https://www.psypost.org/2022/06/attractiveness-is-associated-with-the-belief-that-economic-success-is-dependent-on-individual-effort-rather-than-external-circumstances-63312

Attractiveness is associated with the belief that economic success is dependent on individual effort, rather than external circumstances

Physical attractiveness is associated with many positive outcomes – greater happiness, higher wages, better jobs, and even higher cognitive outcomes. According to a recent study published in Economics and Human Biology, beauty is also associated with lower support for redistribution. Attractive individuals are more likely to attribute economic success to individual effort, as opposed to external circumstances.

Studies examining the association between looks and political preferences have found that attractive people are more supportive of right-wing parties. Researchers have interpreted this result by suggesting that by earning more money, attractive people become less favorable toward redistribution and more supportive of right-wing politics. In this work, Andrea Fazio adds to this finding by explicitly testing the relation between beauty and individual support for income redistribution...

 

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What a load.  Everyone knows that economic success is dependent on bitcoin ownership.

 

 It works out to ~US$54/lb for this meat "substitute".   I'll stick to pork rinds for my preferred (cheap) source of carry-around crunchy protein - it can also be locally farmed and fed pretty much anything!

 

  Because I'm only concerned about your use of the term "hatters"

 Why you gotta be like that? 

 Vegetables?!  Are you on a health food diet now?

NB: Image size was over 2.5Mb so wouldn't display. I compressed it but did not alter the dimensions.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/paypal-enables-transfer-of-digital-currencies-to-external-wallets

 PayPal enables transfer of digital currencies to external wallets
The move comes after nearly two years since PayPal enabled users to buy and sell crypto on its platform.


PayPal enables transfer of digital currencies to external wallets

After rolling out the ability to buy and sell crypto on its platform in October 2020, PayPal is finally allowing users the ability to natively transfer, send and receive digital assets between PayPal and other wallets and exchanges. As of Tuesday, the feature is available to select U.S. users, with the feature expanding to all eligible U.S. users in the coming weeks. The first batch of supported coins consists of Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC).

In addition, customers who transfer their crypto onto PayPal can spend it via Checkout at millions of merchant terminals. The company has been granted a full Bitlicense by the New York Department of Financial Services for the conduct.

Users would simply need to log in to their accounts and enter the crypto section of the application to start transferring transfer coins. Users are generally required to complete a one-time ID verification before the procedure.

Crypto transfers to recipients outside of PayPal would incur a network fee based on their respective blockchains, but transfers between PayPal users will not incur such fees. To protect users' privacy, the firm generates a new recipient address for each transaction into one's PayPal account. PayPal will also not charge fees for incoming transfers,

The company is also working to integrate other forms of cryptocurrency services, such as central bank digital currencies, to boost its digital footprint. It is also exploring the possibility of launching its own stablecoin, dubbed "PayPal Coin." The discovery came after a developer found evidence of such a stablecoin within the source code of the company's iPhone app.

 The funny thing about that is, the default graphs only go back to Jan 2021 so they can make their comparison between bitcoin and the US dollar.  Funny how the graph seems to coincide with their point until you zoom out a bit and then...

 

 The graph only goes back to somewhere in 2015 for bitcoin but it seems as though you can afford nearly an infinite number of eggs now with your 2015 bitcoin whereas the volatility of eggs prices in US dollars is unbelievable going from a high of $2.96 to a low of $1.20  and back again in a rollercoaster-like fashion!  How is a homemaker supposed to budget groceries with that sort of volatility?!  Fuck you FRED for the disinformation (which for those of you who don't yet know is  purposeful misinformation).

 

Done!

 Edit: Oh eye see.

Is this not part of the "Cyber Attack Event Day" festivities?

 I stopped paying in 2017 when they enacted a ban on VPNs.  

This article is hilarious.  I'm only posting the "reasons" because the article is quite long but there is an explanation for each reason if you follow the url:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/why-you-should-sell-your-bitcoin

WHY YOU SHOULD SELL YOUR BITCOIN
21 + 21 more reasons why you should sell all of your bitcoin now.
ALEKSANDAR SVETSKI

If you are panicking right about now, I implore you, in fact, I urge you to sell all of your bitcoin now. All of it.

