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Nate | 11 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 Tried to orange-pill another good friend this weekend, who is a very intelligent accountant making a damn good income.

"Remember last Christmas when I tried to convince you to buy just a little #Bitcoin for your kids? Its up over 100% since then. What other assets have appreciated that much this year?"

"I TOLD YOU I AINT BUYING NO DAMN MONOPOLY MONEY! YOURE GONNA LOSE ALL YOUR MONEY!"

"But we're playing poker right now. You love to gamble. Dont you buy lottery tickets often?"

"WE ARE JUST NOT GONNA AGREE ABOUT THIS!"

Craziest thing to me is last year he laughed at me, this year he yelled at me. 🤔🤔😂😂
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Saidah | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Sounds like he’s stuck in his negotiating position. Nothing to do with intelligence at this point.
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cardan | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Once you see (understand) bitcoin, you can’t unsee it. Your friend will get there.
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Trevor Bello | 11 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Intelligent people often fall for the trap of thinking they know what is best.  And that all other options that are not their ideas are worthless without review. Either that or they are happy being ignorant. 
    It won't matter in the end, because we know with more conviction than any asset manager could hope to muster, they will all come to buy and hold bitcoin. They will not get the best returns, and they will get the price they "deserve" 
 I think the most difficult thing in this situation for me atleast would be not saying "I told you so" when they inevitably join the network.