Comments by FTS (page 2)

@2LeggedChair, "No one cares about the technology they just care about they can do with it. Which is nothing." ^^ Name a use case for the US currency in your bank account, other than using it as a medium of exchange. Tell me about its industrial uses. How is it used in manufacturing? I can use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange exactly the same way that US currency is used--by sending it over an electronic telecommunications network. A significant difference is that Bitcoin is a nascent currency with comparatively little acceptance, but that's a circumstantial difference rather than a fundamental difference. If half of Africa decided to use Bitcoin to economically liberate themselves from their French masters then the circumstances would be totally different.

@skibum, you are not demonstrating any proper knowledge of the concept of currency "backing," you're just repeating the talking points of Keynesian apologists. What does it mean that US currency is "backed" by the "full faith and credit" of the US currency? Can I go to the Federal Reserve and redeem my US currency for some bits of "faith and credit?" No, I'm really sorry, but you don't know what you're talking about. P.S. Bitcoin is legal tender of a sovereign nation, like the Mexican Peso, the Egyptian Pound, the Czech Koruna, etc.

I don’t understand how Bitcoin is so bewildering to some people. It’s just hard money. It’s digital money that can’t be debased. That’s pretty much it. When you use it, it’s basically the same as Venmo. It really shouldn’t be surprising that Bitcoin is going up right now, it did the exact same thing 4 year ago, and 4 years before that. https://x.com/_checkmatey_/status/1855921274062778857?s=46&t=PdYE_jtrzefUjiryynD9XQ

@Rightfield, that's really beside the point, don't you think? One doesn't necessarily need to understand money at a fundamental level, and in all of its aspects, in order to acquire it. Similarly, I don't need to understand the details of all the components of cars, and internal combustion engines, in order to acquire and collect cars. I don't need to be a physicist/chemist/mineralogist/materials engineer/jeweler in order to acquire and collect gold and silver coins. I don't need to be a meteorologist/crystallographer to collect snow into a snowball.

"Bitcoin has zero use cases." ^^ No, that's not correct. Try again.

That’s quite possible, Pussylicker2. I’d put those odds at 50/50. With Bitcoin now holding the #1 spot in the list of hard, sound monies, and with Larry Fink finally on board, a lot of pension funds, institutions, sovereign wealth funds, etc. are starting to allocate. It’s ultimately going up forever. But, some outspoken people on this website will continue to spread nonsense in regard to Bitcoin, or arguments that sound significant but are actually quite trivial. Like Icey’s argument that “it’s only worth what somebody will pay for it.” You can try to help these people by using logic and reason, but some people can’t listen to reason. They have to figure it out for themselves, and that means getting past their emotions as well as their false beliefs and preconceived notions. Some of these people are going to wait until they see Bitcoin-denominated price tags in every Wal-Mart, every 7-Eleven, every yard sale, and every strip club.

*cough*

After returning to this club a couple times after my first visit, I would agree that this is not a club that is worthy of a 1-hour drive if there are alternatives that are more local. People living in Philly have good alternatives--Cheerleaders, Club Risque, Purple Orchid, Delilah's, etc. But, for people living out in the 'burbs, and especially for people living in and around Spring City, this club is quite sufficient. I think a lot of the chicks at Hidden Gem are, actually, more attractive than most of the talent in the city. (People in the market for extra services, though, probably won't be satisfied with this Hidden Gem).

I don’t drive as fast as I used to. It must be true what they say about drivers under the age of 25–when I was 19 I had a bunch of friends in my car and I was driving on the roads in our local park. The roads were narrow, winding along the edge of a lake, trees obscuring the view of what was up ahead around the bend in the road. I must have been driving 40+ mph, turned the corner and there they were, a couple walking along the side of the road in the path of my vehicle. I coulda killed them if there had been an oncoming car. I used to like to race other cars on the highway when I was in college, frequently went 100+ mph weaving in between the other cars on the highway. Fucking stupid. Now that I’m older I don’t go above 85 mph unless there are literally no cars near mine, and I slow back down as I approach other cars. I don’t try to race anybody, and if somebody comes parallel to my car as if they want to race, I hit the brakes.

Thanks, skibum.

@rockie, thank you for the direct, concise answer.

@dolfan, yes, much of it is largely subjective, but it’s not completely subjective. We are, in fact, human beings with DNA that programs us to find certain features desirable, generally speaking. Each individual is unique, but MOST men will agree that the petite, 20-something girl with perfect facial symmetry, a full set of pearly-white teeth, flawless skin, ample bosom, long blonde hair, and excellent hygiene is MUCH more attractive than the morbidly obese 80-year-old granny, with 8 yellow teeth, grey unkept hair, liver spots and moles, broken nose, double mastectomy, hasn’t bathed in a month, etc etc. I thought it was a simple question: is Desire in Providence really deserving of its rank in the top 40? There is a very obvious difference between the truly great clubs, like Hong Kong, and a local hole-in-the-wall strip club in a no-name town that attracts maybe 10 patrons on a typical weekend.

@skibum, so you have been to the Pompano clubs as well as Desire, and you would say they are comparable in quality? Everybody is commenting that club ratings are relative, blah, blah, blah, I know that already. I’m just hoping to get an impartial comparison, and by that I just mean—an opinion from somebody who has actually been to these clubs and can therefore make a direct comparison from experience. I don’t expect there are many people who have frequently visited the Providence clubs AND the Pompano beach clubs.

