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Derek Ross | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 No, it's not satire. They actively believe that Elon will save them with memes.
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corndalorian | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 The hopium levels are approaching insanity 🤣🤣
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Brisket | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +6 
 Don't try to understand the mind of a shitcoiner man.

These guys are searching for a win to elevate their lot rather than just choosing a better system to point their productivity at. 

High time preference behaviour.
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corndalorian | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 💯 They’re all either gambling or scamming or stupid or some combination of the three. I just couldn’t believe this guy’s level of hopium/stupidity lol
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Brisket | 11 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 If there's enough of them doing it, a few will inevitably get wealthy at the expense of others. 

What cracks me up is that they think Bitcoin is no different. They just see Bitcoin as a slower version of their preferred shitcoin.

Zero sum games are the worst.