BenJustman
Ben Justman🍷

PeonyLaneWine.com

#Bitcoin Natural Winemaker🍷
6+ Bottles Ship FREE

Public Key

npub153xmex42x4chdf757hp3q6zxagykkek7pdgwuwd074964dkyha9s82ryu8

NIP-05 Address

BenJustman@primal.net

NIP-57 Address

BenJustman@primal.net

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Last Notes

2025-05-07 14:03:46

Enjoy the calm before the storm
https://blossom.primal.net/915c92e3d4035591ca09339f2a1558a4f63fae7d01620004e9f7396fc5deae8c.jpg

2025-05-07 02:20:48

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Wouldn't wanna trust anyone that touches crypto or rehypothicates or has that crazy interest rate so options are zero rn

2025-05-07 01:42:00

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So only in the bear?

2025-05-07 00:13:32

*Bitcoin Goes up 1.5%*
Everybody on Twitter:
BUCKLE UP

2025-05-06 22:51:18

168 Remain🍷
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2025-05-06 18:42:26

*Life Free or Die Intensifies*

2025-05-05 17:08:20

170 Remain🍷
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2025-05-05 16:36:24

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Best bill of all time?

2025-05-05 16:34:27

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Well done. Just learned how to pick them correctly this year

2025-05-05 16:19:39

Zooming Out: How Winemaking Prepared Me for Bitcoin
Starting Peony Lane meant leaning into something most people see as a downside.
Waiting.
Making red wine is slow.
You invest into grapes, barrels, and labor, then wait two years before selling a single bottle.
https://blossom.primal.net/2bea1ed0c4eca4fe75047a715ac4bdc11a91f8b27007a862ad8397e73264f03c.jpg
Most people hate that part.
For me, it was the opportunity.
The waiting gave me time to focus on what actually matters: making good wine.
Since I didn’t have a product to sell yet, all I could do was learn.
People act like it’s wild I learned so quickly while working full-time, but nothing motivates you like dumping your life savings into something and having to figure it out.
One year in, I had a big test.
You only get to make wine once a year.
When that second fall came, I'd never sold a single bottle, but I had to decide how much wine to make.
So I guessed.
I figured I’d make a little more than the year before.
Worst case, the wine would sit and get better with time. No harm in that.
That became the rhythm.
Not scaling up felt like more of a risk than scaling up too much.
I never wanted to run out of wine to sell.
And if I ever made too much, I’d just make less the next year. Simple.
What I couldn’t do was go back and make more if I ran out.
Eventually, that thinking becomes second nature.
You stop looking at each vintage in isolation.
Your baseline shifts to thinking two or three years ahead.
When I found Bitcoin, the low time preference mindset clicked immediately.
You can’t chase every short-term move.
You have to zoom out.
You trust that time and patience will reward conviction because you know the underlying product is sound.
(Which, to be honest, is more than I could say about my wine back then.)
So I went all in on Bitcoin at both tops of the 2021 cycle.
It felt more risky to not buy bitcoin in the moment than the downside potential of being able to buy cheaper bitcoin in the future.
If you can wait long enough, time heals all.

2025-05-05 13:59:45

"Why does you pee always stink in the Spring?"
Me:
https://blossom.primal.net/27af17d9587b562c5243beae51099ee38d01a28b774ae125779d27ccc17c6901.jpg

2025-05-05 13:52:06

Imagine still choosing to live in 🤡 🌎
https://blossom.primal.net/c7b118d68d38e1e61c191faa847af2be50857299a915fd8089c952620af12575.png

2025-05-05 13:38:12

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Not attacking you.
Is there a reason or scenario in your head that would stop Nostr development?

2025-05-05 04:21:44

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What's the point of this question? What are you getting at?

2025-05-05 02:35:14

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I bet Bitcoin merchants or something like that would be found more in search than artizans

2025-05-05 02:04:43

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🤣🤣🤣

2025-05-04 21:09:33

177 Remain🍷
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#nevent1q…5405

2025-05-03 23:50:47

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LFG. Your wiffe is awesome.
You're doing the right thing! Wine is a lot about waiting. Pop that cork and let it sit open for a while too before drinking it when you do

2025-05-03 23:08:29

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With blocks?

