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This is a link post The wait is over. The first one has arrived, shut, and gone.
And so now we can begin to enjoy Xmas
 (barst Rdli Hakkis 4eva in r hartz, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 6:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post Great Britain is just a series of re-enactments of The Brittas Empire or The Office
Those are your choices
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post No #compoface?

(benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Call me a square from the past, but this is what happens when you sub paid for events for a knees-up round your at friends or family #BrokenBritain - This week...Cheese
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Tue 19 Dec 2017, 9:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post This festival phenomenon is just people clinging onto their adolescence
Festival = kids, music, tents, drugs
What you have there is a cheese and wine evening
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 10:09, , Reply)
This is a link post bought a couple of these for xmas pressies
good for a laugh. Even has the original illustrations.
there's also a range of Ladybird books with the same idea. Going shopping for some of them this arvo.
www.penguin.co.uk/articles/book-talk/series/ladybird-books-for-grown-ups/
 (Monkee girl not a monkee, not a girl, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post None of them appear to address George's obvious issues.

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post The drug problems,
motorbike accident and eventual early death?
 (I helped save b3ta! The Togaboy The world will end on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post "Oh, Timmy! You're so licky!"

(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 0:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post "...lashings of ginger beer."

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 19 Dec 2017, 0:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fucking Toni Basil earworm all morning

(I helped save b3ta! wakeupandsmellthebacon, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 4:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post ARGH
YOU CUNT.
 (Jimbotfu Bummed in the gob again, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post
earworm
 (I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post
If you like the concept of these and have never seen it check out "Always Sunny", its bonkers NSFW Charlie goes on a date
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post They've got them in the Works for next to nowt

(I helped save b3ta! parsons* *restrictions apply, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 19:09, , Reply)
This is a link post Mash-up Monday it seems?
How about the Really Wild Show / Uptown Funk combo? Yeah
(I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Given that they were the same tune to begin with, I expected better...
Now do Enrique Iglesias' Escape and The Neverending Story.
 (I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 11:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post oof!
i'd rather not
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 15:40, , Reply)
This is a link post From just over forty four years ago...
... Mike Oldfield and friends perform all of Tubular Bells, side one, live in a BBC studio. Public service broadcasting at its best... if you like a bunch of beardy blokes noodling. Which I do.
 (SonofRojBlake, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post initially really good
but the mushrooms must have kicked in at 9 minutes. like they always do. Fucking mushrooms
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well don't eat them then.
How is that a problem anyway?
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 19 Dec 2017, 0:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Heh
Realised this had already just been posted. Weird when that happens. Ahem. Everyone certainly appears 'relaxed'.
 (Octo I ruin everything., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mike got Richard Branson's Bentley as an incentive to do this,
so the story goes...
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is the very first record released by Virgin records,
According to the docu he was a session musician and was allowed to use the studio when it was free.
 (I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 11:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post ooh thanks for that
I posted an old version of that vid on this site many moons ago (when this were all fields and /qotw was only mildly terrible). Good to see it's been properly remastered and sounding much better.

btw if you need it to embed here, change the link to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7MY_cdUL1E
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post What a joyless bunch
Even Steve Hillage doesn't seem to be having fun
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 2:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post I did a google search on b3ta oldfield tubular...
... and it didn't turn anything up. Is there a dedicated glasscock search engine or something that I'm missing? Didn't think this had been put up before and did try to check...

(Thanks also for the embedding instructions.)
 (SonofRojBlake, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Can't embed or reply to the right comment
Are you sure you're not a robot?
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post yeah I didn't label it very well
www.b3ta.com/links/1231581
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 14:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Needs John Cleese in house master garb
entering and saying matron is complaining about the noise.
 (roysin, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 8:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post This need to go bacterial infection.

(I helped save b3ta! BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post
The queasiness overtook me at 0.45.
 (I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Skip to 1:09 for Hurt/Little Drummer Boy

(I helped save b3ta! wakeupandsmellthebacon, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 4:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post No

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Tue 19 Dec 2017, 13:34, , Reply)
This is a link post just some Russians playing Rammstein

(I helped save b3ta! Woodkovsky ☚ī¸âžđŸšģ➝đŸšŊ➝đŸ˜Ŗ➝💩➝đŸ§ģ➝😁, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Pleasing to tee the conductor mouthing the words.

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you sure that was Rammstein?

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post ...it starts proper at 1:38...

(I helped save b3ta! scoshi pretending to diet since, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 11:21, , Reply)
This is a link post The Human Santapede
Merry Christmas, mofos


 (MC Chicken Sandwich Me gusta ver la pornografía de los milfs., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post You'd have to stoop pretty low to publish this.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:36, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good thing St. Nick is all grown up.

(I helped save b3ta! jonbob loves you, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post Unlike that underage reindeer.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:47, , Reply)
This is a link post My new Christmas Text Adventure Game I made this!
A sequel to the game I made last year...which seemed to go down well around these parts. Relatively short and casual in the old parser style (but hopefully with less frustrating 'hunt the word' involved!)

You find my other games here: textadventures.co.uk/user/view/miyjcc_ft0kagw7ynwd4jw/necrodeath
 (negative armadillo There never was much hope..just a fool's hope., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:52, , Reply)
This is a link post Heterospecific sexual behaviours performed by Japanese Macaques
towards Sika deer
 (I helped save b3ta! Mudface The web isn't callipygian, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post So in Japan even the animals are messed up sexually?

(I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes in Japan they are very small minded when it comes to sika

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Especially octopuses.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post And yet when I try that with the reindeer in Churchill Square...

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Do you want a bag with that dear? Or try the spastics. (Sorry League of Gentlemen night).

(Master_Slob UK minister for cultural appropriation., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:10, , Reply)
This is a link post CaC?

