403smiles

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.

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2025-03-26 16:17:48

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The NHS isn't free - you're just paying for it upfront.
The problem is it's not judged on performance. It gets funded simply for existing. With no real P&L accountability, inefficiencies only get worse since there's no real incentive to fix them.
I'd love for it to work, I really would - it would make life so much simpler. But the reality is that it just leads to inefficiencies. We see that in the outrageously long wait times, lack of communication between employees and the focus on short-term fixes over real long-term solutions.
So to answer directly: yes. I'm paying anyway, I'd rather just pay what it costs when I need it and let the market compete for a better service.

2025-03-26 16:17:48

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2025-03-26 14:37:40

Any Brit that says they’re proud of the NHS is either delusional, stupid or a politician.

2025-03-26 14:37:40

Any Brit that says they’re proud of the NHS is either delusional, stupid or a politician.

2025-03-20 08:49:20

GM!
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2025-03-19 17:49:43

You can’t eliminate gatekeepers, only decentralise them.

2025-03-18 14:41:32

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Accountability is an indicator of progress

2025-03-18 14:40:33

“WoMEn wErE LoYAl baCk iN ThE olDeN dAyS…”
…or they just didn’t have a choice
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2025-03-18 14:13:28

Is it just me or are bitcoin influencers increasingly obsessed with click bait over the truth….
I get they want attention but it feels like it’s doing more damage than good.
I guess influencers aren’t paid on being right, just on the views they get.

2025-03-18 13:41:04

Democrats are having issues right now because they stand for nothing. They’re the party of virtue signalling and that’s getting exposed.
Republicans, love them or hate them, can tell you what they want and they go out to achieve that.
Similar stuff in the UK, but it’s taken to the extreme. No party stands for anything. It’s just a system of virtue signalling propped up by people who virtue signal. Only after the people change will the politics.

2025-03-17 22:33:39

Focus on what people do, not what they say.

2025-03-17 13:00:58

GM!
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2025-03-11 18:23:16

👀
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2025-03-11 14:26:35

Is it time to admit that no one actually gives a fuck about climate change?
Just accept it's another performance to make it seem like you're a good person and move on.

2025-03-11 11:39:47

First official concept images of the new Old Trafford
#mufc #football
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2025-03-11 08:12:53

GM! Never a better day to help someone else opt out.
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2025-03-10 16:29:19

Unpopular Opinion: The internet is meant to be an echo chamber.
As long as we all abide by the principles of Life, Liberty and Property, I really can't be bothered interacting with people who are vastly different. I'm happy in my echo chamber, speaking to like minded people, trying to figure out how to live a meaningful life.

2025-03-09 19:24:13

Gradually, then suddenly. There is no stopping this train.
Sit back and enjoy 🍿 #note1kgp…q9e7

2025-03-08 19:11:07

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2025-03-08 15:07:16

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Very true but I feel that’s just something we tell each other as bitcoiners but doesn’t actually do anything to entice people in.
Issue I’ve found when orange pilling is that no one has a clue what freedom actually means. They believe they’re free already.
The only thing I’ve found to work is asking them questions and getting them to discover for themselves what the issue is and guiding them through how to solve it. Only after that I tell them that solution exists and is Bitcoin. That seems to work every time but takes time.

2025-03-08 14:54:21

Bitcoin has a marketing problem. Digital gold is so good because it’s simple and gets to the point but ordinary people don’t hold gold…

2025-03-08 10:28:39

GM!
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2025-03-06 15:59:09

Go do something. Anything.
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2025-03-06 15:59:09

Go do something. Anything.
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2025-03-05 17:22:07

We can’t have the infrastructure of the world drastically changing every political cycle. Democracy has an end date. It just doesn’t make sense when engineering the perfect system.

2025-03-03 21:28:01

They're either scammers or retards. Most likely both.

2025-03-03 20:11:12

The problem with European countries defending Ukraine is that they’re preaching values they don’t really practice at home anymore—and that’s a hard sell to the rest of the world.
The UK is a prime example. They’d have a much stronger case if they actually protected things like free speech and property rights. It just feels pretty hypocritical to be willing to send British people to die for these principles on someone else’s land while tearing them down in your own backyard.

2025-03-03 18:44:26

Everyone gets it when they deserve to get it.

2025-03-02 19:50:24

Democrats to make the move of the century??👀
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2025-03-02 16:56:44

The people will adopt Bitcoin out of need and force the state to. Not the other way round. 🍊 #note1v0t…9jeg

2025-03-02 16:23:00

The game’s the game. You really think they’ll ever be on your side? 😄😄😄 #note17ve…2wx3

2025-03-02 16:18:48

Your true colours will always come out 🤡
There is no us. There exists only the state and you.