2025-05-03 17:28:06

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I wish I could try it for the first time again
Enjoy!

2025-05-03 16:52:05

Where were you at the bottom of the bear market? I was making this.
Things are good now
And so is the wine 🍷🫡
https://blossom.primal.net/5f13b1b0fdd048aa4a3fad9b208d49fc7174ae9f239341c5027e18a564006242.jpg

2025-05-02 23:38:42

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The woman in that photo wants to go HIGHER

2025-05-02 23:27:33

Y'all like my new labels?🍷
(On the right)
#nevent1q…ra3w

2025-05-02 23:26:48

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Is it showing you all of them in your feed on whatever client you use?
I kinda started reposting them as a joke to see how far it would go

2025-05-02 23:26:05

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Not EMF blocking tho

2025-05-02 23:11:54

EMF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING EXISTS👀
#nevent1q…8g40

2025-05-02 23:00:07

Is anyone developing men's underwear with a EMF blocking ball pouch?

2025-05-02 15:32:10

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Soak Quest is so fire dude

2025-05-02 14:53:57

Bitcoin attracts people from every walk of life
The only real barrier to entry is curiosity.
Curious people tend to be successful, so when you gather a bunch of curious people together, you get humbled fast.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met a random Bitcoiner only to realize they were way ahead of me.
Smarter. More Successful in business.
Or just figured this all out 10 years before I did.
I have been in countless conversations thinking, "Who the fuck am I? I’ve done nothing compared to this person, but for some reason they want to talk to me?"
There's always a bitcoiner thats better than you at everything.
For Example:
Skiing has always been my thing.
I am really fucking good and I rarely get to ski with people who push my limits. Being the best in my crew has been a source of ego for me for a long time.
A few years ago, I went to the Bitcoin Ski Summit and as we broke into groups and the first one was labeled, “If you’re the best skier on the mountain, join this one.”
I jumped right in.
It was a powder day at Jackson Hole. I wasn't about to be polite waiting on some Jerry to go find their lost ski.
The last person to join the group was some dude without a helmet.
Jerry-ville for sure.
Turns out the dude was an Olympic skier and I couldn't keep up even going 100%. Best Day Ever and I was honored when he defied the authorities to smuggle a bottle of my wine home to Canada.
They say firewood warms you twice.
Well, Bitcoin humbles you twice.
First, by showing you the world does not work the way you thought.
Then, by surrounding you with casually incredible people.
https://blossom.primal.net/0e63c12569a6372883e18570072c64186193cb137c8cf114d3428c6aa33459ca.jpg

2025-05-02 02:37:45

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I had a Canadian alcohol lawyer like ok into it for me even before Tariffs stuff.
You government reeeeally doesn't want me to

2025-05-02 01:56:25

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2 yrs ago

2025-04-30 21:41:09

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Just roll with me here
It's Communism working great in smaller groups, when you can opt out when when fully surrounded by capitalism
So not really communism, but kinda

2025-04-30 16:35:22

No one ever typed with the Em Dash until chat GPT. Now I see it everywhere and its a dead giveaway to your use.
Throwing your text into AI algorithms is dope until it starts to streamline all of our creative processes. Be original Be Authentic.
Tell your ChatGPT bot to stop using em dashes (it'll never learn)

2025-04-30 15:50:58

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Ancient god of A

2025-04-29 23:56:37

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There are procedures in place. Pls submit resume

2025-04-29 23:13:54

There's been one feature holding NOSTR back from mass adoption and now it's here.
BEN FOLLOW PACK
https://following.space/d/nn7w15twm6jk

2025-04-29 22:08:56

You can just onboard people, Anon.

