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Edit: I’m a horrendous speller. Damn home schooling. Edit2: mobile debating is hard, on both sides of the podium.

SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
I've only been adding content. I haven't changed any of my positions. Working on a mobile it's a bit hard when you return carriage and sometimes I post anyway.
imwillofficial 6y ago
^ I feel ya there. I’m running into the same thing
SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
Btw read your new comment below mine. Thank you for being a good sport about all this. Please note, I will never personally attack someone I disagree with. I just get a bit heated sometimes. :)
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  You’re good! And I hope I did not offend. You seem like a kind and thoughtful person. Talking to you has been a lesson in going into a conversation without assumption. Thank you for that. I can be like a bull in a China shop sometimes. Well meaning... but I sure hope you didn’t have any dishes you liked
  - SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
    Dude you're totally fine. No offense taken. I'm actually of the opinion that I need to be offended once in awhile. It makes me think.
SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
P.S I was also homeschooled myself. high fives
- imwillofficial 6y ago
  I loved it because I got through differential equations and had something like 7 math credits... ::looks around suspiciously:: I may have... never written an essay.. Sometimes the free wheeling “do what you want” kind of home schooling can bite you. But we’re figuring out this whole English thing pretty well between us! ::high five::
SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
Ok so HN is a bit annoying as I can't really reply to things you said directly now... but let me break a few things down. Firstly, did we like become best friends or something? I love how you described homeschooling haha. Secondly, really just want to say, yes... perhaps my use of the phrase "white savior complex" is a bit cringy and social justice-y, which I'm actually not really part of that camp. I'm just applying that based on some observation of what I see. I just wish the socio-political crap would mostly go away and let the technology of blockchain/bitcoin/whatever stand on its own. Some of the proponents I mentioned earlier in the thread also just make my skin crawl a bit. There is inherent dishonesty in their gospel, I personally feel. I'm simply trying to point out what I feel is a dangerous game they play, especially with the massive boom and bust cycles bitcoin and its ilk undergo. I'd feel far less cynical if there wasn't some pyramid-esque (no, bitcoin itself is not a pyramid scheme, but the community and proponents surrounding it make it feel like one in many ways) action going on around it, like all the activity between BTC and tethers and other shitcoins that makes it all look like painting the tape. I'm of the opinion that currently, this all feels like a redistribution of the wealth in a weird casino like fashion, and not a legitimate growth in real value. That's just me though. For every rich-on-paper cryptocurrency fan, there are also plenty that have lost their shirts in this experiment. Hope this ramble made any sense. I really appreciate you chiming in, imwillofficial.

I've only been adding content. I haven't changed any of my positions. Working on a mobile it's a bit hard when you return carriage and sometimes I post anyway.

imwillofficial 6y ago

^ I feel ya there. I’m running into the same thing

SwimSwimHungry 6y ago

Btw read your new comment below mine. Thank you for being a good sport about all this. Please note, I will never personally attack someone I disagree with. I just get a bit heated sometimes. :)

imwillofficial 6y ago
You’re good! And I hope I did not offend. You seem like a kind and thoughtful person. Talking to you has been a lesson in going into a conversation without assumption. Thank you for that. I can be like a bull in a China shop sometimes. Well meaning... but I sure hope you didn’t have any dishes you liked
- SwimSwimHungry 6y ago
  Dude you're totally fine. No offense taken. I'm actually of the opinion that I need to be offended once in awhile. It makes me think.

SwimSwimHungry 6y ago

P.S I was also homeschooled myself. high fives

imwillofficial 6y ago
I loved it because I got through differential equations and had something like 7 math credits... ::looks around suspiciously:: I may have... never written an essay.. Sometimes the free wheeling “do what you want” kind of home schooling can bite you. But we’re figuring out this whole English thing pretty well between us! ::high five::

SwimSwimHungry 6y ago

Ok so HN is a bit annoying as I can't really reply to things you said directly now... but let me break a few things down. Firstly, did we like become best friends or something? I love how you described homeschooling haha. Secondly, really just want to say, yes... perhaps my use of the phrase "white savior complex" is a bit cringy and social justice-y, which I'm actually not really part of that camp. I'm just applying that based on some observation of what I see. I just wish the socio-political crap would mostly go away and let the technology of blockchain/bitcoin/whatever stand on its own. Some of the proponents I mentioned earlier in the thread also just make my skin crawl a bit. There is inherent dishonesty in their gospel, I personally feel. I'm simply trying to point out what I feel is a dangerous game they play, especially with the massive boom and bust cycles bitcoin and its ilk undergo. I'd feel far less cynical if there wasn't some pyramid-esque (no, bitcoin itself is not a pyramid scheme, but the community and proponents surrounding it make it feel like one in many ways) action going on around it, like all the activity between BTC and tethers and other shitcoins that makes it all look like painting the tape. I'm of the opinion that currently, this all feels like a redistribution of the wealth in a weird casino like fashion, and not a legitimate growth in real value. That's just me though. For every rich-on-paper cryptocurrency fan, there are also plenty that have lost their shirts in this experiment. Hope this ramble made any sense. I really appreciate you chiming in, imwillofficial.