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Bitcoin = (Ron Paul + Peak Oil) * Sarah Palin ^ Glenn Beck
by edw 15y ago
Bitcoin = (Ron Paul + Peak Oil) * Sarah Palin ^ Glenn Beck
- evo_9 15y agoReally how do you come to that conclusion? Bitcoin seems like a legitimate attempt to move currency into the future absent of any one entity controlling it. Edit: I'm not being snarky, I haven't followed this that closely and wondered if there was/is a political component to Bitcoin that connects those dots.
- kylemaxwell 15y agoFrom my perspective, the issues around why Bitcoin is made of fail have been done to death here, including in several stories specifically about that.
- burgerbrain 15y agoI love how every topic, no matter how initially obscure, is eventually boiled down to boring old (american politics) partisan flames.
- edw 15y agoIt's more a reference to the unstoppable memes on Digg and Reddit that become all-consuming obsessions for a small part of the public and irritants to everyone else. That these hobby horses happen to involve American politics is really just a coincidence.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWell for the love of sanity, don't bring it here.
- ubernostrum 15y agoToo late. We have met the fanboys, and they are ours.
- silentbicycle 15y agoThat's even better than my previous favorite, from "Unmaintainable Code: Naming" (http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmainnaming.html http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmainnaming.html): marypoppins = ( superman + starship ) / god;
- noduerme 15y ago+1, best post this week ;)