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Apricate! This is probably the best piece of advice in this entire thread! And it can be applied by everyone…for free!

Oh boy. Yes, I know these are all still "great" "benefits" that have been touted for years by the Bitcoin bulls...except for the fact that no one, or very, very few people will ever use Bitcoin for these "benefits." You've even admitted yourself, that "I expect I may do something like buying a house halfway across town in ~2-years." Please let us know how that goes, in two years, if it happens. PS, I've got a Porsche I'll sell you for Bitcoin. It's a 911, and I'll give you a great deal. LMK once you've sent me the Bitcoin and I'll come up with a title

OK, I'll play along, but only for a bit as I should be outside enjoying the sunshine. I already listed "backed by the world's most powerful computer" and "being able to buy a mutl-million dollar house, half-way around the world, in a matter of minutes" as two "beneifts" that were promised. And now you need more? Why? Has the argument now changed to "no Bitcoin supporter ever promised any "benefits"? Ok, here's two more. How about "being able to quickly, cheaply and seamlessly move money around the world," even though you can already to this with PayPal, Venmo and Zelle. Or, "if you live in an underdeveloped country and are worried about blah, blah, blah..." yea, because most people here, invest to help out the citizens of underdeveloped counties. Good grief. And now apparently we can add "buying a Ferrari with your Bitcoin" as a "benefit." Because nothing says "wide-spread adoption" like being able to buy a Ferrari with your Bitcoin. And you think the assumption that Boomers, Millennials and GenX are into Bitcoin is funny? Ok, fine. So which generation would you say is most into Bitcoin? Maybe it's "The Greatest Generation"? Any chance you fit into any three of my mentioned generations? Because Saylor, The Winkelvi and the Mooch all seem to confirm that narrative. Finally, pointing to Elon Musk's lack of integrity as some proof that this is investment will work out great, seems like a real stretch, but you are certainly free to try to connect the dots.

I sometimes wonder if the 125k mark in Bitcoin will ever be seen again. Or, if that was the all-time top. We’ve had everything from “the most crypto friendly administration in the world,” where everyone and their son’s (and wife, #smelania), has pumped this turd through every means possible to Congress’ enacting of the “Genius” act, along with every Boomer brokerage house stuffing this poop pile into every crypto product/ETF they could conceive of, and 125k is all it could do? What’s going to take Bitcoin higher than that? Especially now, when everyone is competing for capital. It seems to me that AI is the “new cool thing” in town and is actually delivering on it’s promise, where as it’s becoming clear that Bitcoin will never offer any of the “benefits,” or live up to the hype that we were promised by the promoters. I remember being told that Bitcoin’s value was so great because it was “backed by the most powerful computer network in the world!” Welp, seems like some of these “computers” currently being developed by Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI etc. may just be slightly more powerful than a computer network that does one thing…tracks the price of Bitcoin. I was also told that with Bitcoin, you could buy a multiple-million dollar house, half-way around the world, in a matter of minutes! Is anyone actually doing that!? No they are not and they never will. Gen Z and Gen Alpha are much too sharp to carry on the charade of acting like Bitcoin is anything other than a big, money-grabbing scam. They’ll let the Boomers, GenX and the Millenials waste all of their free-time trying to convince themselves, and others, of the “value.” When Michael Saylor, The Winklevoss Twins and Scarramucci are your industry’s biggest supporters, you may want to find another industry.

I seem to recall someone posting here recently about their concern for the US’s dwindling munitions. This poster was quickly admonished and ridiculed by the local Politics Thread experts/trolls/TWS’s for having this viewpoint. Welp…turns out Trumpy has the same concerns! Huh, that’s weird! I guess Trump will now be ridiculed as well as he has the same viewpoint. Trump must have a case of TDS? Have we heard that argument yet? Trump Invokes Cold War-Era Law to Boost Munitions Production https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-invokes-cold-war-era-law-to-boost-munitions-production-74a0f37c “I hereby find that conditions exist which may pose a direct threat to the national defense or its preparedness programs,” Trump wrote in a June 11 memo to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Trump cited “limited production capacity, fragile supply chains, long-lead dependencies, and related production bottlenecks.”

