Quote from: jzcjca00 on January 11, 2015, 02:29:07 PM

Quote from: NotLambchop on January 11, 2015, 01:58:28 PM

Quote from: jzcjca00 on January 11, 2015, 01:56:24 PM

...It's more fun to hang out with like-minded people!

Heard mentality confirmed.

I think you mean, "herd," as in "a large group of animals that live, feed, or migrate together," not "heard," as in "I heard what you were saying, and I disagree."

But it's a serious question. Let's say that I don't like Bob Dylan, for instance. What would motivate me to join a forum of Bob Dylan fans and spend hours and hours telling everyone that Bob Dylan has a whiny, nasal voice, and that he sings off key? Clearly true, but still, why devote big sections of your life to seeking out disagreement?

You're suggesting that choosing to hang out with like-minded people makes me a herd animal, but I'm wondering if devoting ones life to going to Yankees ball games just to tell the Yankees fans how terrible the Yankees are isn't a terrible waste of time and energy.

My brother-in-law likes old cars, and he goes to "Cars and Coffee" every Saturday morning. Imagine that some person started showing up every week to tell everyone there that old cars are stupid and worthless. I would wonder if that person had some kind of mental illness that made him go out of his way to be so disagreeable!

It's a valid question. But some of us just enjoy watching cultists and bulltards in action, since it's rather funny seeing them fail to lure newbies into this imploding pyramid scheme. It's also fun to read their predictions about their imminent world domination and the collapse of all fiat currencies. And it's great fun to hear about their other delusions, like the one about "bitcoin ending all wars", or "the blockchain used as an intergalactic ledger", or "bitcoin completely replacing every other payment system", etc.

It's great entertainment.