Quote from: Weltumschauung on August 18, 2016, 04:50:36 AM

A few of you actually made some intelligent posts and gave counter-examples to the premise that "old people don't use / can't learn bitcoin." But the vast majority of posts were made by people with their heads up their asses. The amount of generalization, stereotyping and just plain stupidity is bewildering. I read all 11 pages and was going to post quotations from every page but gave up about halfway through. Didn't bother to correct the original typos and bad grammar.

- you don't see any old people around the forum
- they are just use bitcoin to gamble online
- older people tend to not do anything, they do literally nothing
- I don't think they would want to earn bitcoins
- the old folks likely wont even understand it
- the only people over 45 that are messing with Bitcoin are broke and desperate to make a few bucks because they were too stupid to put away money for their old age
- if you'll talking about 60+ years old I guess it's impossible to them to entered this business or joining Sig campaign
- elderly people dont really want to earn money or something,
- they usually go to church,go for a walk watch TV and that is basically their whole life
- they have very limited activities as compare to the young ones. they young people have to do their job or to give time to their business
- they are still holding there bitcoin to make a profit .. just to hold it and sell when the price of bitcoin is getting high
- I don't think that they are the ones who directly manage their investments. They are too old to understand. They may have someone who helps them maybe a younger friend or their kids
- I don't think there are people older than 45 know bitcoin. it's just my prediction

Really? Well, I'm by by far the oldest person by a long shot on this forum right now, and you have no idea how hard I work. Most of you would wither under my circumstances. And yet I still make / find time to learn about bitcoin and emerging fintech. I also know more about bitcoin than most of you. And I'd venture to say I own more bitcoin than most of you. (Plus I've invested in 6 other crytocurrencies.) My whole life isn't going to church, going for walks, and watching TV. I don't hold bitcoin just so I can sell when it's high. And I don't gamble with it. (Gambling is for suckers.) When I buy it I keep it. Furthermore, I'm not rich. I manage my own investments, which are almost all digital assets. And frankly, when I try to talk to young people about bitcoin, almost none of them have a clue what I'm talking about. A few here and there say something like, "Yeah, I've heard of it before." I wonder why there's such limited knowledge among the young people I talk to? Should I conclude the following:

- they spend too much time watching stupid Youtube videos to get involved with bitcoin
- they spend too much time taking selfies and adoring themselves
- they spend too much time on Facebook or Instagram or texting while walking or playing Pokeman Go
- they're lazy slackers who don't value education and continued learning
- they can't even put together a coherent sentence, so how could they understand the complexities of cryptocurrencies or blockchain technology?

You get the point. Think before you speak, people. If you don't see a lot of "old people" around the forum, at least part of the reason might be that there's not much worth reading here. It smacks of middle school conversation.

And now to the OP's question regarding signature campaigns. What a colossal waste of time! Why would I spend my valuable time churning out posts just to crawl up some stupid food chain so that I can earn nickels and dimes? There are better ways to make money and invest in BTC.

of course there are better way yet still this old man has to spend time learning bitcoin. youtube video tutorial will do and will help an old man learn so long as he get to sink into his mind. We're talking here to an old man without any savings in life who just work in a factory so a bitcoin knowledge can certainly help him.