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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

in crypto, these guys run on a six to eighteen month cycle - at get in, evangelise, get rekt and disappear in embarrassment. What this means is that the only people who actually remember the history of crypto are the critics.

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

anyway. dunno if the same will hold in AI grift, but yeah recycling refuted claims as if nothing happened is standard in other areas of pseudoscience.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 10 points 2 days ago

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

... did they know what a libertarian is?

[–] khalid_salad@awful.systems 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i once had a coiner demand in outrage that i prooove my claim that bitcoin was started by libertarians.

who the fuck else would start it?

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

a libertarian, a pedophile and an early crypto enthusiast walk into a bar

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Drinking alone tonight?" the bartender asks.

[–] sc_griffith@awful.systems 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"no," he says, "miku-tan will have a banana juice."