I rarely try to orange pill people.
But I just met another pilot.
On our flight to Spain, we got chatting about value investing. He was a huge Buffet fan, and has put in1000s of hours investing his own pension.
I asked him what got him interested in investing, and he told me he listened to a nostr:npub1s5yq6wadwrxde4lhfs56gn64hwzuhnfa6r9mj476r5s4hkunzgzqrs6q7z podcast over a decade ago!
That was it. This would be easy. A rational thinker who has low time preference AND clearly respects a prominent Bitcoiner.
I thought I'd give him the #bitcoin bug in under 10 minutes.
Hell, I suspected he might even be a Bitcoiner already.
2 hours later, he's still talking about no dividends, quantum computing and rat poison squared.
๐ซ I'm doubling down on my stance...
Don't try orange pilling unless the other person seems genuinely open minded and curious.
It's a beautiful baby boy, congratulations!
Having an 'anti' role model in your life can be invaluable.
Outside of fixing people's teeth, my Dad spent most of his adult life washing his car, clearing leaves and fixing gutters. Structuring my life to avoid this fate has led to some good decisions in hindsight.
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You know the Average Joe is feeling inflation when confectionary companies are using it as an emotional hook in their adverts ๐

I've never heard it been called that before
Most people see Bitcoin as a granular topic within the category of investment.
Therefore, that's the only conversation strain they'll humour it being discussed in (even then most people are closed minded about it)
I see it as interwoven with many societal topics. And I know I wouldn't be taken seriously amongst friends if I tried talking about it within the context of, say, politics or philosophy.
I have to then bite my lip many times to avoid being labelled as the 'crazy Bitcoin zealot'. My external is therefore non congruent with my internal, and that makes most discussions uncomfortable!
I helped my Kriya yoga teacher in Bali learn about #bitcoin last night.
Got her set up with nostr:npub148qm45zettnf6ekgkatnyfadunxwjpu8sy88mjdsgwc5f202d93qmejra7 and sent her some sats via โก๏ธ, opening a channel on her end.
Her response - โthat was so easy!โ
Love to see it. Nothing like sending magical internet money around the world at the speed of light ๐โ๏ธ
post a lightning address for her so we can magic her a few nore
My idea of a good Friday night is ordering an Indian takeout and cracking open an ice cold compound annual growth rate calculator.
#Bitcoin
Can't shake my mental montage of you taking in nearly-dead orchids and bringing them back to life to the soundtrack of Against All Odds
If this is the only thing that annoys you about American English, you're doing quite well.
"I could care less" spirals me into lexical rage
Me waiting for #Bitcoin to reach $1M so I can stop working in the fiat mine. https://video.nostr.build/8e9dbf80f07e9b17bb9a7ecfcf5dc947500027cb2b845bb92685ebe3d672f143.mp4
*checks the price of bitcoin before opening the front door to start the commute*
"Not today man.... Not today"
*closes the door behind him*









