Is merit really that important to people? Who cares about forum merit that much?

An anecdotal conversation that may be nothing, but regarding the 10k wallets: I consulted on a project roughly 9-10 years ago with someone who had worked for a three letter that was investigating tying wallet owners to real life identities (they were scarily accurate in doing so back then, which I assume is no surprise to anyone here). The person said while they were on the team that they were in control of a thumb drive containing exactly 10,000 btc. We joked that they could retire then, but that they would probably never get to enjoy anything if they tried to run off with it.

I forgot about this conversation until these recent posts. I'm curious if this is a way to shift a lot of coins from a specific group's ownership to something more.... open/acceptable than "them" owning it or having to talk about where they got it.

39 - Thisisntbic

The one thing that I never liked about Ovi's stats, are his total number of shots (not just "shots on goal") are rarely appropriately reported. I wish I could find the chart, it came out probably 7 years ago, but he was not better than any other "good" player on his goals/shot percentage. He was essentially sitting directly on the trend line. Sure, you scored 10x more goals than anyone else on the team (maybe an exaggeration, idk i made that stat up), but you also took 10x as many shots. So... congrats?

It is an impressive feat, don't get me wrong. The most consistent, moderately good shooter in history!

Same here. Did I sell at tops before? Absolutely, helped me buy a house, pay off student loans, buy a car, take trips, etc. I was poor and those looked out of reach forever.

Do I wish I bought more? Of course, I think we all did. Do I wish I never spent those coins? Not at all.

I don't get as upset about about people wishing for dips in price, because in the long run it doesn't matter to me. I won't be selling through them, I'll most likely accumulate more. My mindset is more along the lines of, "Oh no, my BTC is only worth 75x, not 80x", knowing full well it will rebound soon enough and be worth even more.

I've long suspected there is going to be another depression coming soon, everywhere will suck.

My guess, this forces companies to start moving/building here in America due to tariffs, so when the world collapses into poverty and war, we have the capabilities to sustain a war effort and not be reliant on tech/factories in foreign countries.

There is probably more to this, but I'm sick and my brain hurts trying to think, let alone write this out.

I had another account that I lost access to as well; I've been "active" here since 2013-ish (and lurked for years before actually creating an account).

I miss the drama of all the btc splits/contenders with BTCash, btcgold, etc... i can't even recall most of them.
People like roach coming in here to call us all dumb and not sticking to precious metals.
Eth lovers telling us how it will take over the market and bitcoin is dead.
Doge Coin being made as a joke and blowing up. Remember when alts consisted of maybe 10-20 coins?

Now it is just, sit and watch price. Keep accumulating, ignore the rest (unless you want to gamble on an alt 100x-ing, more power to you).

Maybe I will make a smurf account and start stirring up trouble - "r0@ch3sN3v3rDi3" 

Can we bring back r0ach? Anyone in contact with him? At least he stirred up contempt, annoyance, frustration.... so many emotions! He was pretty much the only person I'd respond to, it was fun debating him.

GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) (“GameStop” or the “Company”) today announced that its board has unanimously approved an update to its investment policy to add Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset.

https://investor.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-details/2025/GameStopAnnouncesUpdate-to-its-Investment-Policy-to-Add-Bitcoin-as-a-Treasury-Reserve-Asset/default.aspx

38 - thisisntbic

thanks for running this back again!

When did the term "woke masculinist" get created? I hope you are being sarcastic, because that is one of the most idiotic terms I have ever heard. Imagine trying to insult a man by calling him masculine, lol.

Honestly, I have no idea what point Horizon's posts are even trying to convey. I assumed they are a poorly written AI. Maybe if they used gpt-3 it might be a little more comprehendible.

Now Roach, there was a fun, worthy (lol) adversary. I've primarily lurked here over the years to glean info from people much more knowledgeable than myself in the crypto space, but rebutting every single dumb post he made was some of the most enjoyable times on this board. They also made up the vast majority of my posts, haha. We could use more people like him, it's been rather stale lately.

As someone who enjoys trolling the trolls, there's not a lot to work for me here in recent months. Step your game up horizon!

pizazz is everywhere, jazz hands are in the aiiiiirrrrrr

If you consider the truth a narrative, then you would be correct; your belief in it is irrelevant.

I compared nothing, I stated examples showing the high amount of defensive uses of firearms. These numbers would then be compared to the number of "mass shootings", showing your line of thinking is incorrect. Words matter, use them appropriately.

