Now you’re just some creep with this underwear on the outside (What’s not to like?)

June 2021

“There has been a sharp turn in fortune for the cryptocurrency bitcoin, which has cratered in value in recent weeks amid crackdowns from China and the Internal Revenue Service. The cryptocurrency has also found an unlikely critic in Donald Trump, who called bitcoin a ‘scam’ in a recent appearance on the Fox Business Network. I would’ve thought Trump would be a huge fan of bitcoin. I mean, it’s a way to both hide dirty money and destroy the environment at the same time. What’s not to like?” —Trevor Noah

“But keep in mind, just because Trump calls it a scam doesn’t mean that he’s against it. It just means that he’s probably working on his own version. Like I say there’s a 99% chance that by the end of the year, he’s going to introduce the Trump coin. It might look like a Chuck-E-Cheese token, and you can only use it at Chuck-E-Cheese, but that’s called the blockchain.” —Trevor Noah

“Bitcoin’s value also plummeted thanks to news on Monday that the justice department seized 63.7 bitcoins, the equivalent of $2.7m, half the ransom paid by Colonial pipeline to Russian hackers following a ransomware attack that crippled gas lines in the south-eastern US. This a huge blow for bitcoin’s reputation, as the currency’s signature is its supposed untraceability. I mean, bitcoin without untracebility is like Superman without any powers. Now you’re just some creep with this underwear on the outside.” —Trevor Noah

“Bitcoin is facing a lot of headwinds right now, from increased regulation to the FBI tracking it around the internet like it’s a black guy in a department store.” —Trevor Noah

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”