Quote from: rpietila on November 20, 2016, 01:18:45 PM

Out of 900k people on board, about 1.0k are Legendary (highest rank based on activity). Most of them have signup year in 2013, a legendary year in Bitcoin for sure. Mine is 2012. Oldest is 2009.

I guess it is nice to be "legendary" in something. Wink

I have certainly gained some wisdom since 2013. I have rather enjoyed spending much time on Bitcointalk and gleaning from those that I could tell were way beyond me in regards to intelligence. I often feel like the "little sister" that is trying to understand her much older brother's discussions. I am fully aware that my IQ is well below most, if not all, on here (mine is 128). My husband (who is well into the 140s) said that we cannot have meaningful conversations with anyone that is outside of 30 IQ points of another. This is why those that fall into the 140+ range find the entire world difficult to be in. LOL People in the world with 110-120 IQs get along "socially" the easiest it seems. I do OK at 128-129, but I even feel I am smart enough to see beyond the "veil" of what is going on. That could just be some God given discernment too though.

But things I have learned since 2013 is that what we consider "money" is something that certainly needs to be held onto loosely. As I experienced a couple Bitcoin bubbles and found how quickly it could come and then go, it actually helped me let go of some of my worries strangely enough. I also have way less trust in my government and in USD, which is a very healthy thing I believe. I look around me and see that most, if not all people I know, put their trust in something that could and most likely will be taken from them. They will be left holding nothing and become so devastated by that. It is as if I see people walking towards the edge of a cliff and they are not even aware of it. I could tell them, but it would be futile. So I just have to wait and see how this all plays out. It is all rather fascinating though.

And this time around, as the bubble hits, I am a bit more humbled and I will take my husband's advice (and Risto's as well) and have a plan so my emotions do not get as involved as they did in 2013. The SSS (sane simple savings plan) has been charted out and I honestly feel good about it. We are already completely in the "black" in regards to our Bitcoin holdings. If we lost all we have today nothing would be "lost" on paper, so that is a great feeling. So now it is just sitting back and enjoying the ride and seeing how it all plays out. Hopefully I won't get sucked back into the obsession I dealt with in 2013. That was a little crazy. Wink