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There were a lot of adverts on the London underground recently saying "If you're seeing bitcoin on the Underground, it's time to buy", which I thought was was q
by astoor 5y ago
There were a lot of adverts on the London underground recently saying "If you're seeing bitcoin on the Underground, it's time to buy", which I thought was was quite strange because it was pretty much the exact opposite of the aphorism "When the Shoeshine Boys Talked Stocks It Was a Great Sell Signal". (The adverts have been banned now though, because the Advertising Standards Authority said they were misleading and left out important risk warnings.)
- UncleOxidant 5y agoThere's a gas station in town that recently changed ownership. Now instead of being a 76 station it's called a 777 station with a logo that looks like a slot machine. Over the garage is a large banner that reads "Buy Bitcoin here!". When I saw that a few months ago it seemed ominous.
- CheezeIt 5y agoThere have been several gas stations around where I live with big vinyl signs, last year and before, advertising they take Bitcoin. I think it’s ideological.
- canadianfella 5y ago> I think it’s ideological Does this sentence mean anything?
- dblohm7 5y agoHa! When my dental hygienist was asking me about Bitcoin, that's when I knew it was time to sell! (This was around its first peak at the end of 2017)
- thebean11 5y agoThat wasn't the first peak! The one before 2017 was $1,400 a few years earlier.
- chrisco255 5y agoBitcoin has had several parabolic runs up beginning in 2011 and is currently in its 4th cycle.
- dr-detroit 5y agothe difference now is the main use cases for crypto (crime, tax evasion) have figured out what block chain means
- worker767424 5y agoThat's mostly true, but at least it's in London. London is a financial hub. When you see bitcoin ads replacing John Deere ads at the Des Moines airport, that's how you really know.
- alimw 5y agoAn astonishingly cynical ad, made in the hope that people only half-remember the original line.