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I don't accept crypto to mean cryptocurrency. It's like saying butter when you mean butterscotch. Doesn't mean the same thing and shouldn't.

• always_good 9y ago
  Unfortunately, the world could care less about what you personally accept.
  • pilaf 9y ago
    > could care less Bait?
    • andai 9y ago
      May be referencing https://xkcd.com/1576/ https://xkcd.com/1576/
      • 0x4f3759df 9y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=854042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=854042
  • topbarcolor 9y ago
    And vice versa. Though actually, I can care less than I care about "what the world accepts", for example about some person speaking for the world. If you accept it, make your case; if you don't, leave "the world" out of it.
• colecut 9y ago
  99% of the population would have never uttered the word "cryptography" before "cryptocurrencies" started to catch on. In either case, crypto is an abbreviation.
  • criddell 9y ago
    This is being shown on HN, not Facebook.
  • colecut 9y ago
    @criddell: ok, carry on trying to keep the global slang out of your little utopic garden.