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Are we allowed to talk about Bitcoin?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Dick Whitman, Dec 18, 2013.

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  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Shares ... coins ... tokens ... meaningless 1s and 0s floating in cyberspace ... whatever.
     
    Inky_Wretch, May 13, 2022
    #349
  2. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    TOTALLY NOT A SCAM. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

     
    goalmouth, May 13, 2022
    #350
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    My aunt and her husband did that once in Pigeon Forge. The sales rep turned out to be her brother’s ex-wife. I’ll bet that was an amazing couple of hours.
     
    dixiehack, May 13, 2022
    #351
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  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    My wife dragged me to one of those because she wanted to get the little prizes, one of which was a $10 gift card to Walmart. Kept telling me the salespeople that I was only there because my wife dragged me and besides, I worked as a journalist for crappy pay. Finally got the little prizes a few hours later. Grumbled to my wife about how my night off was wasted.
     
    Baron Scicluna, May 13, 2022
    #352
  5. ChrisLong

    ChrisLong Well-Known Member

    I've been to 3-1/2 time share presentations. The half? I told my wife that if the rep says one rude things, we are outta here. About halfway through, he said something dicey. I looked at my wife: "That was rude. See ya'."

    One time, we went to Lake Tahoe and planned to take the aerial tram for a great view of the area. It was closed for that week, so we took a time share, which was at the top of the mountain where the tram lets you off. We got our view, but had to do the time share spiel. We got near the end, the guy was flooding us with numbers. I pointed to the "maintenance fee" and said, "That's the ripoff." He said, thanks for visiting, enjoy the rest of your trip. I did get a $50 casino voucher and turned that into a couple of hundred bucks.
     
    ChrisLong, May 13, 2022
    #353
  6. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    I was riding in the back seat as a kid when my parents saw one of those "Free <Major Attraction> Tickets!" signs and decided to go for it. Of course, it was a timeshare. Thank Tebow they passed on it after going through the high pressure pitch. We did get the ducats, though.
     
    Twirling Time, May 13, 2022
    #354
  7. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    At its core bitcoin has no intrinsic value other than the hope it would become an accepted currency. That just led to higher demand but once demand subsided the value plummeted and now the reminder are left “ holding the bag “
     
    qtlaw, May 14, 2022
    #355
  8. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

     
    garrow, May 16, 2022
    #356
  9. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Yes, half the reason I’m posting is to make a couple of people mad.

     
    dixiehack, May 16, 2022
    #357
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  10. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Using the word "impacted" is ever so much more a trigger for me ...
     
    doctorquant, May 16, 2022
    #358
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    In conversations such as this one, "impacted" always means, "willingly poured lighter fluid, willingly lit a match. ... and incinerated capital."

    I feel bad for people who have gotten sucked into foolish behavior with their money.

    But I certainly don't want to be forcibly made responsible for bailing them out and don't think anyone else should be forced either.

    I'd just prefer to get rid of the people / institutions that created the conditions for it to happen.
     
    The Big Ragu, May 16, 2022
    #359
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  12. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Here’s $3.20. I’d like to buy 1,000 shares.

    BUY THE DIPS!!!
     
    Baron Scicluna, May 16, 2022
    #360
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