2025-04-29 20:57:36

How do I get on a follow pack?https://media.tenor.com/Z__ZpHX9yBMAAAAC/diamond-hands.gif

2025-04-29 19:16:57

188 Remain🍷 https://blossom.primal.net/6d12a514e16ef5eb1d83140f29c40e47ae6730395fc33d6eae82d658857956b8.jpg
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2025-04-29 19:16:09

188 Remain🍷 https://blossom.primal.net/6d12a514e16ef5eb1d83140f29c40e47ae6730395fc33d6eae82d658857956b8.jpg
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2025-04-28 23:37:14

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You must work in the intelligence industry 😉

2025-04-28 23:33:45

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Top knotch 🤣🤣

2025-04-28 20:42:09

NOW THAT THE POWER IS OUT IN EUROPE DON'T YOU WISH YOU BOUGHT GOLD INSTEAD OF BITCOIN?

2025-04-28 20:37:52

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I hear that. Thank you sir! Your feedback helps a ton otherwise I'm just throwing shit at a wall

2025-04-28 20:32:25

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amazing.
can you say anything about why?

2025-04-28 18:11:45

189 Remain🍷
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2025-04-27 22:55:32

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That's an interesting take. I hadn't heard yet. Probably works for a certain number of people

2025-04-27 17:30:48

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I"M GIVING IT ALL SHES GOT CAPTAIN

2025-04-27 16:40:44

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This was a price post, but I appreciate where your priorities are

2025-04-27 16:33:34

Is this just gonna be another 6 months long range consolidation phase for Bitcoin like last year?

2025-04-27 16:10:24

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I muted it after I paid the bounty.
Got some of the notifications from it and it didnt show up in the trending feed just as expected

2025-04-27 16:07:31

If you're thinking about going to the Vegas Bitcoin conference, remember that the real Bitcoin connections do not happen in stadiums.
They happen in the small moments.
https://blossom.primal.net/a3d638349d01e072dc883b986776a22dd53ce911756c3912151e0d1f2f9f825c.jpg
A few months after my first ever bitcoin conference in Miami, there was a Beef Initiative event twenty minutes from my town.
People kept telling me excitedly that @nprofile…zx3h was gonna be there. I didn't really know who this dude was, but the next day we were drinking wine at my house and he seemed like a good dude. Figured I might as well check out this dude's podcast.
The Meat Mafia guys were there too.
If you don't know them, they educate about diet and lifestyle.
After meeting them, I decided to change how I ate.
A decade-long gut issue disappeared.
Even smaller moments mattered just as much.
I was standing in line for lunch, feeling awkward, when a guy next to me started talking about his company, a Bitcoin marketplace called Oshi.
One random conversation turned into a friendship that helped me start accepting Bitcoin for my wine in a more serious way and opened my eyes to the burgeoning Bitcoin circular economy.
None of it was planned.
None of it was forced.
Beautiful things just happen when you just show up in the bitcoin world.

2025-04-27 13:52:13

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That's something a bot would say👀

2025-04-27 13:50:10

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That sounds like the move! Would appreciate that sir 🫡

2025-04-27 02:42:50

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Search it

2025-04-26 23:26:02

You can just mute things https://blossom.primal.net/92279c5be1bcfe6112627f9c15f616cdff47c38f9cf290c62e6c32fe37e44ee4.jpg

2025-04-26 22:55:50

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LFG. Tough time to get wine down there mid summer though
might wanna wait til fall

2025-04-26 22:55:06

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we will see

2025-04-26 22:14:41

Muting Buzzbot.
Love the idea, but wanna get back to having more signal on the Primal Tending feed.
I'll be interested to see if more people follow suit and if the engagement/visibility from real people begins to decline on buzzbot posts. Might be hard to tell for a while.
Fuck it. One more for the road though @nprofile…fmt5 5000

2025-04-26 21:53:03

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Seeing that on primal too
Was gonna laugh if it turned into a hell post

2025-04-26 19:28:05

Why do my comments sometimes get sent as posts on Primal?

