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Because they didn't have clean water back then, diluted wine was safer to drink. The question is: Why didn't Jesus miraculously produce a water purification plant?

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The sentiment of this post and the replies seems to have become pretty much consensus - "sadly LN just isn't practical for every day life". This is just wrong actually; and sadly this goes to confirm the story that was told to outsiders by silicon valley VCs for years to pump their bags : 'bitcoin isn't useful, nobody ever uses it LN is a joke'. In this comment on reddit: https://old.reddit.com/r/lightningnetwork/comments/1fxmokx/when_do_you_think_lightning_will_go_mainstream/lrl42tk/ I give the reality: when bitcoin is not persecuted, LN works and thrives (albeit it remains fairly niche - but that's fine!), and it's a *much* better payment system than you think. The idea that it's not practical for ordinary businesses because they have to balance channels is a perspective that lacks nuance; this is not 2018-2020! It's far easier than you might think, again ABSENT MASSIVE PERSECUTION, to actually use LN in commerce, nowadays.

(Btw in that reddit thread i missed some other uses, like flights ... even $1000 payments are fine on LN nowadays.)

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true. i have donated some sats, they accept BTC

That is dishonest. I don't mean for a few weeks, of course, but for a lifetime.

That has been known for decades. But who would want to be underweight their whole life?

How many have you already taken in to your apartment?