Oddbean

I wish it was. The Rock plays Hercules. Its campy and slapstick. Nothing like that scene. —though you can kinda see what i mean by the look on his face after he lives. Was supposed to be campy/funny. That movie sucks.

I got in literally the last day of 2020, and purchased as high as 57k before it dropped to 17k. Don't know that I was quite that bold as it was my first major dip after seeing it rise to 68k, so it was 'uncomfortable' but where else would I go at that point? Price goes up, price goes down, but what it IS doesn't change.

Absolutely! (I think most things in life are spiritual journeys!) I am VERY hesitant to compare anything in any way to Jesus, but in this case I keep thinking of the story where Jesus asked his apostles if they were going to leave, and they basically responded 'to whom would we go?? You have the words of life'. BIG difference between the words of life, and the coin of value retention, but what else is there that I can use to protect my value, and NOT feel like shit about it. Apple stock? So they can get more slave labor in china? US government bonds? There simply is NOTHIGN else that is as good or as "good".

Story time. I was a late comer to bitcoin. In 2019 I started a new job at a very stressful trading desk (fortune 500 brokerage). In any event, my team leader was a bit of a rogue. I knew him from a previous job where he was my subordinate and I new he was a big goldbug. Interestingly enough, He had graduated to bitcoin. Id never heard of or ever bought any btc or any altcoins. Over the course of the year, he convinced me to buy a decent chunk. My cost basis was near 59. I spent the next year listening to 1000s of hours of BTC podcasts, read Price if Tomorrow and thankfully learned about Saylor. I rode losses down to 15,500. —Heres the interesting part. I became so sure, so unbelievably certain that id be okay, that I sold ALL MY BITCOIN two days before the new year to harvest the tax loss. I then proceeded to rebuy every dollar worth back over the following month in January on the way back up. I Lowered my cost basis to ~17k and religiously started buying dips from time to time. —-I have never traded BTC before or after this event. I considered it and I still consider Bitcoin to be the only “asymmetrical bet” Ive ever encountered. 🧡👊🏻🍻