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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The infuriating part about this is that I try showing these things to people who claimed 10 years ago that $15 min wage would lead to $35 BIG MACs.

    And whenever I try to show them the results, like this, they reply with “I don’t remember saying that…”

    Then they wonder why I don’t talk to them anymore or consider their opinions on anything.

    I knew a person who thought if Hillary became president it would lead to WWIII because women in power would upset the world view of men in charge.

    I just looked at him and said “So you don’t have a fucking CLUE who’s in power in other countries then, and remain willfully ignorant on world views.”

    Now, everytime I have to be around me, he’s trying to tell me how in 5 years the U.S. Dollar won’t exist. It will be all crypto, because it’s decentralized and has no government overreach. Then he said “you can even get it at 7-11 at their ATM.”

    I just replied “How do you not get punched more often?”

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I just replied “How do you not get punched more often?”

      I wonder this daily about people.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I mean… the fact that the Government cannot really control cryptocurrency is viewed as a downside by quite a large portion of the population.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      2 months ago

      Oh I’ve read about this. There was some sort of longitudinal study about like abortion rights or gay rights or something, and people who had shitty views in the past legitimately could not remember that they used to believe that.

      It’s all about protecting the ego, I think.

      I think it was mentioned in this book https://www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome

      • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Gaslighting to protect their ego sounds about right. Funny I still remember all my old cringy positions but they can’t seem to bear the damage of admitting they were wrong.

    • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Are you living in an asylum, or just in USA?
      Maybe there’s something in the water where you live?

      PS: The fact that Trump is a presidential candidate, and has a chance of winning, is evidence that USA as a country suffer a serious mental disease.
      The number of politicians in congress that are outright conspiracy theorists and obviously crazy is also evidence for that.
      Crazy is the new normal in USA, and I feel really sorry for all the rational even brilliant Americans that have to live in that environment.

      • orcrist@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Of course some people have mental illnesses, but the badness in politics is largely a result of a corrupt system. We could talk about the electoral college, campaign financing, gerrymandering, capitalism, patriotism, etc., take your pick.

        It’s not about individual people being morons, although various people are on various topics, including me of course, but rather that we are feeling the effects of systemic problems.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      It would be fun for that guy to discover transaction fees and wait times for crypto when he actually tries to pay with it.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        Some are extremely quick with fees that amount to basically nothing compared to the current fees for card transactions (that are paid by the stores instead of the customers, so they end up being included in the price of what we’re buying, it’s just not transparent).

        Algorand takes something like 4 seconds to execute a transaction and the fees are about a cent, Nano has no fees and transactions take less than a second…

        There’s a lot to criticize about Cerrito, but on those points, not all cryptos are Bitcoin or Ethereum!