“Russia, which is blocked from other international payment systems.”

Fair enough.

“We’re still throwing around fallacies like it’s 2010? Okay, I cast fallacy fallacy!”

Guess I’ll simply parry with fallacy fallacy fallacy—quoting from your linked Wiki: “That one can invoke the argument from fallacy against a position does not prove one’s own position either, as this would also be an argument from fallacy”.

Your latter argument for the crypto cult is that the others are problematic too, therefore it’s okay to join the cult. This invalid reasoning renders the entire conclusion void. I did not claim your conclusion is false, only that your reasoning is invalid.

“like it’s 2010?”

There’s no expiration date on logical reasoning.

“Cryptocurrencies are a tool, similar to how money is a tool. You can’t blame money itself for all the scummy shit done using it, similarly for cryptocurrencies.”

A knife is a tool. Knives can be used for food and violence. However, knives do not persuade their users to buy as many knives as they can, they do not incentivize manipulating others to do so too, nor do knives inherently encourage violence. The exact opposite is true for crypto"currencies" because these are multi-level marketing pyramid schemes. As soon as one joins the Crypto Cult one benefits from recruiting new members—often by indoctrination and/or demagoguery.

“I guess some random HN user is smarter than the research arms of these companies who are all building on and utilizing crypto”

List of fallacies in the aforementioned statement:

• Ad hominem.
• Argument from authority.
• Bandwagon fallacy.

“I don’t have venmo, so I don’t use it. I don’t get mad when somebody offers it.”

Venmo is not a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme, all crypto"currencies" are^[1].

“Depending on where users are located, it might be the only realistic option they have if they want to donate.”

Could you give us an example of such a location please?

“Besides, traditional payment systems like PayPal, MasterCard, Visa etc are all problematic in their own right.”

Whataboutism fallacy.

“There’s a legitimate use for crypto, to support something you use and (probably) enjoy, and you want them to remove it to set a good example?”

Of course they should remove it, for it is the moral thing to do. The only legitimate use is donating to entities who have their access to a bank account removed, e.g., whistle blowers, Z-Library, et cetera. In any other case it is an unethical instrument that brings out the worst in humanity.

“All of this existed (except the bit about nazi coins) already.”

Whataboutism fallacy.

This whataboutism is probably the most used fallacy within the crypto"currency" sphere. If A and B cause cancer, and A was first, it doesn’t follow that B is less malignant.

Quoted from my Crypto Cult Science essay linked in the original post:

“Strong currencies are not the solution to poor governance. Good governance and democracy makes a country and its currency strong. Not vice versa.” —halukakin, HackerNews, 2021

Never heard of Revolt before, nice.

As a community I’d use Revolt if my game/mod/whatever is built upon extensive bot functionality, and Matrix if not.

Eating the rich—if they tried.

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That adults are mature and know what they are doing.

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♡ it. Work less, play more! ^(arscyni.cc)

“Small”? It’s literally changing the time, one of the most significant variables in our lives.

To be honest, if I had to choose a dictatorship to be conquered by I’d pick China over the US hands down. My antipathy for racist macho morons runs deep.

uBlock Origin Lite.

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Because for decades Microsoft has yielded to Linux’s superiority with unethical anti-competitive behaviour. E.g., it’s hard to compete with hardware that comes pre-installed with Windows.

ELI5 request on lemmy: "You see, dear grandchildren, your grandfather used to have an apple orchard. The fruits were so sweet and nutritious that every town citizen wanted a taste because they thought it was the only possible orchard in the world. Therefore the citizens gave a lot of money to your grandfather because the citizens thought the orchard would give them more apples in return, more than the worth of the money they gave. Little did they know the world was vastly larger than our ever more arid US wasteland. Suddenly an oriental orchard was discovered which was surprisingly cheaper to plant, maintain, and produced more apples. This meant a significant potential loss of money for the inhabitants of the town called Idiocracy. Therefore, many people asked their money back by selling their imaginary not-yet-grown apples to people who think the orchard will still be worth more in the future.

This is called investing, or to those who are honest with themselves: participating in a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme. You see, children, it can make a lot of money, but it destroys the soul and our habitat at the same time, which goes unnoticed by all these people with advanced degrees. So think again when you hear someone speak with fancy words and untamed confidence. Many a times their reasoning falls below the threshold of dog poop. But that’s a story for another time. Sweet dreams."

Deny, defend, delete Windows.

Thanks for taking the time.

I don’t know Nostr and creepto incentivizes greed. A pitchfork is all you need.

Wouldn’t be surprised if a chubby man with a beard made this.

Don’t die on company time.