The Epic

Just found this video. It's quite good. 👍 https://youtu.be/0aOlMc68UUo

Hold on... I think I'm figuring something out. I've been doing this whole thing where whenever I get a paycheck, I keep my money in dollars to pay for gas and groceries and then I plan on dumping it all into Bitcoin. But that doesn't end up happening in regards to Bitcoin savings. It's been like this for months now. So I'm not really stacking on sats and I keep getting these annoying payments, financial goals, or worries in my way where I end up keeping my money in dollars to ensure my money is liquid and easily usable. One of the worries goes something like this: "oh maybe I should keep some dollars for the next week in case I need gas ASAP or food ASAP." But I could literally just use lightning to pay for a gift card or maybe even wait 10-20 minutes for a confirmation on-chain. The spam might be bad but the fees are still good! Another worry is capital gains taxes. I haven't contended with converting Bitcoin into dollars because of the capital gains tax. But I've been thinking about it and I think I actually need to part with some sats to actually learn how to convert Bitcoin into dollars and pay the tax for when push comes to shove. This is if I'm ever going to live on a Bitcoin standard; which I don't seem to be doing much to my chagrin! Of course I'm back again to the gift cards. It's not completely bulletproof since sometimes I'll have a few cents left on a gift card for my means and I know the gift card companies will just eat up the remaining money once it expires. I'm basically wasting a bit of money; it's like it's a gamified, conditional tax or fee in some sense. Not only that but my Android phone (which is getting older by the day) has been a bit persnickety with NFC use on GPay. On top of that I have this dumbass subscription that I pay at the beginning of every month that I'm not really getting much out of. Then I'm also using a credit card for when I want to delay a payment. Like, what the fuck!? I'm just doing the stupid ass fiat thing! Why the fuck am I still sitting here on a dollar standard? I know Bitcoin is the answer. I know Bitcoin fixes the savings problem. So why don't I just hoist my money in Bitcoin every paycheck? Then it hit me. This is a deep game the fiat system is playing to get me to stay in their gilded cage. They know I don't want to do the work-arounds and fiddle with the capital gains tax stuff. They know I'm not okay with the imperfection of gift cards. The reason I have all those worries about next week are only because of the way the dollar functions, shortens time horizons, and maximizes high time preference. I've been using the dollar for way too long and I think I'm starting to see the conditioning. The ah-ha moment is that I have to level up. I need to become more vigilant and agile. I have to continually test GPay on my phone or upgrade to a new phone entirely. I need to learn to deal with shit like converting my Bitcoin to dollars when I need to. I have to accept the imperfection of gift cards. I also have to have backup wallets in case my Bitcoin node goes down. And lastly, I need to just dump all the money into Bitcoin, figure out what I'll need to do if I need to spend it, and then never look back on worry. The reality is that there's nobody near me that would accept Bitcoin directly for what I need so I have to go through the hoops. I was also thinking, maybe I should start accepting Bitcoin for the gig work I do. I literally had a person who couldn't tip me because she didn't have cash on hand. If I had suggested Bitcoin to her and given her an address, I might have gotten a tip by now. With that said, I think we all know how hard it is to orange pill people. But then I had a realization about that too. Perhaps I'm making the orange pilling process more difficult on myself because I'm not living on the standard I want to be living on. I need to pick a day and make it all about leveling up. I need to assess my current Bitcoin setup and financial situation, shake things up, and then take the plunge. I need to go back to what I originally wanted to do all along-- save AND spend on a Bitcoin standard. I feel like I will never naturally save in sats unless I'm putting it all into Bitcoin and then spending those sats when needed. That's the epiphany that I had for myself. It might not be for everyone but I think that's what I need to do, despite all the road blocks and hoops I'll have to jump through in order to spend. Besides in absolute emergencies where I'm forced to use fiat, I can always use my credit card and then plan to pay it off when I have fiat to pay it ASAP. Or maybe I'll use Strike's bill pay... I dunno, I'll have to figure it all out. 😵‍💫

Imagine a world where NOSTR is popular and very, very different. What does it look like to you?

Sometimes I think to myself "man I should make a bunch of annoying little business cards that advertise carnivore diets and then put them inside people's food bags when I'm doing DoorDash." Then I think to myself, "do I really want to be that annoying ass who starts that trend? I mean imagine, someone leaving a bunch of bad reviews because they feel judged or something." 😂 🤔 😔

"There is no pain, you are receding..."

Hm interesting... If I post something and then edit it on Amethyst, then it doesn't really show up here on Primal. Can someone remind me of why that's the case? I feel like I've heard the reason before but forgot.

nostr:nprofile1qqstzt0wugc7sklvr8e7fcl7ukyn63ym3ns4nmf2mnk0vqnz4l9x65qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwwak8vuewwdcxzcm99uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshs80ydtj Loving the shirt, doc. ;) https://youtube.com/shorts/uoXZVxvQA8M

Time to be a omega moron and regret my decisions! Don't mind me, just sending CivitAI an email on my opinions regarding Bitcoin and crypto! I should probably say, I like the company and AI. I wish people could get just a tad more creative with the LoRA's they train there though. If you know, you know. 🤷‍♂️

If nostr got mainstream and popular overnight, I don't think we would see trending Bitcoin related notes on apps like Primal. The culture might change a lot.

People in "free societies" are governed by the choices they make. In a truly free market of ideas and things, you have the ability to make the right choice or the wrong choice. The only way to truly control someone in such a system is to play an information game. Distort the signal and create a bunch of false options. Create the illusion of choice and variety to conceal the truth. Advertise the wrong thing, advise contraindications, and suggest the foolish as wise.

Man, nostr is awesome. I really need to keep myself from forgetting about it. 😩

I haven't checked in on nostr for a long while. Let's see what's up! 😉

Don't ever try to time your purchase of Bitcoin. Stack hard and stack as much as you can. Everyone gets Bitcoin at the price they deserve.

I've always loved this band's sound. This track's in my head. I bought the album after the first listen. Seeing them go with the same artist that made their first album's cover art got me hyped to try this new one out. I haven't really thought about the lyrics yet. I know TFS has this political bent in their lyrics that I've been torn on and trying to think through recently. Regardless, I'm loving Fairyland Codex and I still love A Laughing Death in Meatspace. https://youtu.be/cHPANiP5Fug