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April 18, 2013, 12:05:39 PM |
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This spot wasn't entirely bad. At least they pointed 'Bitcoin is money.' Any speculative trader would have keyed in on the 260, 56, 100, 90 volatility, and if they are a risk taker, might come on board.
+1. There is no such thing as bad publicity, and it's a comedy show after all.
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April 18, 2013, 01:25:13 PM |
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E-mail sent... telling him to mention bitcoinstore.com next time he's asked what to spend bitcoins on. I laughed a bit, but agree no need to mention drugs & porn... do we mention those for Euros and other currencies when discussed? Have there been any statistics put together on industry dollars being spent? So that we can put a nice chart to show that legitimate businesses are taking over illegal industries yet?
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April 18, 2013, 01:28:55 PM |
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I laughed a bit, but agree no need to mention drugs & porn... do we mention those for Euros and other currencies when discussed?
Has it ever been possible to order drugs from your own home without getting caught before by sending pseudo-anonymous internet fun bucks? It's a relevant topic, especially for the Colbert crowd (mostly libertarian college students).
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April 18, 2013, 05:10:26 PM |
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"sorry but this video is unavailable from your location" ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif) "This video contains content from Viacom, who has blocked it on copyright grounds." ![Angry](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/angry.gif)
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April 18, 2013, 05:14:02 PM Last edit: April 18, 2013, 07:22:05 PM by Matthew N. Wright |
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Please update OP with the one I watched from Korea: http://www.vidhog.com/ix6wrlkcdbe0
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April 18, 2013, 06:01:39 PM |
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That was pretty funny
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April 18, 2013, 06:22:20 PM |
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I think it was good. It seemed to me that Colbert was laughing at the guest because the guest was trying to downplay Bitcoin. Strangely, he did not feature someone who supports Bitcoin. Colbert position is very interesting regarding this. He was being very careful about what he said. Neither, did I hear any criticism from his side regarding the currency itself. His "closer" seemed to me as though he wanted to show that the guest's opinion was really of target and he actually accomplished that at least for me. Good news, Colbert is for it!
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April 18, 2013, 07:12:42 PM |
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Updated, thanks. Had no problem for me grabbing the official one but not everyone has the same viewing abilities. @Meow, agreed.
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Oh Loaded, who art up in Mt. Gox, hallowed be thy name! Thy dollars rain, thy will be done, on BTCUSD. Give us this day our daily 10% 30%, and forgive the bears, as we have bought their bitcoins. And lead us into quadruple digits
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April 18, 2013, 08:02:50 PM |
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To me, this was a disguised thumbs-up for bitcoin from Colbert.
He kept Davidson off-guard the whole time by asking good questions.
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April 18, 2013, 09:16:20 PM |
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Once again, comedy is wasted on bitcoiners. I loved it.
This. Anyone who thinks this was bad should probably never try to promote Bitcoin to the general public because with your complete lack of social understanding you will do more harm than good.
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April 18, 2013, 11:01:16 PM Last edit: April 19, 2013, 07:40:56 AM by beckspace |
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Great mise-en-scène between the two. Very clever and fast. I laughed.
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April 18, 2013, 11:33:59 PM |
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E-mail sent... telling him to mention bitcoinstore.com next time he's asked what to spend bitcoins on. I laughed a bit, but agree no need to mention drugs & porn... do we mention those for Euros and other currencies when discussed? Have there been any statistics put together on industry dollars being spent? So that we can put a nice chart to show that legitimate businesses are taking over illegal industries yet? Oh, crap. Just reminded me that NPR did a radio piece on Bitcoin and the reporter completely trashed Bitcoin. What's ridiculous is that this reporter stated, "If you are the kind of person that has a headache thinking about the idea of 'What is money' then you shouldn't be involved in Bitcoin." Going further the reporter stated, "If you are a reporter that that gets the same headache thinking about the concept of money you have no business reporting on Bitcoin." After he completely trashes Bitcoin he outs himself by stating, "I am one of those reporters where my brain hurts when thinking about the concept of money." So many conventional thinkers throwing stones in their glass houses.
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"Bitcoin has been an amazing ride, but the most fascinating part to me is the seemingly universal tendency of libertarians to immediately become authoritarians the very moment they are given any measure of power to silence the dissent of others." - The Bible
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April 19, 2013, 01:36:14 AM |
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All publicity is good publicity -- Anyone who hears about Bitcoin, even if in a negative connotation, has a chance to go online and do some of their own research. Those leaning libertarian enough will then decide to make an entrance.
The problem with ALL the Planet Money reporters is that they don't view Bitcoin as a currency, but rather a commodity. That's why its nothing but bash pieces coming out of NPR.
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April 19, 2013, 03:18:42 AM |
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To me, this was a disguised thumbs-up for bitcoin from Colbert.
He kept Davidson off-guard the whole time by asking good questions.
This was a complete thumbs-up from Colbert; if anything he was a little apprehensive because it goes too far. First, he discloses his bias that 'I am heavily invested in something called Bitcoin'. Dwarves = cypherpunk software tinkers Mithril = cryptographic protocols which protect against an unlimited amount of violence (TrueCrypt, TOR, etc.) Durin's Bane, Balroq = the completely free market or crypto-anarchy He bashes fiat currency and the fractional reserve banking system; the Euro and GameStop. He made complete fun of the volatility but played the one clip from a Bitcoin proponent that argued this was a long-term trend and not a fly by night fad. So did Colbert buy it early or at the height of the bubble? Davidson played completely into Colbert's strategy for growing Bitcoin. How many of the 1.9m in Colbert's demographics are going to become Bitcoin users for Silk Road? And Colbert gets a use case of Bitcoin: 'Nobody buys drugs with a credit card man.' Then he lampoons NPR's relevance to the overall economy with 'If Bitcoin gets there (NPR) then we know Bitcoin has made it'. What is money? Based on faith (subjective value theory). He needed Davidson on to be the 'negative' side and he probably chose Davidson because he could easily manipulate him into answering the questions the way he wanted them answered. So, overall, it looks like Colbert is a big Bitcoin proponent and laid out a very compelling case for it to his audience.
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April 19, 2013, 03:41:13 AM |
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Once again, comedy is wasted on bitcoiners. I loved it.
This. Anyone who thinks this was bad should probably never try to promote Bitcoin to the general public because with your complete lack of social understanding you will do more harm than good. +1. I was expecting something really bad after seeing all the reviews. This was pretty good; I predict Colbert will have someone else on at some point who is positive toward Bitcoin. Gavin, perhaps? "So YOU'RE the Ben Bernanke of Bitcoin!"
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April 19, 2013, 04:03:01 AM |
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Believe it or not, Colbert actually seemed pretty positive on Bitcoin here... The devils advocate he played this time was seemingly on the side of Bitcoin. Very exciting ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
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April 19, 2013, 06:09:34 AM |
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Oh Loaded, who art up in Mt. Gox, hallowed be thy name! Thy dollars rain, thy will be done, on BTCUSD. Give us this day our daily 10% 30%, and forgive the bears, as we have bought their bitcoins. And lead us into quadruple digits
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April 19, 2013, 08:15:01 AM |
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I predict that Colbert will mention the change in price that we are currently experiencing, and claim that is was caused by the 'Colbert bump'
If he does, I would consider it good press.
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