pirateat40 (OP)
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"Yes I am a pirate, 200 years too late."
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January 19, 2012, 08:15:48 PM |
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So I should start dating your other sister? Why yes, she is healing up nicely from the last user. She should be ready soon.
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copumpkin
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I'm actually a pineapple
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January 19, 2012, 08:15:58 PM |
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So I should start dating your other sister? Nah, I've got them both. Mormonism is great.
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ineededausername
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January 19, 2012, 08:16:17 PM |
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So I should start dating your other sister? I demand that pirate gets a new sister, so I can date her. xD
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(BFL)^2 < 0
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copumpkin
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January 19, 2012, 08:16:27 PM |
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So I should start dating your other sister? Why yes, she is healing up nicely from the last user. She should be ready soon. Dammit, we need to agree on our stories before posting here!
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chungenhung
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January 19, 2012, 08:30:40 PM |
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people tend to assume that everyone just deposit and don't ever withdraw. If that is the case, pirate would have at least tens of thousands of BTC. investors do withdraw. I know I do.
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January 19, 2012, 08:35:14 PM |
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Ok, now you have gotten me curious. Why do you withdraw?
To use the BTC for other purposes.
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terrytibbs
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January 19, 2012, 08:39:56 PM |
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You see, I've read all the pages, and I've yet to find posts which cover all of the concerns I've issued lately.
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pirateat40 (OP)
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January 19, 2012, 08:40:52 PM |
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New Poll
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notme
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January 19, 2012, 08:45:27 PM |
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You see, I've read all the pages, and I've yet to find posts which cover all of the concerns I've issued lately. Seriously, If you want to invest, do your own research. If you're just trolling, GTFO. We're all happy here, and we are well aware of the risks we are taking.
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Eveofwar
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January 19, 2012, 08:47:13 PM |
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New Poll
In all seriousness, I hope you're joking.
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pirateat40 (OP)
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January 19, 2012, 08:48:02 PM |
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New Poll
In all seriousness, I hope you're joking. Of course, just trolling my own thread.
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BTCurious
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January 19, 2012, 08:49:47 PM |
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New Poll
In all seriousness, I hope you're joking. No, it's for real! You get 1% per day, but can never withdraw it. Still, you get 1% per day, that's pretty good, no?
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BurtW
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January 19, 2012, 08:50:31 PM |
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I just cannot decide how to vote on that new poll. It kind of remindes me of a US presidential election. Which scum to you want, pick one.
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copumpkin
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January 19, 2012, 08:51:02 PM Last edit: January 19, 2012, 09:09:45 PM by copumpkin |
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You see, I've read all the pages, and I've yet to find posts which cover all of the concerns I've issued lately. Fair enough. There's really no way to prove you _aren't_ a ponzi scheme without having everyone withdraw at once, and even then the scammer could just pay out all withdrawals, build confidence by doing so, and then steal money later. Anecdotal withdrawal evidence doesn't show anything, as the withdrawals are easily paid with other deposits. Given that there's no way someone can be as profitable as pirateat40 while also being transparent, either we can assume he's a scammer and not invest with him, refuse to lend unless he becomes more transparent (thus curbing earning potential if he isn't a scammer), or just deal with the risk and accept the exceptional potential profits for what is certainly a risky business. I choose the last of those three, and so do many other people. Bitcoin is an economy like we've never seen before. It's volatile, highly (pseudo/ano)nymous, and completely unregulated. This leads to lots of scams, but can also give us crazy profits. But you can't try to force it into standard expectations from real-world companies. Transparency is optional here, and the best you can do if you don't like it is to not invest with him. If you come here preaching at us and telling us it's risky, it just comes across as condescending, as if we haven't thought about this before. I lend a _lot_ of money to pirateat40, and sure, the thought of him running with it does cross my mind. I've decided that the risk is worth it, and lend to him anyway. Perhaps I'm irrational and/or greedy, but I don't think you're going to help with any of that. Maybe you'll successfully convince some people here to withdraw from him because you've pointed out that there's no free lunch, and that's good because we don't want people naively thinking they can get high profits with no (or even low) risk. But when they pull out and open up more capacity, those of us who are more risk-tolerant and who can afford to play a bit more are just going to jump in.
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BTCurious
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January 19, 2012, 08:55:26 PM |
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Fair enough. There's really no way to prove you _aren't_ a ponzi scheme without having everyone withdraw at once, and even then the scammer could just pay out all withdrawals, build confidence by doing so, and then steal money later. To be fair, he'd have to supply all the interest rate out of his own pocket temporarily. If he doesn't actually run any business, that might be difficult. Or not.
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BTCurious
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January 19, 2012, 08:58:04 PM |
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Let's never do withdrawals. All in favor, say Yes (or Oui, Ja, or Si).
Motion passed with 10 votes in favor, and zero votes against.
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pirateat40 (OP)
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January 19, 2012, 08:58:37 PM |
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Let's never do withdrawals. All in favor, say Yes (or Oui, Ja, or Si).
Motion passed with 10 votes in favor, and zero votes against.
Witnessed
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Matthew N. Wright
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January 19, 2012, 09:02:20 PM |
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Let's never do withdrawals. All in favor, say Yes (or Oui, Ja, or Si).
Motion passed with 10 votes in favor, and zero votes against.
Witnessed Double witnessed and signed with an ASCII dick https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=60289.20
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chungenhung
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January 19, 2012, 09:04:55 PM |
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what? so now all four options are "yes", and only one option is "no".
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