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Nathan
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Bitcoiner / Brooklyn Bitcoin Meetup Group Organizer / New York City Satlantis Ambassador Nostr since: 847,890
Replying to Avatar Terry Yiu

Somehow stupidly fell for an airport taxi scam at JFK after being tired from 24 hours of traveling. Realized what was happening within a minute of getting into the car. Two men convinced me that the subway was down (which would have been $11.40 for me to go home), and then told me to get in one of their “taxis” which was “metered” and would give me a good price. Instinctively, I looked up the price on all the ride apps - ~$75. He tried to chat me up because he sensed I was suspicious, but I mostly gave him short responses to his questions. When we arrived, he asked if I would be paying cash and told me ~$160. I was anticipating this confrontation so I started a yell off with him. He wasn’t licensed and had no meter. I called him out on the scam and I offered to pay only $80 at most. He then countered with $140, $120, and lastly $100. He then threatened to drive me all the way back to the airport I wasn’t willing to pay what he asked and started to drive forward. After calling his bluff multiple times and leaving the car door open so he wouldn’t drive away, he finally got out of his car and hesitantly gave in and popped the trunk where my suitcase was after some more of me yelling at him. I gave him $80 and he stood there in disbelief. I’m pretty mad at myself for falling for something so obvious, but even more so that people like this exist. Regretting that I didn’t take down his license plate. But I’m glad I was able to stand my ground as I’m usually non-confrontational and experience anxiety in these kinds of situations. Moral of the story: don’t trust anyone who approaches you at the airport unless they appear officially licensed.

Sorry this happened. Glad you are ok. So crazy, I was in JFK yesterday too.

Did you find it in Webster’s 🤣

Replying to Avatar The Daniel 🖖

This one from nostr:npub1dnzzyhmewrzkh862z7z2shwmhh5htx0rvkagepj2fkgst9ptwg3qj4x52h was too good not to repost (even though he didn’t deem Nostr worthy of it). 😏

“In the spirit of the Solana blockchain, the company’s marketing video is down.”

GN 🌙 PV 🤙

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Not having Brunson for a bit might not be the worse thing. Other players can set up.

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nostr:npub1840l4y04erqn6z7g9m879e2xqg9n65tkxve43xpfe8plmsj0ua9q6rc9qf gathered and spilled all the bitcoin stickers 😎 & the Nostr Stickers are designed by nostr:npub1pztyedfuhn32htalk4tq5lgl3tedsrej55lgghfsf6ps55dlqy8smvqr2x and me 💜 we ordered them for our meetup :)

Awesome, meetups are so important. I organize them in my city Brooklyn, NY.

Great stickers, where did you get them?

Enjoying my time in #Dallas

Went to an awesome show this evening by The Rock Orchestra at Winspear Opera House

https://m.primal.net/PgQO.mov

Great meetup! Had to change location last minute but we made it work. Nothing like hanging out irl.

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