idk, I've never been on 4chan.  I think something awful is less creepy, although that would probably be giving goons way too much credit.

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You should probably keep up with this forum: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3543334

It provides the most comprehensive history and in-depth look at all the comedy that is BTC. 

Seeing as how every bitcoin "business" is either a scam or gets shut down due to violating numerous laws... yeah, trust it, after all, you can simply call your financial institution and have transactions reversed when you get scammed.. oh.. never mind. 

Currency of the future!

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You're ignoring a huge difference between real money and BTC.  A business cannot risk actually touching BTC, as their banks would likely stop doing business with them.  They also risk becoming a target of launderers, and thus risk criminal investigation.  Besides the wild fluctuations in value that make BTC as a currency very dumb, the rampant criminal activity in this community assures that no business will touch BTC except through shady VC-funded ops like Bitpay.   

LOL! this community is funny.  Nope, they're not taking BTC.  They're taking USD from Bitpay.  Of course they're not actually gonna touch something like BTC, wouldn't make much business sense at all. 

So then why multiple threads each time some company says, "Sure, we'll take money in the form of USD... go to this shady company who will give us our USD that we accept as payment." 

LOL! They're not accepting Bitcoin. They're redirecting 'coiners to a shady site that will then send Expedia USD!  Too. Funny. 

This is good for bitcoin because

LOL that you all think a few thousand people circle-jerk-speculating on internet pogs means that they're actually worth real money.  Idiots speculate and drive up the price and people who actually use btc as a store of value quickly unload their btc for product (drugs and kiddie porn, usually) and don't care about the cost of the pogs -- a bag of weed is $50 whether in real money or funbux, after all. 

Are there any actual ATMs to withdraw real money from? Or, are these all BTC vending machines?

You would not have managed a hookah lounge well at all.

If I'm ever in need of money, I'm just going to run a scam with this community of gullible idiots.  Seriously, is it even a scam when you're all well too willing to just give shit away?  From the days of pirate to now, this community just loves being scammed; alas, it's one of the few things you can actually spend BTC on!

This is good for bitcoin, right?

OP, you should probably throw more BTC at their accounts... that way you can follow them through the tumblers like a hero chasing a villain on top of a moving train! 

If it makes you feel better, it's not like you could actually cash out that much BTC to real money.

LOL @ OP (and dumb fucking 'coiners in general)

wow, op, you suck at money