2025-03-02 16:14:10

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New world order incoming ⏳🍿

2025-03-02 13:51:22

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2025-02-28 18:08:42

Want to figure out where European #football is headed? Just take a look at the NBAs business model.
Wish it weren't so but we've already entered the soulless era of the beautiful game.

2025-02-28 15:27:09

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Maybe there is a good Reddit-clone on Nostr and I just haven't found it yet...

2025-02-28 15:24:13

The internet needs moderation but not from a centralised source. Most of life is subjective—that’s what makes it interesting.
Right now, there are too many Twitter clones trying to make a single feed work. I think that’s the wrong approach. Instead, we should lean toward a Reddit-style forum model, where people can create their own spaces and find their niche.
Reddit got a lot right. The internet is about making the world feel smaller and sharing information across time. It helps you find those few people who share your obscure interests or introduces you to topics you never even knew existed.
Trying to achieve that in a single feed, no matter how good the algorithm is, just doesn’t work.

2025-02-28 12:04:23

FIND THE THING YOU WANT TO DO. GM! https://image.nostr.build/abbfe3c23eabc4c7403a4efca50dfd2dc16ddadb4ccf22aa23364b1c51293975.jpg

2025-02-27 14:22:20

Sit back and enjoy the circus. GM! https://image.nostr.build/393802324c506fba8a474d1586af70e0113f226b0acfd062750b84be8257158e.jpg

2025-02-27 12:10:22

👀🍿

2025-02-26 13:43:40

Price caps don't exist. The free market will always decide.

2025-02-25 14:13:21

It's time for Bitcoiners and Bitcoin-based media to stop reporting/commenting on things in the crypto space. If attention is the currency, let's starve the scam of it.
Live what you preach. Bitcoin only.

2025-02-25 13:12:45

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2025-02-25 11:55:52

"Efficient government"—can you name a more ironic phrase? Go on, I’ll wait.

2025-02-23 12:48:38

Value for value is the only way. Pay with cash or pay with your reputation.

2025-02-22 11:28:54

Certainty is the great enemy of unity. Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance.

2025-02-20 16:29:06

Who watches the watchers?

2025-02-15 18:06:40

Eventually they’ll all get it…

2025-02-14 19:55:29

Just spoke with 10 people: some friends, some random, some self-proclaimed “bitcoiners.”
Verdict? We’re so so fucking early.

2025-02-14 19:36:03

If you don’t understand that value is subjective, you have no hope in ever truly understanding anything.

2025-02-07 19:23:14

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2025-02-07 19:04:14

If you haven’t already, go travel. Step outside your echo chamber and see the world for what it really is. Experience the kindness of strangers, the beauty of different cultures and the vibe of people unlike you which you never knew you needed.
There’s more to the world than you think.

2025-02-07 08:38:46

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2025-01-30 11:56:11

The first step to recovery is accepting you have a problem.
The UK is so far away from any sort of solution that you just have to laugh at the incompetence…
UK maxies will lead the recovery one pleb at a time. If we don’t, no one else will.
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2025-01-30 11:11:28

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Just one long journey of self hate…

2025-01-29 22:47:14

The new Champions League format is pure garbage….what fucktwit thought this was a good idea?
#football #ucl

2025-01-29 13:37:59

Few people want to be first. Absolutely no one wants to be last.
₿

2025-01-29 10:33:17

GM.
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2025-01-28 13:43:14

When you judge success on nominal stock market and GDP growth, it's natural to optimise for it so makes sense why they fooled themselves into thinking inflation is good.
#BlindedByIgnorance

2025-01-28 13:09:07

Honestly forget what it's like to be a normie. Like, what the fuck was I doing and thinking back then?

2025-01-28 12:02:56

Whilst Bitcoin can help everyone, it also isn't for everyone—and that's okay.
The Fiat system, for all its flaws, offers something powerful: a sense of direction. There's this strange comfort in always chasing an unatainable goal. It keeps you moving, evening there isn't a finish line.
Bitcoin flips that dynamic, breaking the poverty cycle and offering you stability. But there's a catch—if you no longer need to chase, what then?
The hardest part about Bitcoin isn't the tech or the volatility. It's the stillness. It's learning to do nothing but wait.
With Bitcoin, the system itself won't provide you with a sense of purpose, that's up to you to discover it for yourself.
In my experience, those who already have a sense of purpose outside of the fiat grind seem to just get Bitcoin. For them, it's not about the escape. It's about the next step.
Want to orange pill people? Don't just word vomit on them. Start by helping them discover a purpose in life. Then ask them questions so they discover for themselves that Bitcoin is their best bet to achieving it.
#GraduallyThenSuddenly

2025-01-28 09:52:40

GM!
Feels good to opt out of the rat race.
[Art by Steve Cutts]
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2025-01-28 00:57:35

The point of technology is to drive prices down and increase abundance for all.
If your tech goes against that thesis, it will fail.

