arsCynic
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arsCynic@beehaw.orgOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?33·1 day ago“Cryptocurrencies are a tool, similar to how money is a tool. You can’t blame money itself for all the scummy shit done using it, similarly for cryptocurrencies.”
A knife is a tool. Knives can be used for food and violence. However, knives do not persuade their users to buy as many knives as they can, they do not incentivize manipulating others to do so too, nor do knives inherently encourage violence. The exact opposite is true for crypto"currencies" because these are multi-level marketing pyramid schemes. As soon as one joins the Crypto Cult one benefits from recruiting new members—often by indoctrination and/or demagoguery.
arsCynic@beehaw.orgOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?27·1 day ago“I guess some random HN user is smarter than the research arms of these companies who are all building on and utilizing crypto”
List of fallacies in the aforementioned statement:
“I don’t have venmo, so I don’t use it. I don’t get mad when somebody offers it.”
Venmo is not a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme, all crypto"currencies" are[1].
“The only example of cryptocurrency not being a misnomer is TU Delft’s blockchain euro [15]. But if it is practical remains to be seen since Africa has superior payment alternatives that don’t require blockchain at all—which I address further down.” —Crypto Cult Science ↩︎
arsCynic@beehaw.orgOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?214·1 day ago“Depending on where users are located, it might be the only realistic option they have if they want to donate.”
Could you give us an example of such a location please?
“Besides, traditional payment systems like PayPal, MasterCard, Visa etc are all problematic in their own right.”
arsCynic@beehaw.orgOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?26·1 day ago“There’s a legitimate use for crypto, to support something you use and (probably) enjoy, and you want them to remove it to set a good example?”
Of course they should remove it, for it is the moral thing to do. The only legitimate use is donating to entities who have their access to a bank account removed, e.g., whistle blowers, Z-Library, et cetera. In any other case it is an unethical instrument that brings out the worst in humanity.
“All of this existed (except the bit about nazi coins) already.”
arsCynic@beehaw.orgOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Should Lemmy stop accepting crypto"currencies" as donations?69·2 days agoThis whataboutism is probably the most used fallacy within the crypto"currency" sphere. If A and B cause cancer, and A was first, it doesn’t follow that B is less malignant.
Quoted from my Crypto Cult Science essay linked in the original post:
“Strong currencies are not the solution to poor governance. Good governance and democracy makes a country and its currency strong. Not vice versa.” —halukakin, HackerNews, 2021
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What task would you excel in if you lived in the Stone Age?21·7 days agoEating the rich—if they tried.
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arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What was a fact taught to you in school that has been proven false during your lifetime?72·10 days agoThat adults are mature and know what they are doing.
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arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What's the scariest film you've ever seen?English11·13 days ago- The Exorcist (1973).
- Funny Games (1997).
- Eden Lake (2008).
- Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008).
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arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Whats been the toughest addiction to beat for you?4·2 months agoSitting down too much. It took four lumbagos in three years to finally get the point.
I don’t write as much anymore unfortunately, but the huge upside is that, after two decades of not being able to do so, I can finally squat again with heels planted without tipping over. A proper Slav squat. Practicing this almost daily for nearly a year has improved my foundational skateboarding skills significantly. And I simply feel more youthful too.
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What single sentence comment can you leave to prove you're a real human and not an AI Lemmy bot?English2·2 months agoAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 🤓🥧🥧🍞🥧🍞🥧☕🥧🙃🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🏤🏡🏤🏗️🏭jdnfjdnndndnrnrjdnfiififijrnrnrnhahahajahhahajnnnnnnndjdj8993949858599!+ will wake the neighbours. Please please please don’t hurt me.
What?
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Is it just me, or is the whole world in a bad mood?5·3 months agoStart skateboarding 🛹, it helps.
Almost without fail, every service that touches creeptocurrencies goes into a decline.
Don’t expect Proton to make virtuous ethical choices anytime soon, especially now that Trump joined the cult. Once the greed bug has bitten, making a profit supersedes delivering a good product as the primary objective.
Crypto Cult Science
“Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely. Disregarding all of bitcoin’s shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won’t change the world for the better.” —https://www.arscyni.cc/file/crypto_cult_science.htmlhttps://fosstodon.org/@stardust/112404108681755769
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•After you blow your nose, do you look in the tissue?5·3 months agoBlood is most likely just a minor nosebleed due to nosepicking or simply vulnerable tissue. No need for panic. If it happens more often than not, then simply check with a doctor. And still no need for panic.
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Telegram Shared Data of Thousands of Users After CEO’s Arrest61·3 months agoTelegram used to be so darn satisfying to use years ago, but as soon as they started peddling a crypto"currency" it all went downhill. Deleted my account a month ago.
Wouldn’t be surprised if a chubby man with a beard made this.
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Privacy@lemmy.ml•SimpleX > Signal; Matrix for privacy and anti-censorship82·4 months agoHorrible name choice though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_simplex_virus
arsCynic@beehaw.orgto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What do you think about this approach to social networks?English41·4 months agoDue to the explosion of AI generated content I feel this applies to the Web in general. I rarely read or engage with anything anymore because what’s the point.
Same, one of my all-time favourites.
Fair enough.
Guess I’ll simply parry with fallacy fallacy fallacy—quoting from your linked Wiki: “That one can invoke the argument from fallacy against a position does not prove one’s own position either, as this would also be an argument from fallacy”.
Your latter argument for the crypto cult is that the others are problematic too, therefore it’s okay to join the cult. This invalid reasoning renders the entire conclusion void. I did not claim your conclusion is false, only that your reasoning is invalid.
There’s no expiration date on logical reasoning.