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I think if a friend drove two hours to my house and threatened physical violence because they disapproved of my financial and technology decisions, I would have
by avaer 9y ago
I think if a friend drove two hours to my house and threatened physical violence because they disapproved of my financial and technology decisions, I would have one less friend.
- apk-d 9y agoIf anyone cared this much about me unwittingly risking my livelihood, they'd have a friend for life.
- avaer 9y agoIt's only admirable in retrospect. What if Mt. Gox shot to the moon and decided to pay dividends, but your friend threatened you not to buy in? I've been threatened by inlaws for subscribing to practices that will end in my damnation -- something much more significant than losing savings. They genuinely believe this. And I still don't think that's right, and it wouldn't be right if everything they said turned out to be true.
- path411 9y agoWhat would you do if someone you cared about was falling for a Nigerian scam?
- jacobush 9y agoYour loss, right? Twice, in that case.
- jomkr 9y agoHe's essentially more of a brother to me, and yes it wasn't the nicest experience for anyone involved but he didn't lose his life-savings.
- dgut 9y agoSorry, but you are a dumbass then.
- sctb 9y agoNo matter what you're replying to, HN just doesn't have room for comments like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html