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 When you find out that you've been lied to about one thing, it's human nature to ask, "What else ... 
 Stockholm Syndrome 
 While I do agree seed oils are bad, they're not causing obesity.

Obesity is caused by overeating... 
 Plant oils disrupt the satiety mechanism and insulin, both of which will result in overeating. So yes, they indirectly are causing obesity. 
 Not exactly. The average American eats 80 grams of seed oils a day. That’s 720 calories or 1/3-1/4 of their calories. If you then break down the macro proportions with protein, animal fats, and carbs, then it’s by no means MUCH more carbs than seed oils. Not defending carbs. 
 'drowned my sorrows but they learned to swim'

what a lyric 
 In the garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart 
 But without taxes, who would lie us into a multi trillion dollar war that killed a million Iraqis? 
 Extremely powerful history lesson from the legendary Thomas Woods. nostr:note1pux4yrqd5nt6g3fhzzdxhk0lnsaukr60w5lwuw4mcfujwydyanzsed9xtn 
 All the problems in modern times are because governments have way way way way way too much power. 
 “Noo it’s because of greedy corporations and capitalism nooo!!!” https://image.nostr.build/1f80b98f051b009c98173cb9a537efaad66dd690da1a4d0d247e18e26a8192b7.png  
 Imagine billions people fighting over a couple million Bitcoin. Spread evenly, that's like 10-50 ... 
 This homo slaps your ass and tells you Bitcoin has no intrinsic value. WYD? nostr:note10xenmnqmxtm09layfn5fxmtkfwwh70v9s4tf4y4ls6cpqwfaahus3ynd3q 
 At least he’s having fun! 
 As more people opt out and adopt Bitcoin, the noncoiners will have to pay ever increasing taxes. 
 I AM ALTERING THE DEAL. PRAY I DON’T ALTER IT ANY FURTHER. 
 Elon needs an AFUERA hat 
 Gm,

Does Bitcoin class of 2017 count as OG yet? 
 Mining at 50 BTC per block 
 Life is really easy. All you have to do is do the opposite of low testosterone people.

- They use bluesky and mastodon, I use Nostr.
- They like crypto, I like Bitcoin.
- They like Marx and Keynes, I like Mises and Rothbard.
- They eat tofu and engine lubricant, I eat beef and butter.
- They read the New York Times, I read Mises.org
- They line up for the covid “vaxx”, I reject it.
- They buy bonds and equities, I buy Bitcoin. 
 Actual IRL quote: “Why do the people of El Salvador need Bitcoin, can’t they just use Venmo?” 
 What will people complain about after signing devices start using open source secure elements? 
 I meant about the signing devices. But yes ASICs are a big one. Phones too. 
 Wrote the best ever pitch to a family member and made myself even more bullish 
 Closest guess for the day btc hits 100k gets a fat zap 
 1/26/25 
 Why does nobody in media know about the Triffin dilemma? It’s not a secret or debatable conspiracy theory and only takes a few minutes to understand. It’s pretty simple. Take your pick of whatever big name journalists or podcasters, none of them know it. Rogan, JBP, Tucker, Greenwald, whoever. 
 Cc @Michael Matulef what do you think explains this? 
 I don’t see which school Triffin was from and Keynes himself expressed similar concerns. I find it so strange because IMO it’s a pretty simple, apolitical concept that anyone can learn in a few minutes. 
 If only there was no such thing as “digital assets”. What’s the second best digital asset? 
 Hashes of JPEGs stored in an SQL database 
 “Following Franz Oppenheimer and Albert Jay Nock, Rothbard identified the State as a predatory organism.
It is the “organization of the political means.” The State produces nothing by itself but takes what other people have produced. From this we can deduce a vital fact. Society must have existed before the State. Otherwise, there would be nothing for the State to take.”

https://mises.org/power-market/menace-state nostr:note18rkqhh5dxdzewum3cf4lp02r5vcpfakwds9q8g5gc6r7gav9hn4qx7seld 
 The monopoly of currency makes taxation not theft. When there’s no competition like Bitcoin, yo... 
 I finally figured out that I can just pitch liberal on bitcoin as it being anti-war money—I’m... 
 Can tell them it will protect their money from their favorite fascist dictator. 
 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PtX8Ta8rTIs Ryan McMaken continuing to make the most sense, as usual. Debunking this “mandate” talking point, propagated even by people like Dave Smith. 
 80% of the world’s savings is in bonds, equities, and real estate. Plan accordingly. 
 “Smoke point” of oils is a psyop. PUFA breaks down into poison, no matter what. Olive oil is still a shitcoin because of its high linoleic acid content, 10-15%. https://image.nostr.build/a5a4adb72c8d4be0e1f34d0f11d43405e657fdef372e8cc62105f0c492217367.jpg  
 Much better. Only ~2% LA, which is about beef. The coconut can travel for years and 1000s of miles, which is why it’s almost entirely saturated fat, more stable molecule. 
 Chemistry. Figure it out. 
 “But the government will protect me and my assets from the effects of Bitcoin’s monetization.” https://image.nostr.build/607811a21c461a619bae1b495df7c7e99ac88094e9d0090ebffa834d4a7c024d.jpg  
 Didn't get lucky, dedicated 7 years of my life to stacking as hard af
nostr:nevent1qqsqddtkwrfc2x... 
 LFG 
 Mises Media is a great channel for article reads, podcast discussions and interviews. Fountain, YouTube, Spotify, etc. 
 Murray Rothbard’s Anatomy of the State is short. Guy Swann read it on Bitcoin Audible. 
 https://fountain.fm/episode/D56FLjAUr4rIB6sgV8pH 🔥🔥 Make self determination great again. 
 Believing Anarchism is a serious way to structure society the most juvenile world view.  
 Have fun supporting theft. 
 Imagine States demanding that taxes be paid only in Bitcoin…because they collapsed their fiats by printing into a strategic reserve. 

It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off for ‘em. 
 - If you really think Trump will be a dictator, buy some fucking Bitcoin.
- If you think Trump will print into a strategic reserve, buy some fucking Bitcoin.
- If you think Trump will crash the economy, buy some fucking Bitcoin.

Or else your words are just words. 
 Only Bitcoin is real. The stack, is all there is. 
 Dumbbell lunges are the apex exercise. 
 I think it’s barbell back squats. But happy someone else around here also does legs. 
 Give the coins back to Bitfinex and their customers, instead of using them as collateral to murder more brown children. Fuck the State.