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 There's so much Virtue Signaling here recently.

If you delete your Twitter and then don't respond to everyone who comments on your post here, I can't take your company's social media strategy seriously. 
 It's not the Killdozer, it's the _____

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 I think this is a winner 
 looove it 
 Fork 'er? I hardly know er 
 this is def just a kissing booth 
 that needs a 3 letter acronym  
 lfg 
 that's the back... 
 BIG MIKE 
 Mike 🤝 
 no I love soccer so it can't be gay 
 EVERYTHING IS GAY SOMETHING  
 say it 
 Pickleball is gay tennis.  
 Pickleball was invented by bad athletes that just couldn’t handle the pure physical perfection ... 
 it's fun when people aren't sticklers about the rules, but like ultimate Frisbee (gay football), it becomes a stupid rules fest 
 tennis isn't a game I play so maybe it's worse from someone who does tennis's perspective  
 Show me your NOSTR stats.
nostr.band

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 that'll never get back to good for me 
 did you comment more than post today, Anon? 
 primal does 
 or just do a nostrband search

you're killing it tho

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 I have VERY different stats there than in primal 
 solid ratio, but bee moar 
 primal says you have a 1-2 ratio

pretty solid 
 oof yeah rough ratio 
 use Nostr.band 
 it's extreme  
 You're a bear, Anon. #Bitcoin 

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 yes💯 
 Had been feeling gross, sick and 
destroyed from work -> ate lamb.

We're so back.
Ridiculously nourishing. 🤤 
 it's true I've been driving too much 
 full pockets
clear mind
can't lose 
 Worked 10hrs and came home to do exactly this 🍷🤘

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 who are the open source developers that you're donating zaps to?

sounds like a cheeky way to say "we keep all of them" 
 The only guy I've ever had to block from my hometown went out of his way to stare me down at the gas station last night.

He once said, "Ben has #Bitcoin, but I have Big Truck"

Thing will only get worse when his mistake gets obvious. 
 well said 
 he's decently successful  
 we will see! 
 damn. interesting decision  
 but you're still not taking the time to respond to everyone who comments here?

is this a serious social media strategy? 
 man early in the season yes, but I'm too burnt out rn 
 let's go.

once you try natural wine it's hard to go back.

curious how you like this one! Willamette Pinots are always a bit different from mine so it's super interesting to drink them for me 
 no pigs in the vineyard 🤷 
 🫡 I'm posting this more as an open source joke. agree with everything you said! 
 Wine is an Open Source business.

I list my ingredients on every bottle.
Grapes + Time = 🍷 

Copy me. 
I bet your time preference is too high. 
 wat? 
 no this is a "do it, you won't" bet 
 it's worth a shot 
 it's the future 😉 
 crazy how things just work out 
 Leave the Rainbows to Nature 🇺🇲

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 Telluride  
 Some Rich MFer in Aspen just asked me to clarify 3x what grape I make Pinot Noir from.

Tell me you'll be late to #Bitcoin w/o telling me 
 lolol no this was just funny 
 absolutely 🫡 
 I wish! 
 @CryptoCloaks makes better grenades.

Seen in Aspen

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 goddamn, I followed him a week ago and people kept messaging me about it. 

Stop lumping me into this.

I don't have any desire to be associated with scammers like this after an honest mistake. 
 I'm making a bigger deal of this than it deserves, but if you're gonna call people out, double check the call out.

Appreciate you confirming my suspicions with that account.

it's the first scammer acct I ever came across and now am acting knowing that they exist.

I'm preemptively responding because I don't appreciate being used as an example or people "who fall for scammers" and want to put a stop to that before it happens 
 🫂 
 I know you meant well, DMd you 
 ETH "HODLers" are the Dumbest money. 
 https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw7d9tpgymqr4u6carfnz8q3uas7h7kn9dldqf2hper46346uvkxgpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvuhsyg82krn4d5etsz7dge8nmpztspqrqvr45yl2hs6enfmzexk84wglfupsgqqqqqqsglrsuz

The farther we go out the more laughable that is. I'm at the point of just calling my friends that bought eath because that's just what people did "dumb af"  
 I'm sitting here trying to find even like a steel man argument for it. If you want to gamble, go with meme coins. if you want a centralized platform that other things are built on, go with Solana. If You don't want to be an idiot buy Bitcoin 
 definitely. so bad I forgot about them 
 I think that's a solid distinction. there's more you can point out, but just branding yourself as a Bitcoin competitor makes you a failure.

the decentralization LARPing is the other thing that gets me the most  
 if you're talking about meme coins, I can live with someone telling me theyre just gambling. ETH doesn't even have that really.

if you're talking about XRP and Cardano and other shit like that, you're right. they're so bad I forgot about them 
 it's working less and less if that's the case 
 agree. I guess I'm reacting to a friends holdings and the common response to "only Bitcoin" being NOT EVEN ETH?? 
 now that is sad af 
 If I share a NOSTR post with someone who has never heard of NOSTR, what is their User Experience?

Can they view the note without making keys? 
 oh hell yeah amethyst. crushing.
You're reminding me why it's important to go check out other clients every once in awhile. 

I used amethyst for a long time and now have been on Primal for a bit 

thanks!! 
 LFG 
 yeah but all my sales have to go through my site for liquor compliance reasons 
 How have you been dealing with the reply guy and what client do you use?

I feel like most people... 
 barely even noticed on primal and didn't even mute it myself 
 I don't really scroll feeds too much here 
 different stores have different lost leader pricing strategies to get people in the door.

the markup is nowhere near the same on every item

looks like one store is losing money on cream cheese to get people in the door and one has the strategy of doing that elsewhere to make money on cream cheese 
 it's just a theory.
without more info I can't say yes or no

at least you know where to shop now 🤷 
 "Bitcoin Accepted" is too flacid 
 subtle enough but poignant  
 If you're trying to grow your NOSTR profile and are focused on posting new content, you're missing out. 

commenting on other people's stuff is the way 

think about it. there's no Discovery tool for people to find new accounts that are posting and everyone who is posting is starving for engagement. 

This has been the same for growing an account on X, but it's even more drastic here. 
 my man 🫡