Your posts on this board since allegedly going blind suggest otherwise.
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Geez, you sure need things explained to you multiple times over, don't you?
Bitcoin is now at 470,000 THB. WTF is going on? If I did my math correctly, the market cap just increased by another $40 billion USD in less than 24 hours.
WTF?
It's to be hoped, Matt, that no-one's emptied your wallet
And in other Australian news, the Australian Stock Exchange has announced its moving its trading systems to a blockchain - https://www.wsj.com/articles/austral...cks-1512618995 - a move to facilitate less expensive trading and retard fraud
I develop commercial wallet software for a living. I'm pretty sure I know how to keep my funds safe. :)
What???? Do you have any idea of how stupid you just sounded? So if Joe meets with myself and Leo over dinner and a few beers, and confirms we're all real, you'll still not believe me?
I don't know... gotta love living in a world of alternative facts I guess?
PS. By no means am I a millionaire. I've been trying to get that through NIrish's skull for a while now. Just because I work in the bitcoin space doesn't make me rich. It just means I work in the bitcoin space. Same as just because someone works on Wall St. doesn't mean they're rich. It just means they work on Wall St.
Ive never implied you were a millionaire, I merely flagged up that one minute you're talking about getting paid in and so then owning multiple Bitcoins which today are worth $14000 or so, then in the next breath you talk about not having enough money to go for dinner until you next get paid. Or you talk about buying Million Baht visas and motorbikes etc, but then again in the next post claim poverty again.
So, dont blame me that many of your stories ( true or otherwise) seem to be all over the place when it comes to the believability factor so as all I've ever done is ask you to clarify WHICH side of the stories are true. As apparently you have gone from rags to riches and back again to riches ( and back again) and now to comfortable ( with ONE Bitcoin being worth $14000 and still just comfortable !? wow) with over a period of months now, all the while holding Bitcoin which of course have done nothing but rise in value over that time.
So, sorry, not my fault when what you say doesn't make much sense to the rest of us sometimes as I can never quite work out are you saying it "as a story" or as you ARE all over the place as you claim in that regard OR that you're doing it for laugh and to get a rise out of people as you love the attention, I'm still unsure which of those 3 things are true and I'm guessing it's a mixture of all three perhaps - and that includes most of your other stories too BTW not just re bitcoin.
So ... if one bitcoin is valued in the market at $14,000 how many bitcoin would Matt need to have to be a millionaire - this is not a trick question. The answer is 71.43 - that's right, less than 100
Given that Matt has boasted of being paid for his labours in Bitcoin for several years now, from back in the day when they were worth about tuppence ha'penny, I'd have though it's quite reasonable to assume that Matt is not only a millionaire but a multi-millionaire ... or a spendthrift
Huh? Yes, we're were quite poor for a while there, but now we're doing find again. Take the bitcoin out of the situation, and once again, I'm left scratching my head as to what's unrealistic.
Again, just because my work involves bitcoin doesn't mean I'm some "bitcoin millionaire". It just means my work work involves bitcoin. That, and I'm better at being blind now, so am actual capable of earning decent money again.
500,000 THB!
Where's all the people who were always saying bitcoin is total nonsense, and just a fad for geeks, and a ponzi scheme, and all that? They sound like crickets at the moment.
Why, its an integral part of the discussion and something you have never managed to explain away. Frequent's post above says it all, I won't bother to repeat it. Like I said not our fault if what you say doesn't add up, either as you're making it up, embellishing stuff or just down right lying sometimes. I've actually no idea which. Hence when it comes to "apologies" I too wouldn't be in queue as you quite happily have trotted out the same lines for years now and I know you're not surprised when people query that.
As for your meeting with Joe, I hope it DOES go ahead ( which I actually believe it will) as it might give you some credibility as up until now details such as the bitcoin stuff that you'd rather leave out of the equation it seems just makes people, myself included, scratch their head and think "What, the just doesn't make sense".
But hey at the crazy rate that Bitcoin is going through the roof right now i'm starting to think that you COULD spring for poor Joes hotel and hooker after all perhaps ! And just because it's going through the roof - mainly because of greedy people all looking to cash in and people who are going to be sorely stung when the bubble bursts, doesn't mean that Bitcoin in itself is any better and idea that it was a year ago of course - well except for people like yourself you've been in there from the start and so have (we assume) built up even tiny savings there - as of course this tiny savings now would be worth a LOT of money - hence the head scratching at poor, not poor, poor again and now COULDN"T be poor ( or even just well off) surely as you MUST be very well off now thanks to Bitcoin - no ?
By the way, in view of this unprecedented increase in the value of your Bitcoin out of interest are you "cashing in" and taking the benefit of the rise or sitting tight and leaving "whatever" bitcoin you have sitting there to carry on increasing as they have been perhaps?
