One thing that really grinds my fucking gears in the US is that you can end up requiring millions of dollars to defend yourself against government thugs who are funded by people just like you, who in no way benefit from your prosecution. If I send funds, I'm paying to defend a man I'm paying to prosecute. I'm sick of this fucking shit. View quoted note →

Keep me in your thoughts and prayers.

Spending Bitcoin sometimes involves selling it. That's one reason I find this whole distinction to be asinine (after a lot of thought). Bitcoin is meant to be used how YOU see fit. That's the whole point of it. For me, that means storing my extra value creation as sats (saving), and either spending sats directly (such as when I pay Soap Miner over Lightning to send me soap) or "selling" it (usually in an automated way) for fiat that immediately goes to someone else for some reason. Use Bitcoin if you want to, how you want to, in whatever way you can. Every use counts, even if it doesn't strictly align with the philosophical views of others. View quoted note →

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My wife is always on me about my really old shirts I bought some new ones. First wash, first (half) day of light wear and it's already falling apart. My dilemma is how easy it is for me to stain things, so spending $200 on a shirt is also unappealing. You used to get half decent shirts that lasted longer than a day.