Welp, looks like Trump loves the inflation, so I assume all of his supporters now love inflation. Won’t be long before they’re wearing “I Inflation” t-shirts. Even though we all know it’s not really “inflation” it’s just “higher prices.” MAGA!

Too bad @bearprowler6 won’t be back to explain himself, but I’d be curious to know what exactly he thinks he’s “accomplished”! Act like you’re genuinely seeking advice, only to “take on” and ridicule those who took their time to respond, while bragging about your investment returns and early retirement and then sign off. What a huge accomplishment! I guess these are the weak hands that @SafetyinNumbers talks about.

https://www.wsj.com/economy/housing/berkshire-is-convinced-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-will-stay-alive-aede1610 The article states: The deal is one of the first for Berkshire under Abel, who succeeded Warren Buffettin January. Sheryl Palmer, Taylor Morrison’s CEO, told CNBC on Monday that she began negotiations with Abel weeks ago before striking a deal. Buffett told the TV network that he wasn’t involved in the acquisition and praised Abel’s dealmaking prowess. “He has launched,” Buffett said. He has launched?! That’s a funny quote. Queue the rocket emoji?

Are you just trolling here @bearprowler6? You've asked for people's opinion on FFH, and after reading what seemed like many thoughtful responses, you responded with mostly scorn and lambaste. You mention above many reasons why FFh may be temporarily underperforming the market, so the question to you is, how valid are your concerns? If you determine them to be super valid, then it sounds like you should hold or sell. If you think that these concerns aren't so valid, then you should hold or buy. Just because FFH underperformed for 7 years does not make it a law of nature. Just because it happened once doesn't mean it has to happen again. As has been rightly pointed out, the conditions that led to the 7 years of underperformance have been rectified. Certainly you can see that, correct? And if you did decide to sell, what would you buy with your proceeds? Maybe that would tell us more about your thinking. PS - If a 20% correction, in a stock that has gone up hugely over the last few years, is causing you this much inner conflict, perhaps your position size is too big? And with a name like Bearprowler, maybe you are more predisposed to always be looking for the downside? Maybe you should just be in bonds...or in a company that owns lots of bonds...oh wait:) If I were you, I would zoom out to the 5-10 year chart for FFH, and then spend the rest of the day outside:)

It seems to me that @bearprowler6 is asking why the weighing machine and the voting machine aren’t lining up. Most of the responses indicate that investors in FFH believe that the weighing machine is working just fine and the weight is continuing to climb! Now, as to why the voting machine isn’t working right now? Well…who the hell knows…and who cares…that’s the whole point of the voting machine. It can be very wrong at times. I say just keep what you have, and go enjoy your other hobbies. Chances are that you’ll be happy to did nothing in the next 1-3-5 years.

And you very well may be right! Also something a Boomer would say about their Boomercoin. Time will tell.

"It’s a More Secret Version of Bitcoin and It’s on a Tear" Zcash reminds some of bitcoin’s early days—but some see its privacy features as a red flag https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/zcash-crypto-winklevoss-78d71d51?st=TVzAnD&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink “It feels like bitcoin circa 2013,” said Barry Silbert, founder of Digital Currency Group and Grayscale Investments, which set up the first publicly traded bitcoin fund. https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/29/is-bitcoin-dead-here-are-3-reasons-why-it-might-be/ I read another article recently where some younger investors were quoted as saying something along the lines of "Why would I want to buy Bitcoin, which has already increased 11,000% in the past 10 years, when I can buy Z-cash and possibly realize similar returns?"

So Bitcoin is becoming Boomercoin? Apparently the “cool kids” are now into Zcash, because it allows for private transactions. Will be an interesting development to follow.

