How did so many people who grew up speaking English make it to adulthood without knowing the difference between your and you’re?

India’s number of content takedown demands on Twitter/X has soared in recent years, and they are being complied with more than they used to.

Opposition parties often get their bank accounts frozen too.

Nostr and Bitcoin, especially as a combo, can help route around that sort of social and monetary censorship.

A lot of people have heard my moped story but I don’t think I’ve ever told the story of my extremely cheap wedding lol 😂

I got married in 2016, at the time I was aggressively stacking sats and trying to be as frugal as possible.

So I convinced my fiancée to have the wedding in our backyard to save money.

Total cost was under $5,000 which included the dress and her ring (seriously). So how did I pull that off when weddings in America routinely cost 30-50k?

Here’s how…

1. Ring: Her ring is fake. More specifically it’s a moissanite which is a lab grown gemstone that looks like a diamond but isn’t a diamond. My wife was on board with this because it allowed her to get a much bigger stone than she otherwise would have and no one can tell the difference. Total cost: $1,200

2. Dress: When it came time to pick out the dress I didn’t want to interfere, so I just let her mom and sister go pick one out with her. She didn’t have a budget, but she was fully bought into my crazy money saving plan and found a dress she loved that only cost $500. That’s how you know you’re marrying the right girl. Total cost: $500

3. Venue: Free obviously because we did it in our backyard, but I did spend a little buying gifts for the neighbors because we were going to be making a lot of noise. Total cost: $200

4. Tables & chairs: We rented these, something to understand when it comes to rentals. When I called vendors for this wedding I didn’t tell any of them it was a wedding. I used the word “event” on the phone. This makes everything 30% cheaper. Total cost: $600

5. Decorations: we bought a nice metal arch to get married under for $300 and then we spent an additional $500 on lanterns, tablecloths, candles, fake flowers etc… I put them all up myself. Total cost: $800

6. Drinks: Instead of having a fancy bar with a bartender or whatever I went to Costco bought a bunch of wine and beer, threw it in a cooler and called it a day. Total cost: $500

7. Music: at this point in the thread you really think I’m hiring a fancy DJ for this shit? lol no we had a Bluetooth speaker. Total cost: $200

8. Food: instead of doing some BS catering company we got a taco cart guy. Taco cart guy is the shit, you should really have one of these at every event. Everyone loved this dude and said they were some of the best tacos they’ve ever had. Total cost: $500

9. Photo/video: Even though I was running a production company at this time we decided to skip the video altogether. Why? Because nobody ever watches it. Plus my business partner and crew members were going to be attending the wedding. The only thing you want is that one photo of you walking down the aisle that you’re going to hang in the house. So I hired a good photographer I knew in town to show up for 20 mins and take a few shots of the ceremony. Total cost: $400

Bringing the grand total for the backyard wedding to $4,900

The wedding was so out of the norm by modern standards, that my new father in law pulled me aside and suggested I was being too frugal and needed to loosen up a bit. I smiled and nodded politely and then continued right along my path. My wife was on board, I was on board. We had a vision for our future. No one was going to stop me, no matter how “well intentioned” A vision I’m happy to report we are living today.

You want different results than others? You gotta do different shit than they do. Be weird. People will judge you for it, but it won’t matter, because in the end you’ll win.

Today we look back fondly on our cheap wedding. 10/10 would recommend.

Has he ever not lied? nostr:note1xf5rqy9xxzqp96jajfkh0vdd3f0ngc2p2ahntns7vn35us69eepqy0rsr7

Lots of jubilation about Trump coming out with a pro- #Bitcoin script, but I’d just like to remind everyone that Trump’s DOJ indicted Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, he didn’t free Ross when he was President, and he didn’t pardon Snowden.

Actions speak louder than words.

Anyway, goodnight.

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This is honestly such a hard question and it shouldn't be. What Lightning wallet do you recommend to brand new non-technical Nostriches that want to experience Zaps?

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I’m sorry but steak and carnivore is a psyop.

Pizza is a cultured food. Full of flavour and creativity. It tastes 1000 times better than bland ass steak.

Plus it’s way healthier. I’ve been training for 2 decades now and always looked best when eating pizza.

I’m sorry if you’re just part of the twitter herd who just follow memes & trends (as if twitter is real life) instead of trusting your own taste buds.

Also sorry if u live in America and are stuck with glyphosates. Maybe you should come to Europe or elsewhere and eat real food.

You’ve never had a good steak if you think it’s bland lmao

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Using only a gif, when did you start playing video games? #grownostr

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If someone offered you 20,000 sats, would you DELETE your Nostr profile? 🤔

BE HONEST