The industry built to combat fraud is dependent on fraud for survival, so there’s no real motive to prevent fraud.

The Champagne of Beers™

Wasn’t his word “day one” though? So you’re already admitting that he won’t keep his word.

I really hope he frees him day 1, but I don’t really believe anything he says and have little faith in him. I live somewhere where my vote is useless anyways.

lol obviously…

He will. Nothing to lose politically at this point. Second term presidents have massive leeway with pardons and clemency.

When you’re lucky you get both!

It’s almost unusable now, but earning sats with the card when paying bills through PayPal is still the best feature.

If “accidentally checked notifications when non-important people comment but they’re still fresh” qualifies, then sure.

And I do tend to get provoked on repetitious thematic items. People who do the “reply guy” thing for 25+ cynical posts in a row on any medium start to look like losers. I’m usually nice for like five times and then after that I’m like, “this is either a retard or someone purposely trolling.”

I don’t want you to look like a loser, Frank. You’re here on Nostr persistently and don’t even like bitcoin. That’s fine. That’s why I haven’t muted you yet but probably will soon like I do with bots increasingly, since you’re almost as predictable as bots now. I only mute bots and pseudo-bots.

Instead, I invite you to emotionally redirect however you see fit and recalibrate as a real person as though us Nostr folks were meeting in real life.

Because I highly doubt, if we had a Nostr meetup, you’d talk to me in person as you do here. I’ve had more meetups with people here than you probably have. In the flesh. I’d talk to you nearly the same in person as I do here. And I meet so many online critics at major events that become polite pussy cats face to face. Most enemies that tend to be the weird “online only” enemies tend to be way more polite in person.

I start out with the *shocking* notion that we are all real people having a virtual conversation online. I keep underestimating how inhuman most people get when they are distanced from social impacts face to face and so forth. They become weaker versions of themselves, and thus become ignorable not-like entities amid the bots.

That’s how I view you. I think and hope in real life that you’re a stronger and broader version of the narrow cynic you present on Nostr, because nobody who bothers to be here this long is as pathetic as your persona in real life. It would be sad if that was a real view. You’re better than what you present.

And yet, my weakness is that I resist the urge to mute unimportant people because I keep hoping that they will undergo the hero’s journey or “adulthood” and start acting in virtual world similarly to how they act in real life.

NOSTR FIXES THIS.

Well in what I’ve heard in various podcasts with Austrians and various libertarians I can’t think of any where they’ve discussed these issues.

I do remember Saifedean Ammoys saying he never donates to charity though…

When it comes to all fiction you consume (books, shows, movies), do you tend to remember the villain or the hero more, many years later?

Here are some variables to consider:

-Characters and concepts that stuck with you personally, for years.

-Memorable quotes or images.

-Iconic characters. Archetypes. Things you want to replicate.

-Roles that were so fucking well-acted that it can't be topped, and thus brought out the full complexity of the character.

Clarifications prior to answering:

-Villains include very bad folks that turn good at the end (e.g. Darth Vader). Partial goodness is often part of good villain design.

-Heroes include clear anti-heroes from the first act of the story (e.g. Han Solo). Partial badness is often part of good hero design.

Yeah 100%. Social safety net is so so important

i take this as a compliment.

To all those who make shitty negative comments that don’t add anything:

It must suck to be you and feel so much hatred in your heart.

I truly feel sorry for you and hope the grace of God will find you one day.

I have a strong preference for sports, and did judo for 6 years. I miss it and would join a gym if it was nearby.

Ugh, this sucks. I’m doing it, but I don’t want to.

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