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Yet another dying content provider desperately trolling for page hits.  Resist the urge to feed it.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/05/30/bitcoins-are-just-the-worst-idea-ever.aspx

That headline was so last year. I'm not even going to bother wasting my time reading it.

Trust me, you made a good decision.  There is more insight to be gained from 5 minutes of staring at your ceiling than from reading that article.

Yeap I am stupid enough to click on the link and wasted 5 minutes of my life :( .  I think the prejudice they have against Bitcoin really runs deepppppp

Such as a stupid article, does the author actually get paid for the garbage or is it just a user submission?

There's no longer any such thing as journalists who no longer "get" Bitcoin. There are only late adopters trolling for a lower entry point.

Read it all. What a foolish journalist.

Lol i'm finding it hard to resist the urge... I'm like the kid who goes and does what he's told not to do. Even though I know its for my own good.

The worst 'piece' I've ever read on the Fool.  Utterly worthless.

You can buy GOLD with Btc.If you can buy a currency that is as liquid as gold with BTC, then there is no other way to slice it! It's a currency.

And you're not even going to do us the favor of quoting a few excerpts? Almost sounds like you want the article to get hits.  :P

Motley Fool was discredited back in 2000 for the investment strategy they advocated called the Foolish Four.  They have been aimless and irrelevant ever since.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolish_Four

If you can't resist reading the Motley Fool piece, and want to rinse your mouth out afterwards, here is the perfect antidote from Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-30/bitcoin-the-perfect-schmuck-insurance.html

I felt unclean after reading it...and going through it again for excerpts seemed more unpleasant and futile than sifting barehanded in search of diamonds through a pile of rhino dung.

Then again, perhaps the contrarian investor in me subconsciously wants to him to stay employed and keep writing negative articles...feeding the proverbial wall of worry.

Chamath Palihapitiya!  Two Thumbs Up!  That's the best I can do unless I take off my shoes!  His is a great piece!

To help him, the secret Bitcoin Headquarters is built inside the extinct volcano on this island:

http://dejareviewer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/syndrome-has-his-secret-headquarters-on-a-tropical-island-where-no-governments-can-control-him.jpg

I know exactly what's going on, how much can I get paid for posting that? ;)

I know what's going on...Gentlemen BEHOLD!

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101230210922/athfwiki/images/d/d4/Athfeprabbot.png

What's their to feed
Regulations Taxation get a seal and were done here


That was refreshing thanks

+1

That, next to your boxing lolcat... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Scanned his other articles, one stood out in which he bigs up the Xbox One.

He clearly has a feel for market sentiment doesn't he?

He writes what he's paid to write.

I suspect you could beat any index by doing exactly the opposite of what the MF tells you to do.

Are you sure that this article is not written in pure irony?

Well... in his defense he is disclosing that he is a fool. And posting at fool.com.
I think his foolishness is spot on.  ;)

LMAO!

Look at all the pageviews you are giving them!

I refused to click on the link.

Motley Fool has long been a joke, they were one of the original newsletter scammers and their business model has not changed, as the OP states the headline is trolling for clicks like this is 2003

This journalist is probably also someone who in 1990 said, "The internet is stupid. Who would use something like that? Worst idea ever."

No, this article is the worst idea ever. Not even the jokes are funny. And it seems to mostly be an attempt at humor.


Wow, it's amazing how misinformed they are.

I don't expect much from the fool though. They are just a scam to get you to pay them for their overpriced and probably randomly picked stock tips.

Their trolling "articles" are notoriously useless. I always leave unsavory comments because the next person can see them, and lo and behold I've seen others do the same thing. I'm not gonna click on the link, but if anyone does, at least leave a comment to offset the page view ;)

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I would have been incensed had I actually given that author a click and then read this drivel.

It's amazing, the mindset of folks unable to comprehend that ideas, technology, art, and all manner of abstract things can be just as important, valuable and real as material objects. It's almost like dealing with children, and particularly dull ones at that.