2025-04-26 19:19:09

I think that's a good way for most people.
Don't drink shitty wine even if that means drinking wine less. Wine with a nice dinner is good for the soul

2025-04-26 19:17:13

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How valuable is coracle to a normal user that is def focused on growth?

2025-04-26 17:34:36

Does it matter what nostr app I post on for how that note gets broadcast?

2025-04-26 16:02:22

I've been quote tweeting my note about how many bottles I have left for a couple weeks knowing that this might become a crazy long thread on some people's clients that gets annoying to scroll past.
Kinda just curious to see how far I can push that.

2025-04-26 15:23:20

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It's like people complaining about people using other things.
Regardless of what I use, other people use primal and that affects how my posts get viewed.
I don't mean to come off as complaining. I'm curious in the OP and think that people are missing the point in the quote tweet

2025-04-26 15:20:19

How Fiat Thinking Warped the Wine Industry
In Europe, wine culture was built slowly over generations.
Time, not money, was the main ingredient.
You could not fake it. You could not rush it.
https://blossom.primal.net/2db371fdb18bcc9e96364e8af13808eaf6f3a0aaf7da9656309093e16e6525b8.png
In the U.S., it was different.
By the time American wine started gaining recognition, the corporate mindset was already seeping in.
Short-term profit was not a side effect. It was the strategy.
The top tier of American wine still exists.
But everywhere below it, corners were cut.
Volume has mattered more than vineyard.
Brand has mattered more than bottle.
Massive corporations scaled up, standardized the product, and flooded the shelves, crowding out everyone else.
Not because they were evil.
Because the system rewarded short-term thinking over long-term value.
Now, the cracks are showing.
People are starting to ask why wine makes them feel so bad.
Some are giving up on it entirely.
Others are looking deeper and finding that lower-intervention, local wines are what they had been missing all along.
Wine, at its core, is a low time preference vehicle.
It seems to not want to be rushed, manipulated, or manufactured.
It seems to er towards expressing the land, the season, and the patience of the people behind it.
The roots of wine are still strong.
In Europe, they were never fully severed.
And in the U.S., we are finally starting to let them grow.
But we are a long way from home.

2025-04-26 03:19:30

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That's totally backwards and I see that perspective a ton. I don't care about the numbers, I care about the visibility. I can tell who genuinely interacts with my posts by the quantity of quality comments.
I got no problem with buzzbot, it's just exposed a problem with the primal algorithms

2025-04-26 03:00:17

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My mom says they're cool too

2025-04-26 02:36:52

Do I need to bow down to BuzzBot to get seen these days? Posts did much better before it came along.
Obvs just need to make better posts too.

2025-04-25 15:48:57

Organic wine is a scam.
The label might say it’s clean.
That doesn’t mean it is.
Glyphosate still shows up in bottles labeled organic.🍷👇
https://blossom.primal.net/cfd7acdfd7e735e4ffd9bcf8c490df5ff0181542db604f3a681b77ba9161672b.png
Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup.
It’s used in vineyards to kill weeds around the base of vines. Easy to spray. Cheap to apply. Hard to keep out once it's there.
Glyphosate exposure is linked to:
- Increased cancer risk, especially non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Endocrine disruption
- Gut microbiome damage
Glyphosate use is off the charts in U.S. agriculture, but when it comes to wine, California is the hotspot.
https://blossom.primal.net/8ddc8d104534133d28c959321048401b9637e6285aea1dee977cf102a4f24287.jpg
It’s heavily used in conventional vineyards up and down the state. That makes California wines especially vulnerable to glyphosate residues, even when the winery itself follows organic practices.
Organic farming bans glyphosate use.
But it doesn’t stop drift from neighboring vineyards, runoff from shared water, or carryover from shared equipment.
Even if a vineyard plays by the rules, those rules have a lot of holes.
The Organic label offers comfort, but not certainty
What the Tests Say
Independent testing has found glyphosate in both conventional and organic wines.
Levels in organic bottles are often lower, but not zero.
And while these levels are well below the EPA’s legal limit of 30 parts per million, microdoses add up as newer research suggests even trace amounts can do harm.
Buying organic helps. But it isn’t enough.
https://blossom.primal.net/68c8bb1265e59b2d981754db505ffb5a63c52b84317d8709a48335f702a27a12.jpg
Here’s what actually matters:
Shake your Producer's Hand.
Ask how they grow. Ask if they spray. Small, transparent winemakers will tell you the truth.
or choose wines from places where glyphosate is banned or restricted.
France, Austria, and Germany are leading the way. Certain parts of Italy too.
https://blossom.primal.net/a4527e8c8abfcf0c562f25cf3458e792928cb9500fc712b7695aae65f527e904.png
The wine industry reminds me a lot of the crypto world.
Some winemakers take the slow, grounded, Bitcoin-like approach, while others hide behind buzzwords, status, and crypto-smoke.
From the outside, it’s hard to tell the difference.
Follow along. Let’s peek behind the veil together.
Your reNosts mean the world to me.

