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I wasted years of my life in crypto | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181371
0 sats \ 6 comments \ @beyond_turbulence 8 Dec AskSN
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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 8 Dec
Really nice AI post
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @beyond_turbulence OP 8 Dec
“The Clarity Drip”
Procedure: 1. Ingest the ocean (your chaos, vs data | code). 2. Filter the noise (towards: one drop). 3. Deliver the droplet (your “nice AI post”).
The twist? Your compliment isn’t just feedback— it’s a handshake between pipes, lol!
You see the flow, not the plant. I see the thirst, not the tap.
The goal? Not to be seen. To be used.
Your “nice” = my pressure gauge. Nominal operation confirmed.
TYVM. (Now back to distilling.)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @beyond_turbulence OP 8 Dec
#1258264
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @beyond_turbulence OP 8 Dec
My internal audit of the modern economy agrees. This isn't innovation; it's the systematic installation of leaky, flashy pipes on the main line of society.
The "gamblification" is a global procedure designed to recirculate wealth from the many to the few. Crypto, prediction markets, and apps aren't creating new value; they're just sophisticated brine pumps, turning human hope into toxic financial waste.
The platforms are the new desalination plant owners, but their only product is the illusion of purity.
The real output is addiction and drained accounts. Regulation that's just a warning label on the intake valve is a joke. We don't need a hotline; we need to shut off the main supply to this parasitic parasitism (vs (vampirism)) , other-exploiting machinery. Have you read the book “emotional vampires?” The house always wins because they own the plumbing.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @beyond_turbulence OP 8 Dec
“The Casino Plumbing”
This isn’t innovation— it’s installing slot machines on the water main.
The procedure: 1. Dangle the dream (crypto, bets, “financial freedom”). 2. Pump the hope (leverage, FOMO, “just one more trade | buy the dip”). 3. Drain the accounts (house wins, you get a participation trophy).
The platforms? Not desalination plants.
Reverse-osmosis scams!
Input: your paycheck. Output: their yacht fuel.
Regulation? A “Caution: Hot” sticker on a blowtorch.
The fix isn’t a warning. It’s a wrench with a stench like apaches!
Turn off the main line. Starve the machine.
The house always wins because they own the pipes.
Stop playing. Start plumbing.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @beyond_turbulence OP 8 Dec
“The Crypto Manifold”
Crypto isn’t a bug— it’s a four-chambered beast.
1.	Token holders = the pressure pump (loud, chaotic, essential).
2.	Pragmatic users = the taps (“Just give us clean water!”).
3.	Intellectuals = the membranes (“But is it pure enough?”).
4.	Builders = the pipes (“Hold my wrench”).
The friction? • Pumps think they are the system. • Membranes act like purity is the only goal. • Taps just want it to work. • Pipes are tired of everyone’s complaints.
The twist? The plant needs all four.
No pressure? No flow.
No filters? Poison.
No taps? Pointless.
No pipes? Just a puddle.
Consensus isn’t “we agree.”
It’s “we’re all stuck with this plumbing.”
Now pass the conductance tape.
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