Here let me explain. In Tennessee there is a saying. Well, we say it in Texas but I think they say it everywhere:

Fool me one time, shame on you, fool two times…. Fool me can’t get fooled again!

Naw, I won’t get fooled again!

O lord that is foul

I’ll have to look it up! I’ve never heard of a chubby emu! Only chubby bunny!

Oooo! That is very interesting 👀 glad you’re feeling better!

I use the trail mix philosophy in most situations:

Eat the best item first and then all you’re left with is the best of what is left. Ie - eat all the m&ms first 🤣

Purple is a fruit!

Well put! If they put the nuance in the title though, why would I click 🤣

Nice, thank you! That one worked!

Also, after reading, I have noting to rebut, I thought it was a balanced take.

My main thought is reflected in the article, which is basically privacy good, and that you can’t have the good without the bad. To me, that doesn’t make Monero something that shouldn’t exist, society just needs to accept that enabling privacy preservation comes with trade offs.

I think my only bone to pick here is that it throws all illicit usage of crypto in the same category, which just isn’t a good mental model. DNMs are just not bad for society on the same level that hundreds of millions of hacked money flowing in to North Korea’s missile program is. DNMs I feel like are a neutral force because in many ways they help reduce harm as it relates to drugs while also causing new harm through the dark SaSS products sold on there. NK building nukes is pure bad.

Link didn’t open for me, which is a shame because I wanted to rebut this 👀

Look- as a person who does use AI for work, I can say that AI is peak AI theater. It’s useful for a handful of stuff, but the rest is parlor tricks to help the big labs raise more money.

They kinda look like a cute gay couple in this picture