This would be another comparison:
EU
"More than one in four Europeans were victims of harassment and 22 million were physically attacked in one year. But crime victims typically do not report their experiences. They often have difficulties accessing their rights and may feel voiceless. These are the results of the first-ever EU-wide survey on the general population’s experience of crime"
"Nearly one in 10 people in the EU (9 %) experienced violence within five years of the survey"
Only a third (30 %) of victims report their physical attack and a tenth (11 %) their incident of harassment to the police"
https://fra.europa.eu/en/news/2021/violence-and-harassment-across-europe-much-higher-official-records

USA
"From 2019 to 2020, the NCVS rate of violent crime reported to police decreased from 8.6 to 6.6 per 1,000 persons age 12 or older (down 23%), while the UCR SRS violent crime rate increased marginally from 3.8 per 1,000 persons in 2019 to 4.0 per 1,000 in 2020."
https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/nations-two-crime-measures-2011-2020

EU - 9%
USA - 0.4% (or 0.66% if you prefer). Obviously all those 300,000,000+ guns owned by law abiding citizens are causing widespread mayhem not seen elsewhere in the world  

Based on survey data from a 2000 study published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, U.S. civilians use guns to defend themselves and others from crime at least 989,883 times per year.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1007588410221

Data from a 1993 survey published in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, at least 3.5% of households had members who had used a gun “for self-protection or for the protection of property at home, work, or elsewhere” over the previous five years. This amounts to 1,029,615 such incidents per year and excludes all “military service, police work, or work as a security guard.”
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6853&context=jclc

A 1994 survey conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Americans use guns to frighten away intruders who are breaking into their homes about 498,000 times per year.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9591354/

“Almost all national survey estimates indicate that defensive gun uses by victims are at least as common as offensive uses by criminals, with estimates of annual uses ranging from about 500,000 to more than 3 million….”
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18319/priorities-for-research-to-reduce-the-threat-of-firearm-related-violence


Don't like the USA as an example? How about Brazil?

After the relaxation on gun laws in 2019 by President Jair Bolsonaro, the number of deaths registered by homicide was 19% lower compared to 2018 (51,558), while in 2019 the registered number was 41,635 being the lowest number of homicide deaths since 2007
https://g1.globo.com/monitor-da-violencia/noticia/2020/02/14/numero-de-assassinatos-cai-19percent-no-brasil-em-2019-e-e-o-menor-da-serie-historica.ghtml

You have convinced me; I'm out of any reason I can think of as to why we can use VAERS data to determine vaccine deaths, I'll agree with you there.

That's why I know these 9 deaths can not have been determined due to an adverse vaccine event from the 12,000 VAERS reports;
- That number can not be determined, by their own admission, yet they state it matter of fact;
- This is intentional deceit, which means I can not trust the article;
- Video from a previous post shows the reported covid death totals can not be trusted either, a second deceitful act by said organization;
- Why would they intentionally try to deceive me and falsify/pad/incorrectly label the numbers of deaths in multiple areas?

This is why I have always questioned the reported cases numbers. This inflation of numbers was admitted in press conferences as far back as April, 2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw9Ci2PZKZg


Another thing about asymptomatic people that seems to have been memory holed: the WHO Technical Lead saying, according to the studies and data they have, it's "very rare" for asymptomatic people to pass on the virus:https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/06/08/who-coronavirus-patients-who-dont-show-symptoms-arent-spreading-new-infections.html

They came out a day or two later trying to walk back her statement, and the only thing they could say was, "computer models makes it look way worse", but according to the data they have in the real world, it is very rare.

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1. It can detect patterns of adverse events, but can not be used to to determine if adverse events occur? This is GIGO (Garbage in, Garbage out). Either the entire system is useless, or the data is valid (mostly valid? whatever sliding scale you'd like to use) => may, or may not be valid...
2. The statement "VAERS shows 18,000 people died" is a true statement. Did 18,000 people actually die? Maybe; maybe more, maybe less. VAERS is limited, but that doesn't make it inherently false.

Unless, the data is valid:


Has anyone with access to the Gov, updated version invalidated the claims made by "conspiritards"? Or do you use a blanket statement that contradicts itself to "debunk" it? The updated data is there, why hasn't it been shared?

How does that unsubstantiate the claim, I don't see any numbers of deaths in that statement?
 
The entire thing is one big CYA essentially saying the data may or may not be valid. If anything, that statement confirms his claim that the data contained in VAERS is underreported.

I snagged your spot in the game. If for some reason that range actually hits, I have no problem splitting it with you.

9851-9900

TA shows that this a newly opened spot, just in time for someone with (barely) the proper koalafications to choose  





- Will update later when I'm more awake and can find a way to further justify this position  

Once again you change the subject  

Not ironic; I don't care about him or what he says (you should try it); if anything, I use my brain and reaffirm my arguments against him. Don't be such a pansy. You mocked me, patronized me, all because I called out the ridiculousness of people complaining about someone they can completely ignore. You can ignore me, just like I'm putting you on ignore. Yes, I am an asshole, and so are you (probably most of us here, whether we admit it or not), and the fact that you are legendary shows just how far this thread has fallen over the last 7 or so years I've been a part of it.

Now I remember why I stopped coming here; if you're not part of the echo chamber, you're told to gtfo and your opinions are invalid (to get off of roach, jbreher has been subject to this multiple times)... it's pathetic.