What's the etiquette about Zaps vs Hearts?

Are there unspoken rules I should know?

I actually haven't given anything up for lent probably since I was a kid, but as I have gotten more in touch with God recently, it actually kind of made sense to me for the first time this year, and it "popped into my head" literally Tuesday night, right before lent started. Here's how I suddenly made sense of it:

If you wanted to give God a gift, what would you give Him? The Dude literally made the entire universe, the sun, the stars, the earth, all living things. But there is one thing he cannot speak into being... our free will. He cannot force us to choose anything.

So this lent I decided to choose to be a little healthier, a little more clear headed, and spend a little more time being thankful to God. I will often smoke a little weed (or take an edible) before bed to help me sleep, but I'm giving that up for lent this year. I haven't been sleeping as well, but when I wake up in the night, I spend that time in prayer.

Anyone else have thoughts on the meaning or purpose of sacrificing this season?

As USD fades there will be a massive adjacent benefit of a much much smaller financial sector.

Good riddance.

Go produce something of true value to humanity

Life goes fast, especially with kids.

New block every 10 mins. Slow down and enjoy each one.

“controlled opposition” is fast becoming the zoomer version of tall poppy syndrome.

Has this ever happened before where we have a huge market catalyst and then the market chops sideways to down? I know “sell the news” is a common meme but the biggest pools of capital in the world just fired the starting gun and there is no significant retail front-running over the weekend before the markets can respond?

Seems sus. Is everyone already all in? I literally just liquidated a whole line of inventory from my business and sold my lawn mower for good measure. I’m not exaggerating when I say I’m digging in the couch cushions for sats. We’re positioned to make the next order of magnitude jump and the market is yawning.

What am I missing?

anyone can do it and I'm not exactly a fan of the idea of having to live in a dying empire

If the goal of Bitcoin is to separate Money and State, the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve changes nothing.

We don't win until Printing Ends

I can't stand my neighbor.

His roof was faulty and didn't work at protecting him and his family. It didn't allow him to enjoy his life peacefully either.

So you know what this arrogant asshole did?!

He fixed his roof. And now he's safe like a little bitch and thinks he's better than everyone.

I mean who fixes something that's broken?! Dude watched too much MacGyver as a kid maybe. And who has the gall to recommend to me that I consider keeping my family safe as well.

I know roofs. Lots of experience with roofs. Use a roof everyday. I lived under one my whole life since I was born. Lived under broken roofs in fact for 30 years. So spare me with this shit.

He thinks he's better than me and knows more about roofs than me just cause he fixed his?!

Nah. Fuck off, pal. Me and my family are doing just fine with our broken roof.

The lowest risk position to hold in #Bitcoin is to purity signal against governments and corporations.

But here's the reality: #Bitcoin is nonpermissive. We can't stop groups from saving in #Bitcoin. Not corporations. Not governments.

Saylor's posture, of #Bitcoin realism, takes more courage than Jack's, IMHO. Getting the trojan horse in through the gates takes huge personal risk and lots of work. Sitting back and negging is great for making anarcho friends online but does not advance game theory or shape it in our favor.

The adoption path for #Bitcoin is not linear. It is occuring all at once. Power is ordered in the world, but still distributed. Governments and corps would plainly be the last to adopt private internet cash. SoV clearly comes first for them. But developing and deploying privacy-preserving payments is not blocking on Gov approval.

We don't need permission to, slyly and in a round about way, introduce private payments into #Nostr and into real world economies. The developmenr of #Ark, for example, doesn't need to care about how govs and corps use Bitcoin.

Think nonlinearly.

Think nonpermissively.

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I do feel like real America peaked in the 80s.

learned things.

made some friends.

lost some friends.

and its not even 9am.

happy friday ❤️

your life is a gift. 🎁