My goodness, this is fantastic. https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanhaidt/p/we-are-the-slop?r=7ew6d&utm_medium=ios

I don’t know how this shakes out, but we are in the era of streaming hell.

I started learning about bitcoin in 2021 and learned this lesson while hanging out in bitcoin rooms on Clubhouse. Clubhouse was kind of a flash in the pan but it came at the right time for me because I learned a ton.

Yeah, I’ve heard of that. Makes me nervous.

It’s a 15 year old Hyundai Santa Fe. 155k miles. In good shape it’s maybe worth 4500 private sale. Half that for trade in. Less in its current state (caliper failed and ruins rotors and pads. Also has a coolant leak.) Was hoping to get a ridgeline for my next car. I need something with some clearance for driving two tracks when I’m hunting and something some space for my kids hockey gear and the occasional lumber purchase. So needs to be a small truck or another crossover type car. Preferably a truck. In an ideal world I would’ve gotten another five years out of this, given it to my kid when she turns 16, and then spent that time saving for the ridgeline. I could probably sell enough to at least cover a down payment on a used ridgeline that’s only a few years old. My concern with going with something too old is that I have very little mechanical knowledge of cars. So I’d be worried about buying something older that either I can’t evaluate the state that it’s currently in (bc I lack the knowledge and end up getting screwed) or that is going to give me the same issues as the one I currently have (bc it’s older and has many miles and things just start breaking). So basically, it wouldn’t make sense to unload this for another car in the 5-8k range. I should drop the 1300 to get the current one fixed and cross my fingers. So it’s kind of between drop the 1300 and hope or drop some btc on something that I can (probably) get a lot more time and miles out of.

My vehicle is on its way out I think. For the last few years every 5k has resulted in a $1000 to $1500 repair. It needs another one now. So I’m considering unloading it. Money is tight and a large car payment isn’t something we can really do right now. I’ve considered selling some btc to offset some of the cost. Without going into too many details, I’m looking for advice or perspectives on a couple things. One, selling seems to be a pain from a tax perspective in terms of computing the gains on the btc I sell. Has anyone gone through this? I don’t have much, but what I have is on cold storage. So I would have to sign up for an exchange and sell it there? Is this stupid? Should I just avoid this at all costs?

Yep

Most people don’t want to know what is true. They want someone to parrot back to them what they already think is true.