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Where are all these horror stories?
by adrianwaj 13y ago
Where are all these horror stories?
- mpyne 13y ago/r/bitcoin probably.
- smtddr 13y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... Here are some of my "favorite"(anger inducing) comments: ▻ Poor student, all he had... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo0vvc http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ Son's college fund wiped out... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo57gh http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ Used many credit cards... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo8gjd http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ Holding coins for a friend(even outside of bitcoin, don't hold money for friends. Usually won't work out)... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo3utn http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ Everything he owns is gone, doesn't know how he's going to eat... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo9423 http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ Sold his car, put everything he had into bitcoin... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfp3a83 http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ This one is probably fake, too dramatic... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo7mgr http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ▻ This guy lost $8,550 of his wife's money... http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_story_thread_how_much_did_you_lose/cfo25u3 http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1yv26o/gox_horror_s... ..and if you read all his comments on that thread, I get the impression he's going back in without his wife's support. Just keep on reading that whole post. At first you'll feel sorry for them, but quickly that sorrow will turn into anger. "Why the @!#&^%$ did you do that?!" is what you'll be repeating in your mind over and over. But none of them beat this one by a Reddit admin from awhile back: ▻ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1c525e/ive_lost_more_money_in_the_past_24_hours_than_ive/ http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1c525e/ive_lost_mor... ...just the title alone is epic. Bitcoin, and all the services around it, are gambles. Never gamble with money you can't afford to lose. Reddit should have a huge red glowing banner at the top of /r/bitcoin reminding their users of that at least weekly.
- nols 13y agoI think that's exactly the counterpoint he was going for, people would be stupid enough to put their life savings into BTC but not dogecoin.
- winstonsmith 13y ago>But none of them beat this one by a Reddit admin from awhile back: Are you saying Nathanspups is a reddit admin?
- smtddr 13y agoI think I'm actually wrong about that. I could have sworn I saw an "[A]" next to his name somewhere.
- catshirt 13y agothe real horrifying part is not that they lost their money but that they invested it.
- mcv 13y agoParticularly, that they picked a very risky investment for money they couldn't afford to lose. There's nothing wrong with investing money you need, but you should invest it in a safe, low-risk way, like a savings account or bonds or something (though those have turned out not to be entirely risk-free either). High risk investment, like, oh, some totally unproven payment technology, is only for money you can afford to lose.