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Gerardo | 5 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +7 
 Ever explain #Bitcoin to someone close and just watch their expressions blow up? Not really fully orange pilled but more in the fact this orange money sounds too good to be true 🤔
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halalmoney | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Suggestion: tell people that Bitcoin isn’t without its issues/problems but it’s much better than fiat money.

This should help reduce the ‘too good to be true’ reaction.
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Gerardo | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Might have to start incorporating this, yet usually the convo turns to them being so stuck in the fiat mindset, almost like I have to explain what money is altogether
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halalmoney | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Agreed. It’s tough.

I’ve found the following approach useful:

You’re looking at it from within the system. What if Bitcoin succeeds to the extent that it becomes the new system? Try to see things from this new perspective rather than from where society is now.

This is similar to the Max Keiser point: what if Bitcoin isn’t a bubble but it’s the pin?
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Gerardo | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Next time they call me up or I see em and they start the convo again I’ll try to use this approach, I appreciate it mate really do 🫂
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BitcoinBelle | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s beautiful!! Genuinely like watching a flower begin to bloom. 🌻 I’m so hype for you!!!
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Gerardo | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hopefully they get it, but luckily I can hold their hand the entire step of the way til they’re fully ready