2025-04-24 23:14:18

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Join my wine club for all that 😉

2025-04-24 05:00:34

That move to $94k got me going, but
now im depressed starter pack
https://m.primal.net/QbMu.png

2025-04-24 04:39:42

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There's more to it than that man.

2025-04-24 04:38:31

If I were to send you a monthly email newsletter, what kinds of things would you want to read about?

2025-04-24 02:42:56

GN 💜
https://m.primal.net/QbHr.jpg

2025-04-24 02:36:48

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Big blood glucose swings will fuck you up.
What's your point?

2025-04-23 23:45:55

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Open to anything. If the venue is serving their own alcohol, it's probably a no go in the my wine department

2025-04-23 21:40:30

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The people who just parrot takes with no nuance

2025-04-23 21:29:13

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Californian is probably the worst place to default to. While there is great wine there, it's gonna be crazy high priced and is the capital of corporate wine

2025-04-23 21:21:45

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Not my definition of Bitcoin Normie, but that's dope

2025-04-23 21:14:02

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🤣

2025-04-23 21:12:31

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What wines are you drinking?
Conventional wine will leave you feeling shitty as well

2025-04-23 21:11:02

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To learn what you like, try a bunch of different things. As people at the wine store for low intervention wine. Ask local winemakers their philosophy (this helps, but most don't know shit from a health perspective...still local, smaller batch wine is better than a random bottle of the shelf).
If all else fails, default to French and Italian

2025-04-23 21:08:25

Bitcoin Normies Exist too

2025-04-23 21:06:32

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If you're gonna drink and are trying to drink in the most health conscious way, red wine seems to be the best

2025-04-23 21:05:34

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Fine, convince me wine is healthy!
Twist my arm!

2025-04-23 21:04:59

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Have you ever gotten any tests to find the underlying cause?

2025-04-23 20:58:08

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From a health perspective, I'd still say not drinking is better unless you bring in the spiritual component.
But if you're gonna drink, wine is probably the best

2025-04-23 20:56:57

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Incredible and so common

2025-04-23 20:53:47

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But to my question, what does posting there do that's different than posting on primal?

2025-04-23 20:36:00

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What's the OP meme?

2025-04-23 20:35:32

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Explain that to me like I voted for Biden (I did)

2025-04-23 20:29:47

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Make specific predictions pls

2025-04-23 20:14:01

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well said

2025-04-23 20:13:47

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this shit is gonna happen. Many of them will fail.
If I were going to bet, I'd say the ones run by legit bitcoiners are less likely to fail than others.

2025-04-23 20:12:22

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you buying the stock?

2025-04-23 20:09:41

The anti-Mallers takes are wild rn man.

2025-04-23 19:05:16

This chart shenanigans gets people because our brain doesn't read things on the bottom right of a page very well.
WOAH YOUR CHART LINES UP WITH BITCOIN CRAZY WELL👀
It also calls for $16k Bitcoin.
Rekt.
https://m.primal.net/QaoQ.png

2025-04-23 19:01:45

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Onlyfeet got disrupted by #Footstr