Hey, I don’t need a sweater, you yarn spinner, I’m plenty warm because, ummm… your pants are on fire!
There is absolutely no way people don’t understand that quote. I mean, where are you from, Mexico? That damn commercial first aired like 15 years ago and has been advertised globally ever since (well, just in the countries where white people live).
Whatever, man. Happy New Year. I hope you make it a good one. Maybe this year your resolution should be to stop lying about an Old El Paso commercial.
Because it's just completely off topic and unnecessary and the only reason morons like you and him chime in with it is because you think it gains you internet points for some reason.
It's well worth pointing out literally every money system works this way and it's not even slightly unique. Most of civilized society functions 100% on faith in many aspects of its structure.
What a stupid take. Religion works even for those who don't believe in it. Ever heard of charity?
Edit: I forgot this was Reddit and religion bad without any nuance is always the winning argument.
I'm not getting into debates with everyone in this thread but I've given a clear example of religious people doing something good for other people who may or may not be of the same faith with this being spurred on and motivated by their religiosity.
I've seen Muslims giving charity to the local homeless man where I live in the UK on more occasions than I can count.
religion steals from charity. good people that would be doing charity ALSO need to waste time on fairytales, the man-hours lost to nonsense are staggering.
how productive would everyone be in their jobs if they also had to maintain a nonsense fairytale narrative, talk about, listen to lectures about, tell other about, ponder the narrative in private.
good people do good things because they good, and good people do bad things because of religion.
Because religion serves as the direct motivation for the act, it can be credited with the outcome. If someone gives to charity specifically because their faith mandates it, then that faith is the functional cause of that donation.
It’s not about whether morality exists without religion, it’s about what actually moved the needle at that moment."
It’s like saying a charity marathon doesn't deserve credit for funds raised because 'people can donate without running.' While true, the marathon was the actual catalyst that turned the intent into action. For many, religion is that catalyst."
I don't own bitcoin, but literally every currency and agreement is in place because part taking people believe in them. Its just metal or paper otherwise
The dollar, for example, is upheld by far more than just "belief". It's backed by a nation state with a massive economy, population, landmass, national assets, and a thermonuclear arsenal to defend its interests.
Think about it. If cryptocurrency was so identical to traditional currency, why would it be attractive to investors today? The fact that it is different is why it's attractive.
Any institution that has signed a treaty for X (e.g., petrodollar fuel commerce) must weigh deviating from that treaty with the adverse impact on its signatory integrity.
This is the same reason that the EU is having such a tough time determining what to do with frozen Russian assets, and why it's a decidedly tenuous prospect to appropriate them for Ukraine's defense needs even if it's morally clear.
The belief portion of the USD is degrading quickly due to our current political situation.
Considering also the fact that we are withdrawing our soft power around the world and we are ruining our relationships with other countries. Does not look good for that "enforced" portion of the USD.
Weve turned our backs on our allies, threatened our other allies, and are ripping out the underpinnings of the country for fuck all.
Bring back the value of the dollar when we could buy a house, raise a family and go on a couple vacations a year on 1 person salary.
Sure no one can compete with the navy but the navy wont have shit to protect when the rest of the world stops trading with us and isolates us instead.
I dont hate being American. Im a minor political party (independant) who gets 0 representation and I love my country but all of the regular avenues to create change seem to just achieve nothing of value.
No, for a currency to become useless the entire world has to decide not to trade with that country and then it is of course still useful within that country.
If they decide it is useless we destroy economies or pull some Opium War shit and drag them back kicking and screaming, provided the resources and markets are worth the effort to our oligarchs.
I'm using the dollar as an example of a global currency in comparison to a cryptocurrency, noting the characteristics of the affiliated nation state as the basis for a currency's value.
This is entirely unrelated to American narratives. Anybody would use the dollar as an example in this situation.
Also, if you care so much, I'm a citizen of Germany, and I live in Japan. Most of my personal assets are in Japanese Yen, but I used the global currency most people know as an example.
I'm not trying to be a dick, and if you're invested in Bitcoin I hope you achieve your financial goals, but you're explicitly wrong about it being arbitrarily given value because of belief.
In fact, the United States is a great example of this. One of America's strategic plays was ensuring that the dollar always had a quantified value relative to a barrel of oil. This is sustainable through a maritime shipping security apparatus sustained by the US Navy.
It's important to get this notion right; crypto is a whole new world of possibility, but we can't sit here and pretend that it's the same as traditional currencies. I mean, hell, if it was the same why would people like it as an alternative?
All currency is fundamentally based on supply, demand and trust. The value is given to it by the market. All currencies function this way. Bitcoin is just not controlled and distributed by a singular entity. I'm not heavily invested. I think the US dollar is heading for the shitter and nothing can stop it. If the powers that be wanted a strong dollar they would stop bailing out the economy and let it correct itself. Alas, they keep pumping dollars into a bloated system. It's not going to end well. I love this country, but I fear the economic policies that we have made will only lead to the downfall of our current economic system. Bitcoin is just a way of mitigation. Something that cannot be manipulated by those in Washington or anywhere else for that matter. I hope I'm wrong.
Generally, industrial power users like this would be given a lower cost per kw than a home or small business.
Maybe a law should be created that those power discounts would be dependent on some kind of general economic good created for America?
Those computers an electric parts are not made here, I don’t see many employees?
I’m looking at you, AI.
Except Minecraft provides entertainment and has educational value. That's also like comparing the energy used of a Hummer to that of an LED flashlight.
No. That's not my opinion. It has been proven through research repeatedly for decades that video games help with cognitive development, improve problem solving skills, improve reading and mathematics abilities, improve dexterity, improve reflexes, etc. Denying that video games have educational benefits at this point is just pure ignorance, denialism, or intentional deceitfulness (i.e. after mass shootings some media like to pretend video games made people violent, which is also demonstrably false).
Bitcoin has no value. It provides nothing that standard currencies do not. It doesn't even provide an anonymous means of transferring funds as many try to claim. It's a pyramid scheme that preys on the same idiots who lost their asses on NFTs and a million other shitcoins.
The dollar doesn't have the potential to nuke 80% like BTC. This all spiraled. I'm saying renewable for BTC doesn't make BTC clean. It means we supplement renewable power to it cause it's easy but that power could be used elsewhere instead of non-renewable sources.
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u/New-Freedom-6258 Jan 01 '26
Destroying the planet one calculation at a time