Interesting article in this weekend’s WSJ from Christopher Mims titled, “The AI Superstars Who Say a ‘Vibe Slop’ Crisis is Coming.” I’m surprised it hasn’t gotten more attention with regards to the Saaspocalypse. The article starts….”Two engineers who built the core of the massively popular OpenClaw AI agent have a stark warning: The artificial intelligence supposedly capable of replacing well-paid software developers is flooding the world with bad, potentially even dangerous, code.” “You have infrastructure that’s falling apart, and you have software that’s now very, very buggy compared to before,” says Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, the agentic harness inside OpenClaw. “We can play this game for a couple more months, or maybe even years, but eventually it will catch up to us.” The article concludes with…”Zechner believes a reckoning is coming. He thinks big companies will soon realize that their overemphasis on AI-produced code is driving up costs and leading to subpar software. ” https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/vibe-coding-slop-ai-tools-e6a99394?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1

Perhaps it’s not a mischaracterization. From today’s WSJ…”Buffett told the WSJ on Monday that he wasn’t involved in Berkshire’s new Delta position. But he said he gave other investment ideas to Abel…”

Great story. So where are you cutting the 1T? You made it sound so simple, that only us naive people couldn’t figure it out. Apparently not even the genius Elon could do it, but that was because of “them,” according to you. Whoever “they” are in your argument. Ps, I don’t need AI, I have NI.

Who is “they” in your scenario? I must be naive. You think there is 1t “hiding” in plain sight? If so, what are you cutting?

Hahahahaha. Hopefully we don’t get NACHO SUPREME! Good god!

From TACO to NACHO? Not a chance Hormuz Opens? People are funny (Ps - it’ll probably open tomorrow)

Only in Magaworld could we watch the price of oil nearly double from $65 to $110 while MAGA tries to own the Libs by pointing out that oil didn’t go to $200!?! Hahahahahaha. Wow, what an “own.” These people must think the rest of us are as dumb as they are. I guess that’s what happens when you get your news from the 3 Stooges of Reality TV…Donald Trump, Joe Rogan and Theo Von. It would be like being at a basketball game, where after the first half, the home team is down by 50 points. And instead of any introspection, the home team’s fans storm the court, cheering in jubilation and pointing to the scoreboard while mocking the visiting team for suggesting that they were going to lose by 100

Let me see if I understand this correctly… Trump vs MAGA Republican’s take: Married 3 times, divorced twice, pays off a porn star while married to current wife - he’s a God loving, family-man “You just grab em by the pussy” - we’re cool with that “Fine people on both sides” at the Charlottesville white supremacy march - we’re ok with that too On John McCain - "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured." - we see no problem with that take Disparages Purple Heart family, adding (after being given a Purple Heart from a supporter) "I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier". - no big deal here Trump mocks a disabled reporter- we’re good with mocking disabled people (after all, it is the 11th commandment ) Calls a black athlete, who takes a knee in protest, a son of a bitch - we’re totally fine with that kind of language Describes Haiti, El Salvador and some African countries as shithole countries - no issue with that comment (remember the Bible talks frequently about avoiding the shithole counties) Trump posts a cartoon depicting himself as Jebus (a mythical man who lives in the sky) - OMG, now he’s gone too far, we are totally outraged and will stand up for what we believe in!! So apparently their moral compass points somewhere between pussy grabbing and cartoon Jesus. What a bunch of fine “Christians” we have in this country.

Wow, so a fake Christian posting a picture depicting himself as a make believe guy who lives in the sky is a bridge too far for these people?! They are the new Snowflakes! So sensitive. Hopefully Charlie Hebdo doesn’t make into a cartoon.

Hahahahaha. Yea, I can’t remember, are we still in Biden’s economy or is this Trump’s economy?! Remember when Trump said we’d be winning so much that we’d all be sick of winning!? Hahahaha.

CPI going up under a Democrat President = Definitely inflation…definitely their fault CPI going up under Republican President = Well, that’s just prices going up, and definitely not their fault. Huge difference.

Does anyone remember the Benghazi attack, when Republicans acted like they cared about Americans being put in harm's way? That was real cute. If they had any integrity, they would be sure to investigate this fuck-up. But probably not, because they don't have Hillary to blame. Maybe Trey Gowdy can put together a committee. Instead we get to rely on what the alcoholic, former Fox news guy has to say. What's the saying...How do you know if an alcoholic is lying? They are talking. Army survivors of deadly attack in Kuwait dispute Pentagon's account https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/army-survivors-deadly-attack-kuwait-114728216.html