The crazed euphoria surrounding Bitcoin sounds very much akin to the Tulip Bubble in Holland in the middle 1600's.
( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania )
At the cost of NOT becoming rich on the back of this mania I will sit back and watch the tears flow ... as they will sooner or later.
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"The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values."
Smiles, not all of us will remember that event, so thanks for sharing.
This from you, Matt:
and this from Nirish:Quote:
The only one I want an apology from is a447. The rest I can just shrug off as typical forum BS and banter.
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Hence when it comes to "apologies" I too wouldn't be in queue as you quite happily have trotted out the same lines for years now and I know you're not surprised when people query that.
means that I am now having second thoughts about issuing you with an apology of you really are blind.
If you expect an apology from me, but not from others - some of whom have been harsher in their criticism than me - then you are singling me out. You are being unfair - the very same criticism you have of me.
And it also suggests that your constant protestations about your hurt feelings are just a part of the game you are playing. Obviously, you are not all that offended afterall.
But to tell the truth, something inside me says that questioning your "I'm blind" story deserves an apology from me if your story turns out to be true.
So let's just get it over and done with here and now.
I don't want to wait until Joe goes up to KK. We can solve this within minutes of your reading of this post. Here's how:
You have posted a couple of times that you have an MRI scan. It shows damage to the optic nerve, which has left you with 5% vision in both eyes. However, you have refused to show it.
Yet you have posted a photo of yourself (allegedly) by which you can now be easily identified. So disclosing part of a document should not be a problem.
So why not take a photo of the part of the MRI which shows the diagnosis and post it here? Of course, you would cover up any personal details which could identify you. Just include the part showing your age or year of birth.
If you did that, it would save Joe a 12 hour round bus trip and he could spend that time enjoying himself in Pattaya, which I believe is the main aim of his trip to Thailand.
And you will get your apology.
So why not do it?
And now, not tomorrow.
a447, I can't believe you just asked someone to share their private medical records. Mind blowing.
See, told you earlier in this thread a447 would somehow find his way to slither out of providing an apology, because he's just a piece of shit like that.
So a447, Joe is going to meet me in Khon Kaen on Jan 15th. He'll be able to confirm that both Leo and myself are real, and look exactly like the photo I posted. He'll also be able to confirm I'm blind, because it's hardly something you can fake.
After all that, you're still going to request my medical records before admitting that I am who I say I am. Are you for real?
I'm not uploading my medical records to SGT. Don't be a fucken idiot...
I'm not asking for your medical records.
I'm just asking you to show possibly one sentence from a scan.
But I think you already knew that.
Ok, quite obviously you have no idea how medical records work.
I don't know, all I know is I have a CD that has a 63 page PDF full of whatever.... do you really expect me to upload that to SGT?
You didn't answer my question. If Joe meets me, confirms Leo and myself are real, and that we are the people in the photo I posted, and confirms that I'm blind, will you issue an apology?
And fuck a447 and his thoughts for a moment...
Bitcoin is now at 570,000 THB. What the fuck is going on???
Do you have any idea of how much cpital is being poured into bitcoin right now? This ain't just a bunch of drug dealers, that's for sure...
a447 I really don't know what you're thinking of.
If Joe goes to KK and confirms Matt's story then that ought to be an end to the matter as far as the "is he real or is he not" drama is concerned - as any reasonable person would regard that as sufficient proof of identity.
Asking for medical records is just so unreasonable it doesn't help your case - you'll be asking for his Bank Statements next (although I note he no longer has banking facilities)
As far as any subsequent apology from yourself is concerned - that ought not to depend on what other people choose to do.
If Joe confirms the situation you should just do the decent thing and admit you were wrong to question Matt's actual existence
Hang on a minute.
I'm not denying matt is real. I have never questioned his "actual existence", as you say. Obviously, someone is typing the comments and clicking on "submit." He is a real person. So Joe meeting him merely confirms what I already know.
What I, and many others, are questioning is whether or not he is really blind.
Also, I have just said that I am not asking for his medical records. I just want to see the words "optic nerve" or "5% vision". No need to post the contents of the CD - just a screenshot showing these few words.
Surely, if he can post a photo of himself on the net he should have no objections to posting a few words out of a document. His anonimity would in no way be compromised.
That hardly qualifies as a request for his medical records.
I want to know beyond reasonable doubt. That is the common standard I use.
As for the apology, both you and Matt seem to be having a go at me when I've already said very clearly in post #55.
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And you will get your apology.