No this is not a joke.

This article is not some trading analysis, pick-me-up full of hopium or copium.

This is going to outline a series of straight up facts and reasons why you should dump your bitcoin, especially before it goes any lower. Because believe me, it will.

Nature is healing.

42 Reasons to sell your Bitcoin:

1. If you believe it won’t go lower:

2. If you believe it won’t go higher:

3. If you believe in 14-year-old tea-leave analysts with large Twitter accounts:

4. The government cares about you:

5. "Some other crypto is going to take over”

6. Bitcoin is about “muh gainz:”

7. If you’re A16Z:

8. If you’re Conbase:

9. That blockchain is some kind of “underlying technology:”

10. That it’s Bitcoin and Crypto:

11. That bitcoin is democratic:

12. If you believe NFTs are art:

13. If you think PoS > PoW:

14. If you think Bitcoin wastes energy:

15. If you think ESG is about anything other than more political power and waste:

16. That bitcoin is about “equality:”

17. If you’re ready to own nothing and be happy:

18. If you want to live in the beta verse:

19. If you want to remain plugged into The Matrix:

20. If you want to be the lowest version of yourself:

21. If you believe in The Great Reset:

22. If you believe in the World Economic Forum and the rest of the three-letter agencies:

23. If you think $69,000 was the top:

24. If you think $600 to $300 is any different from $60,000 to $30,000:

25. If you think $42,000 was the bottom:

26. If you’re still watching Real Vision:

27. If you think “Toxic Maximalism” is a problem:

28. If you have posters of Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Paul Krugman on your wall:

29. If you’re an academic:

30. If you’re a progressive or Marxist Bitcoiner (whatever the fuck that means):

31. If you believe the “inflation is transitory:”

32. If you eat Beyond Meat:

33. If you “trust the science:”

34. If you believe any of this is normal:

35. If you think that “this time it’s different:”

36. If you think politics comes before economics:

37. If you think political decree can outcompete physical reality:

38. If you think the map is the territory:

39. If you believe complex systems can be modeled:

40. That transforming the world was going to be easy:

41. If your name is Peter Schiff, Raoul Pal, Elon Musk, Mark Cuban or Lex Fridman:

42. If you think I’m joking:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski

 Most of what they call "crypto" does actually belong in that garbage can imho.  No time to change it to "bitcoin" though.

 This is why it behooves us to make this planet virtually uninhabitable and as quickly as possible.  I'll do my part by firing up the coal-fired furnace and smelting my obsolete Canadian pennies into novelty physical representations of bitcoins to impress friends and family.  I'll even use high-sulphur-content coal to acidify the watershed.  Wait, aliens bleed acid don't they... alright scratch that. 

zakiluck is prompt and reliable as always.  Great service.

 Hard to believe they're still flush with used underwear.

 That's a bastardized version of what Henry David Thoreau wrote in "Walden".

 A few years back I had planned to visit Walden pond where he sequestered himself for a couple of years on Emerson's property but I found out that the cabin he built for himself had been dismantled and while a replica had been built by local artisans, it wasn't in the original location... well, that and the fact that nobody else who was with me was interested in going half an hour out of our way to see it.  I was trying to simplify, simplify, simplify and instead I found myself at yet another fancy mall browsing overpriced stuff and dining at the Cheesecake factory.  Oh well, at least I found Bitcoin.

 I may have mentioned this before but my favourite Thoreau quote is:

 Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.  

 Top Gun what now? (kidding.  If I wasn't waiting for an arborist, I'd be catching the matinee today)  36 years though...

 Reminds me of waiting for the second Star Wars; I forgot all about it.  Back then, 3 years was an eternity!

 Mission Impossible is proving impossible as well - pushed into 2023.

 I can imagine that nomadic lifestyle would be tough on a family.  The only monetary nomad I know of was McAfee and it didn't turn out well for him - he was always running.  Maybe his plan was 75 and out though.  Who knows?