Neither. Pompano.

There it is… the tizzy. Keep on digging those holes you’re standing in, I’ll be sure to check in on your progress every now and then. Lol. Now I don’t mean to interrupt the discussion. You guys go back to talking about politics… er, I mean, “pussy.” Hehe.

RFK recently tweeted (https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1645499840963518476?s=20), [quote] "The claim that FedNow is not the first step toward a CBDC would be more easily digestible were we not aware of the Biden administration’s steady barrage of hostile broadsides against cryptocurrencies. Between 2008-22, the Fed partnered with a handful of big banks to print $10 trillion-ten centuries of wealth in 15 years — a bonanza for the Banksters. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin give the public an escape route from the splatter zone when this bubble invariably bursts. So the White House is colluding with the banksters to keep us all trapped in the bubble of profiteering and control. In his Feb. 8 post on Pirate Wires, Nic Carter (@nic__carter) describes how the White House has organized bankers to participate in a sophisticated, widespread crackdown to destroy the crypto industry. Carter describes 15 incidents where President Biden has weaponized FDIC, OCC + DOJ to force crypto-friendly banks to close their doors to crypto firms since Dec. 3. The recent crackdown on crypto blocks exit ramps, removes alternative rails, and strengthens government control over both the financial and political systems. We should be wary since CBDCs are the ultimate mechanisms for social surveillance and control. As Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) says, “The distinction between FedNow and a CBDC is important from a technical standpoint, but not from a civil liberties standpoint.” Balaji compares FedNow to “a virus that has evolved to evade recognition by changing its sequence without really changing its function." [/quote] The problem of modern democracy, I think, is that the citizens have a hard time of knowing who is honest and who isn't. Does a politician say things merely to get as many votes as possible in order to win, and then implement the policy and legislative changes that were promised to their biggest donors, regardless of whether or not those changes adhere to the values espoused during the campaign? I think that's a strong possibility, if not also a high probability. I think people should be (and are) less concerned about politics and more concerned with social and technological trends, and with making the best decisions for themselves and their posterity given the continuation of those trends. In other words, the president is just another old man flapping his big, fat, wrinkly lips. If he wants to drive the country further into a socialist dictatorship, fine, I'll move to a jurisdiction that treats me better, and so will everybody else when it gets really, really bad. Fortunately, we're still quite a ways away from that situation.

Gosh, if only there was an open-source, global, permissionless, private, decentralized, scarce, sound, digital, bearer money... some kind of monetary network that couldn't be shut down by politicians... wouldn't that be so useful? I bet TUSCL would use it (it does) I bet TER would use it (it does) I bet P411 would use it (it does) I bet escort agencies would use it (many do) I bet tens of thousands of small retail locations around the world would use it (they do) I bet sovereign nations might make it legal tender (one has already) Perhaps strippers and strip clubs will start using it too? I dare not say money's name, though... it gets a number of people on this forum in a tizzy! "It's a scam," they say. "Money is only what the government says is money." Those with intuition and foresight will get it, and keep it, and pass it to their children, and their children's children... and those families will be shielded from the effects of monetary debasement.

Can extras really be had at this club? I haven't heard that before...

Papi, I thought we keep the explicit language at a minimum on TUSCL, don’t we? I figure the capitalized and seemingly out-of-place phrases are sufficiently decipherable. And I don’t mention a specific $$ amount because it’s embarrassing.

Much more than I should have. More than the amounts mentioned in previous reviews. I was too horny even before walking into the club, and this GPS chick took advantage.

I was gonna say, it surely does pay to read prior reviews... but I couldn't read 'em. One of the reasons I went to BT was to get the experience to write this review and earn VIP. Now I can read what everybody else wrote.

@Tetradon, please take out a large short position on Bitcoin; as large as possible. Put your money where your mouth is, you coward. PS, go fuck yourself. PPS, I just noticed today that @Founder accepts Bitcoin payment for VIP Membership! "Buy a year long membership via BitCoin. Contact founder for more details. ($100)" PPPS, seriously, SHORT IT!

Those shitty fiat dollars in the bank are NOT YOURS. In fact, they're not even there. Those BTC in your self-custodied Bitcoin wallet... those actually are yours. With great power, comes great responsibility. @BitCoinHodler, @Tetradon, go fuck yourselves.

Cash for in person. Bitcoin or Monero (if they will accept it) for online. Despite what you might think, and despite what the naysayers on this forum will write, it's not super difficult to remain anonymous with Bitcoin. Although, remaining anonymous from your very first bitcoin acquisition might be difficult because the only decentralized anonymous exchange, Bisq, actually requires you to have some Bitcoin to start making exchanges, and most of the other exchanges (Coinbase, Kraken, Gemini, Binance, etc) do KYC. But, once you do get some, it's as simple as using those BTC over Lightning (using a non-custodial Lightning wallet) or using a coin-join wallet like Wasabi or Samurai to make those BTC much more difficult to trace.

Yes. I bought a $100 Creality Ender 3 Pro from MicroCenter. It's very useful when you need it, but only as useful as a piece of plastic can possibly be. Tinkercad.com is pretty easy to learn and quite useful to make simple designs.