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jake | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 I remember your story about the friend that then tried it on with your wife 

Sad…

How friendship can be proven to be so shallow

I wonder what your stats are digitally…? My hunch: you’ve managed to help a LOT of people HODL

👏👏👏
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HODL | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 Digitally my stats are very good. But not so much irl. No man is a prophet in his own land.
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SatsMcd | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I stopped trying to help years ago & it brought much peace. 
I buy for my family members that don’t know I’m doing it & will give BTC to them in the distant future. 
Outside of family I don’t give a shit to be honest. Buy stocks or ETF’s or the S&P or keep in savings. I DONT CARE.
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john | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Dude.   “No man is a prophet in his own land” is fuckin’ spot on.
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HODL | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 From experience It’s so fucking true.
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SatsMcd | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sounds prophetic.
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john | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I ended up reading the gospel this morning as a result of this.  I’m trying to believe yet still do not.  In any case it was a fun read this morning while my family slept.
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jake | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This is a very liberating approach I totally agree. It seems to go hand-in-hand with length of HODL

Once you first really “get Bitcoin” it seems so insanely amazing all you want to do is talk about it

But over time you realise that many other people don’t care, won’t care for some time, & your time is more valuable elsewhere
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jake | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ones nearest and dearest can the be the hardest to teach 

This applies in many areas. Eg I got qualified as a ski teacher as a teenage, last person my siblings wanted coaching from was me!