyway!). I’m much more likely to stand up for the rights of religious people now than when I was younger - with the caveat that they’ll also allow me to live my own life without interference
Yeah, so I’m cutting myself off from this - at least I have done so far. I’d feel like I was being dishonest
There are a lot of people in Ireland who just go with the flow and are cultural Catholics. They get married in church, their kids go through communion/confirmation etc and they go to mass and do the standard stuff - yet they don’t really believe. That’s the kind of stuff I mean by faking. And I’m probably missing out on aspects of my community due to cutting myself off from this. That’s what I was trying to get at in my previous comment.
I’m still an atheist. There are many benefits of religion that I’m missing out on but I just can’t fake belief
Oh and the work ethic and consistency from the aul lad
I distinctly remember being mocked by a friend’s father for answering some question by saying “I read it in a book”. I was probably 9 or 10 at the time. Most of the guys that ended up on drugs (addicted that is - I experimented myself!) just weren’t curious people. We always had books at home - not necessarily good ones but I had a big encyclopaedia that I’d devour and a 40 volume set of books called the joy of knowledge. Honestly, just reading and being curious was the secret weapon. It took me into my mid 20s to sort myself out properly though!
someone did it the wrong way.
payed half a million in fees!!!
https://mempool.space/tx/d5392d474b4c436e1c9d1f4ff4be5f5f9bb0eb2e26b61d2781751474b7e870fd
Yikes. Can the devs do something😆😆
Your story seems similar to mine (though mine’s 20 years ahead) - my father (a gardener) used his hands to feed his 5 kids. You sound a lot more mature than I was in my mid 20s though!
I luckily ended up getting into tech and ended up making my way using my head rather than my hands.
This isn’t me in the pic but that’s where I grew up in the 1980s. Rough as fuck - I had some great friends and was terrorised by others. Bar a very small handful I’ve seen almost all my peers either die from drugs, suicide or are still there looking at least 20 years older than they should. Keep that focus young man 
Sounds like that’s in your DNA -the frugality. It’s hard to shake that. I’ve never spent more than I’ve earned, even when earning a pittance. It has worked out well for me financially over the past 25 years as it should do for you. I’ve gone from quite a poor working class background to living a very comfortable middle class life purely on the back of that behaviour. Although sometimes I think my time horizon is too far out.. I’m so used to denying myself that I don’t really want anything and will probably end up leaving it all to my kids (who’ll piss it up the walls😆)
🤣🤣 my bail is 100 sats
Not once. The first time I used btc was here on nostr
Mid 20s, I assume living at home.. supportive father.. I’d be pretty close to 100%. Hopefully not bad advice but it’s the truth! I’m putting away enough for it to be noticeable (I’ve other responsibilities) - plan to do this for years