As I've said before - this is a completely anonymous Forum for middle-aged men from First World countries to fantasise about travelling to a Third World country to spend time and money on male prostitutes young enough to be their grandchildren. There used to be a rule - perhaps there still is - that Forum members were not permitted to identify other members. Matt crossed that line by foolishly posting a photograph that purports to be of himself and his catamite. But for any of us to demand actual knowledge "beyond reasonable doubt" simply goes against the principles of the Forum since its inception almost twenty years ago
Matt wants an apology, so surely the onus is on him to demonstrate that I am mistaken.
I am not going to apologise simply because he wants me to.
If he is not after an apology, then I couldn't care less about any evidence.
Not to mention, do you realize how much of an idiot you're being? You're asking me to produce a one phrase setence in image format. If wanted, I could fire up GIMP right now, and quickly create an image for you.
Not to mention, how exactly do you expect me to find a phrase like that in a huge 63 page document? I have no idea what it even says, because I can't read it.
A447, Youre one of the handful on here that I like and that's why this nonsense is so disappointing.
IF (and I don't know if this will even happen) Joe returns from his trip and posts a report featuring a pic of him, Matt, Leo, and assorted canines - are you seriously going to refuse to apologise because you haven't seen an extract of his medical records? Something you have absolutely no right to demand btw.
You say you are not questioning his actual existence because you know somebody is pressing a keyboard, but that is not what's meant and you know it. What is meant is Matt's persona, his lifestyle, his situation. If Joe confirms all that then surely you must accept it.
This is rather like when it was suggested that I post photographs of my trip to Thailand - which had to include a dated receipt, a thistle, and some other stuff. I did so in 2016, but still I have MiniMee posting garbage doubting variously whether I've ever been to Thailand or whether I've been in the last 5/10/15 yrs
Please don't turn into MiniMee Mark 2
Just to say, I don''t think meeting the dogs is in the plan which is basically, they will meet the bus and show me to the hotel. We'll meet for dinner and drinks of the 15th, and taken an all important photo. That's about it, as far as I'm concerned. I will only stay in KK for 2 rather than 3 nights, though.
I obviously mean Matt and Leo will meet the bus, not the dogs!
If I can bring a thistle 6000 miles, you'd think Matt could bring the dogs to the feckin bus stop!
:D
haha, I can barely bring one of the dogs to the local corner store without them ripping the wrist from the rest of my arm.
Don't think we'll try actually taking them into the city, to the bus terminal no less. That would be a bad idea. :)
And Joe doesn't get to know where I actually live, so I guess he just misses out on meeting my dogs.
Matt I didn't expect to see where you live. I'm happy to stay in the city.
A speculative bubble doesn't prove them wrong except in the mind of a rusted-on true believer. When will the bubble burst and what will happen when it does? https://www.barrons.com/articles/one...her-1512764783
OMFG this proposed rendezvous is like something out of a John Le Carre spy thriller.
I'm half expecting Matt and Leo to be wearing fedoras and false moustaches at the bus station and watching out for Joe from behind newspapers with eye-holes cut in them (well, cut in Leo's newspaper anyway).
Joe will doubtless appear in a wig and sunglasses and be carrying a single tulip.
He will sit on a bench and once noticed, Matt will sidle up to the bench, sit down and whisper "They say the snowdrops in Switzerland are very pretty at this time of year" , to which Joe will hiss "Yes but I find the pansies most agreeable too - especially the ones in frilly knickers"
Joe will be slipped a microfilm of Matt's medical records which he will stash up his rectum in case he is captured by the fiendish MiniMee before he makes it back to Erin's Isle to post his account of the event.
Meanwhile the entire SGT membership will be chewing their fingers to the bone waiting on news, and a447 will be looking for loopholes.
That's brilliant, SG.
Yeah, but people have been saying that for 8 years, and it just doesn't hold up. Same as I have a neighbor who lives across the street from Canada. Well, his wife and kid live across the street, he just shows up for about 6 weeks every year. He loves the financial markets, and keeps sending me these doom and gloom articles about bitcoin, but they just don't hold any water.
It's been 8 years of false predictions, so at some point, people are just going to have to accept the fact hthere's a new and more modern way to conduct financial transactions. It's obviously working, and working well.
Is bitcoin due for a price correction? I personally think so, but I was just recently proven quite wrong, so so much for predictions. I was personally freaking out when it hit 360,000 baht, and it now seems to be holding steady at around 520,000, so obviously I was wrong.
I can easily see a price correction in the future, but bitcoin isn't going anywhere, nor is it going to drop back down to like 2000 baht again. I know many like to compare it to tulip mania, but that's simply not accurate. That's dismissing the literally millions of man hours and countless amounts of money that have went into turning bitcoin into what it is today. It's here to stay.