MSTR is the unstoppable beast that will swallow the whole world. MSFT could adopt BTC and that would only strengthen MSTR. MSFT could deny BTC and be bought by MSTR in time. Shorts will get red. You can halt the trades, only permit selling (a la GME), but the underlying asset fueling it (BTC) cannot be stopped. Saylor is a benign Cthulhu who will own everything and you'll be happy. And if MSTR isn't enough of a leverage play you can really go 2X leverage with some other ETFs based on MSTR. There's Coke, and there's crack. Choose your dragon wisely.
This post was brought to those of you who are sick of this shit and tried to avoid it. Fiat mining is fiat mining no matter the well intentioned "just doing this to get more coin" memes.
I grew up up a bit of a collector... A pack rat of manufactured consumerism. You name it I pretty much had something from it. Old hot wheels (redline wheels)? Yup. GI Joe, transformers? Yup. Some still in their original blisterpacks. Comics? Sports cards? Check! Old coins? Sure. It took a major shift in my life (moving overseas during an analog->digital era living within a within 200sq.ft. studio will do that) to abandon that "hobby" of collecting. I did it for the fun and I did it for future value. But like most they now just sit in boxes, very rarely enjoyed.
I've given out a lot of stuff. Like, just given, without much thought of the "value", to people I know will appreciate the items far more. My Star Wars stuff went to the biggest Star Wars nerd I know (some items popped up of more than $100 but they're worthless in a box in the basement and they should be enjoyed).
The challenge to just find a vendor or sell is the biggest hassle. I'd rather just eliminate them all and convert them into Bitcoin. Well, maybe most of them... Not all of it. Certainly not the family antiques and heirloom pieces that have marginal value beyond tremendous story they tell of the family history.
Do any of you have such relics from the past? Are any of you collectors?
#asknostr
Just watched "Civil War" and I gotta say, the vast majority of reviewers had it all wrong. Yeah, "America" was the setting but it wasn't at all the story. The real story is photojournalists surrounded by death and affected by what they've witnessed yet they pursue on in the documenting of death for the thrill. Like a junkie chasing the dragon they're looking for the ultimate high in the "money shot" (actual quote and referencing the death of a President). This theatre of death and violence they thrive in is barely acknowledged by the public or awards. They care little for the accolades. They only want to be the witness of violence and destruction to feel something again.
I guess the teachers who wanted to rile up a base decided to pitch it as some sort of TDS infused commentary but none of that exists. It could have been any country but America is far more marketable a setting on the global stage. Again, the setting had very little to do with the film. In fact, you may pick up on several influences such as Apocalypse Now, especially the directors cut Redux, with one scene very clearly reminiscent of the French Plantation in a feel and design of harmonious escape from the chaos in the middle of the film.
Would in recommend it? Meh. It's ok. Neither ground breaking nor original but it isn't bad.