rant · moment 13 of 30
Defending Crypto and Bitcoin Bros
from #251 - Dirty Little Animals (ft. Ray Kump) | The Tim Dillon Show · #251
5 min
Tim mock-defends his crypto skepticism, jokes about Bill Maher's take on Ethereum vs Disney market cap, and delivers an extended bit about the "go [expletive] your mother" argument style silencing crypto critics, then framing Bitcoin die-hards as struggling everymen.
- Tim lost about $250 on Wall Street and got out, but he's a rare cynic who can still have hope.
- Bill Maher's reasoning on crypto amounts to old man yelling at the sun.
- Arguments against crypto were never addressed because they can't be addressed—Tim offers to address them himself.
- When pressed on practical concerns, Tim responds by telling the questioner to go fuck their mother.
- Crypto enthusiasm is like a high school party where people are having fun; critics ruin it by asking about the future.
- Bitcoin is the reserve currency and other cryptocurrencies are little fun things people can enjoy and find value in.
- Tim imagines a Tommy Boy-style speech about crypto giving disaffected people something to believe in again.
- Crypto supporters give people a new thing to talk about instead of wearing viking horns and smashing capitol windows.
- Tim acknowledges crypto attracts anti-establishment people, though many successful ones like Dave Portnoy and Elon Musk are already doing well in the system.