2025-01-27 11:40:50

It's a small change but I've found that using the word "save" rather than "invest" or "buy" goes a long way when orange pilling people.
"Invest" just gets them thinking in the thousands so so many people hold back believing they don't have the money.
"Save" seems to do the trick to get them to think in the double or even single digits and suddenly it's not only affordable but even cheap.

2025-01-26 18:24:47

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Only a matter of time before those sellers start blaming the "unfair system" as they see the wealthy get wealthier
#StackSatsAndWait

2025-01-26 18:09:18

Everyone acts in their interest. If someone's actions confuse you, you definitely don't understand their interests.

2025-01-24 09:06:38

GM
Be on the right side of history. https://image.nostr.build/07b9ab3c7c87ee015be6ae1ff41c05608018aae6f4b32bc6c35b6b79f4a32605.jpg

2025-01-23 20:11:24

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It doesn't....but nothing has intrinsic value. Value being subjective is the whole point and why so many people in Tradfi fail to understand it. For them to accept Bitcoin implies all their 'valuation' models are kinda bullshit, no better than someone with experience guessing. Once they hit that conclusion, they'll question what the point of their job is

2025-01-23 17:40:08

CAN'T be evil—that’s the standard. Anything less is just settling.
#DontTrust

2025-01-23 15:40:40

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2025-01-23 15:34:20

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2025-01-23 09:06:49

GM https://image.nostr.build/8238bf3793bcac93cb7387c19c67a85456153a45af0c5379d1b44cc3f0d02d79.jpg

2025-01-22 14:25:23

🚶 ✅
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Akira The Don: www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoiSpBvkr4Y-78Pj3recUw

2025-01-22 09:52:55

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

2025-01-22 07:59:17

Waking up to the news, today, humanity wins! 🙌 The Silk Road proved that making logistics cheaper does more to reduce violence in the drug trade than governments ever could. Ross made violence bad business. He changed the game—and the legacy of the Silk Road is far from over.

2025-01-21 22:17:56

🔓⌛
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2025-01-21 21:38:18

Fuck Coinbase.

2025-01-21 20:02:40

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Haha, neither would I! It was more of a joke—I'm firmly in the camp that all 'crypto' is worthless garbage. Politicians launching a token wouldn't be some strategic move; it'd just be a giant red flag for everyone to see. There's only so many times their supporters can keep being the exit liquidity!

2025-01-21 14:43:42

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2025-01-20 02:22:11

Given enough time, everyone's true character reveals itself.

2025-01-20 00:59:41

This recent shitcoin saga just shows that no one is prepared for the psychological shift from #btc to #sats.
$1 million per Bitcoin? Sounds expensive. $0.01 per Sat? Feels cheap.
Don’t be surprised when people start happily paying $0.02, $0.05, or even $1 per sat. The rise will come fast and they won’t care one bit about the market cap.
#satsarethestandard. You ready?

2025-01-20 00:56:09

This recent shitcoin saga just shows that no one is prepared for the physiological shift from #btc to #sats.
$1 million per Bitcoin? Sounds expensive. $0.01 per Sat? Feels cheap.
Don’t be surprised when people start happily paying $0.02, $0.05, or even $1 per sat. The rise will come fast and they won’t care one bit about the market cap.
#satsarethestandard. You ready?

2025-01-18 17:39:24

God bless those who came up with the term "Crypto." It's the perfect shorthand for figuring out whose opinion you should never take seriously—either fools or scammers.
#BitcoinOnly

2025-01-16 15:57:42

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2025-01-16 14:24:40

The problem isn’t greed—it’s the distortion of incentives.
Greed can drive progress but fiat corrupts the system.
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2025-01-15 13:56:31

It's okay to say "I don't know." Too many people these days provide their opinion to things that have no knowledge about.

2025-01-13 17:36:22

When they say Bitcoin has no 'intrinsic' value, they are right.
What they miss is that nothing has 'intrinsic' value.

2025-01-13 17:20:22

The real battle is not right vs left, it's Libertarian vs Authoritian

2025-01-13 14:20:13

Sometimes the jokes write themselves...
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2025-01-11 14:44:12

GM
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