Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

Sunday morning news.
Go west, life is peaceful there.
This was my first thought.

How far west in order to reach the peace?

If we keep going west, don't we end up east at some point? Unless the world might be flat.

Good point! Goes to show that all is relative. For example, Iran could be called west if seen from Japan. But it generally holds true that, starting from a place of conflict, things tend to get better if you go westwards (but not too much). And, yes, there are exceptions (don't go all North Korea on me). Also, think of "west" not geographically, but culturally.

Fortunately, I'm a westerner living in the west, but I still feel for those people in the Middle East. Just imagine being born and raised there. What kind of future can one expect to have, say, in Iraq, Iran, Palestine? That's why that Pet Shop Boys' verse came to my mind. Israel is, perhaps, an exception, but still, it's nowhere near the USA/EU in terms of safety.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

What a week that was!
Hopium in our bloodstream.
No ATH though.

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

Will it come in June?
There's still half a month to go.
Chopper be vroomin'!

Maybe the odds for an ATH would not be much different from last week, and sure based on some seeming temporary loss of UPpithy momentum, such odds could be slightly worse than last week.. I don't know... not that any of us can really determine when momentum might decide to either reverse or just go into a wee bit of a pausening. Might the whole matter be wrapped up in noise? Not that historically too many of of the WO regulars have gotten distracted by noisenings.

For what it is worth.. the BTC price does seem to be holding its own pretty well, and what else is new, for those of us who look at the space, there is like an ongoing phenomena in which dee cornz are constantly and ongoingly holding its own pretty well, and that is part of the reason that we are in the supra $100k price range rather than the sub $1k prices that so many no coiners, bitcoin naysayers and the ones who are ignorant of bitcoin (which is an overwhelming super majority of the world's population - which gives plenty of asymmetric information advantages to any of us who seem to have half a clue or more about bitcoin).

Oh and, I may well be speaking the obvious, that under current chopperening parameters, the chopper needs more than a mere ATH to fly - even though sure it is possible that warming up the various parts could be part of its checklist.

As I type this, I see the price rising somewhat. An ATH this month could very well happen, with decent odds I'd say. OK, not 99-100%, and no, I'm not a betting man as you know, but I wouldn't be surprised if we hover at $115k or thereabouts by the end of the month. My 2nd haiku above even suggests reaching $120k, which is a pretty big jump for the two weeks that are left, but it's not something that would be hugely surprising, given Bitcoin's hyper-volatile track record. If we consider that 2025 is expected to be a bull year (as all Halving+1 years are), and the first half of it has already confirmed this, then it is pretty logical to expect a continuation of the bull run up until Q4 and possibly beyond.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

Girlfriend vs. wife?
With Bitcoin you can have both.
I would stay single!

Why not both does seem to apply in quite a few life situations.

Yes, why not both? I guess many (most?) guys would be OK with that. But... Call me old fashioned, but I can't do both. It's a personal thing.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

Sell enough on pumps,
To last through the bear season.
You can buy back too!

I hate to quibble (even though I don't, really.. I am just saying that in order to fit in a wee bit MOAR better).. but there seem to be a few of us who recognize that selling dee cornz on pumps can be good once some semblance of overaccumulation status has been achieved, while not selling so much cornz that you regret, while at the same time selling without an expectation of buying back cheaper, even though surely buying back cheaper does frequently tend to end up happening, even though many guys who sell sparingly are not really better off from the dumps or the buying back on the dumps (just mostly feel better), and your bitcoin quantity might have ONLY increased by a minor and almost immeasurable amounts by such buying on the way down, and surely your bitcoin quantity might ultimately end up somewhat flat from the whole up and down somewhat maintenance process, which should hardly seem a problem once guys consider themselves and/or their BTC portfolio to be in a kind of maintenance stage (rather than an accumulation stage), they are likely at a higher level of being (perhaps on a Maslow hierarchy kind of a scale) as compared with when they were in accumulation status.

I can't disagree with the above. I consider overaccumulation almost a precondition for shaving off any amount of corn, as anything less would go against the original target of reaching some given corn threshold, be it a Fuck-You status level of around 15-20 BTC, or even lower, or higher, depending on one's personal wants, needs, and cost of living (west vs. east can greatly affect this). Anyway, I must say that I do shave off small amounts, sometimes on a monthly basis, for some quasi-logical reasons, but I never really plan to buy back. Funny thing is that, as I shave off my monthly "pleasure funds", I see the value of my stash actually rising, and this puts me in a (risky) mentality of having discovered some kind of never-ending money source. It does feel like this! It's a strangely exciting feeling that you get when you keep withdrawing and the value of the remaining amount keeps rising.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

The Wall Observer.
You don't need to bend the rules,
When there are no rules!

I would suggest, relatively speaking.

True. There have been examples of toxic members who got "self-removed" from these here parts, but I wouldn't say it was due to some hard rule violations, but due to not "fitting in", which could be interpreted as a set of unwritten rules. I don't know. Personally, I feel that I can post pretty much anything I like here.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on June 15, 2025, 09:32:34 AM

A sad week for all.
War erupted, a plane crashed.
Health, keys, sanity!

I had to look up the plane crash part, and yeah 1 survivor who actually walked away, so arguably not sad for that there bloke... Surely something of notable luck for a particular guy, and even no parts severed, either.

Yes, it was very sad. About the crash. I watched various explanations/analyses of what happened by former aircraft pilots on YouTube, and it seems that there was a dual engine failure for some reason. It doesn't seem to be human error. It looks like they were just unlucky... Just imagine, climbing up to 600 ft and realizing that you've lost both engines. The pilots did what they could, but without any source of thrust it was impossible to avoid the crash. It was a tragedy, for sure. Love and support to the family members of those affected. That one survivor must be the luckiest person on the planet. He was sitting next to one of the emergency exits, and he was fast enough to open it and jump out. His brother was sitting somewhere else on the plane and didn't survive.

Quote from: JayJuanGee on June 15, 2025, 06:27:12 PM

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