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wayward vagabond from homestuck: we should improve technology somewhat. well dweller: xkcd 927 “standards”

  • AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It needs to stop pretending to be an investment and go back to strictly being what it was born to be.

    A means to pay for illegal drugs on the internet.

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          1 year ago

          Not that I’m a proponent of it or anything, but people were saying the exact same thing ten years ago after the first big bubble. I don’t think it’s going anywhere. There’s too much greed in the world, and it’s too enticing. At this point you might as well be a nun trying to get porn banned worldwide.

        • Ibaudia@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          It will only get that way if it reduces in scale substantially, otherwise that just isn’t realistic imo

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      1 year ago

      It was never an anonymous form of payment. And you didn’t hear it from me, but a certain agency has nearly the whole thing mapped to real people (when possible). There’s a whole division dedicated to it.