(I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Command and Conquer?

(I helped save b3ta! scoshi pretending to diet since, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nah :(

(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Mon 18 Dec 2017, 16:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post cheech and chong?

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 6:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post I want to film thing.
Point camera everywhere but thing.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post You would be surprised
just how many people who call themselves camera operators cannot follow simple directions like "Do not track the actor as they walk off set." We had that one time making a short film.

We actually had to send him out of the room because he was completely unable to stop himself tracking the subject as they walked out of shot.

Someone who does not claim to be skilled at operating a camera will always amaze me if they manage to produce footage at all. Even if it does not show anything, just that they knew where the button was to start recording is impressive.

The more people I meet, the more I need to drink.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Meet me for a drink and all your worrys will worth it

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post And film thing in portrait

(I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:00, , Reply)
This is a link post and now for di news in pidgin


How net neutrality palava fit change how you dey use internet
 (I helped save b3ta! buffet_the_appetite_slayer ŲŠ(●ĖŽĖƒ•)Ûļ jacked in to the ICE on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Meessa no likey-day.

(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I heard about this on BBC WS
it doesn't disappoint
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Whats the deal with all this Pidgin?
Its freaking me out!
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's spoken in some South Pacific Islands
It can be hysterical, somewhere there's a Pidgin version of Macbeth

soundcloud.com/peterchrisp/macbeth-in-pidgin-english

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3DsphfAg58
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not sure about south Pacific, but it's all over west Africa.

(I helped save b3ta! Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 12:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post To add confusion
The official language of China is Pinyin
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Wed 20 Dec 2017, 2:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post still freaks me out
its a sign of the apocalypse surely
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 15:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post Could it be ? a job i can do to the best of my abilitys?

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you suggesting that we should catch that pidgin, catch that pidgin, catch thatp
Naooow
 (Mehitabel_Itrang, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Poo-poo!
www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-41171196
 (I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 10:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah...fuck wildlife.
...with the plastics in the sea thing and the recent genetically modified rats...if they ever learn to talk to each other we're fucked.
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post it's the extraordinary effort involved that amazes me
Imagine being so attached to your car that you'd do this. The FEWMING trip to B&Q to buy it all must have been something to behold.
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuming trips to b&q are the best.
Ain't no cunt putting their rubbish in mah bins the day after collection day no more, no how.
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuming trips to the end of his driveway was speciality for Dummy out the pram man

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post I don't have a drive, so nyah.

(I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Mum, MUUUM that man put his finger in a rudey Muuuuum

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bloody hell

(I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post I love all outraged the 'but where will the wildlife live' posts.
I don't know - another tree? The other side of the same fucking tree that isn't spiked?
 (I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post suspect he ideally wants to see them in nextdoor's tree shitting on their Lexus
They've got a dovecote or something which consumes his every waking thought
 (benito vaselini no not that one, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post This is what breadcrumbs are for.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post agreed
it's amazing what sickens people isnt it?
what would these people do if something truly sickening happened to them.
like an unflushed toilet or fox wee on their garden wall, or genocide or something?
 (L E T S G O "Stop buying into and spreading this shit", Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post We went through the family tree a few years ago and what we found sickend our neighbors
a long time before i was borne apparently we had some blacks in our family tree, until a neighbour said it was wrong and we should be ashamed of behvior, as they cut them down
 (I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post Photo is upside down.
Those are icicles.
 (I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post amazing perseverance
I don't get all the vitriol, we're not exactly short on trees
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Or pigeon shit Bristol I'd full of the dirty filthy little shit makers, oh and pigeons aswell

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post In Sheffield they're just cutting all the trees down. Trufax.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:57, , Reply)
This is a link post Siberian Floof! (Warning, Bored Panda clickbait type stuff)
But it's floof, embrace the floof.
 (SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bird killers
You see Floof, I see bird genocide.
 (smellysamlyingcable Seaman on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yep, put one of those up that -^ fucking tree.

(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 14:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cunts, the lot of them.

(I helped save b3ta! Varmint, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Damn, she's married.

(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post C!=F
CaC
 (I helped save b3ta! BaronMunchausen Interdimensional Demon Day Laborer, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post That place is crawling with pussy

(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post My self-assigned feline tried to plant her starfish to my ladies face the other day at 6am. Hmmm there is a plot.

(Master_Slob UK minister for cultural appropriation., Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:02, , Reply)
This is a link post Wheel of fortune

(I helped save b3ta! cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 11:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha

(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 12:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck i still spelt that wrong :-{

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 12:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Not remotely fake or glasscock then.

(I helped save b3ta! joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 12:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post wheel of racism

(I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu8giYLHU9g
 (Quantum Mechanic is taking his work back underground…, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:03, , Reply)
This is a link post If you're not feeling seasonal yet I made this!
I have put together an hour's worth of Christmas tunes on Mixcloud.

Hope you all have a great Christmas and a happy new year!
 (Flobbit gave you the horn on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 9:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post I read that as sensual not seasonal
Puts a bit of a different spin on things.
Sorry, not awake, too many kids in the house on the weekend.
 (SpangoTheWonderBadger is brewing beer, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post
b3ta.com/links/1355275
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^

(I helped save b3ta! spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 13:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post There's a few extra slam songs here you forgot to include
NSFW.

500hoursoffisting.bandcamp.com/releases
 (I helped save b3ta! Turquoise Hexagon Sun has just dropped acid on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Merry Christmas Flobbit

(I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:09, , Reply)
This is a link post "...it is not a currency... it is a platform of trust..."
Presented at the Singularity University's Innovation Partnership Program (IPP), this is an entry level talk about bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos.
(I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 1:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post The Singularity University...
Yeah right, vapid fluff
 (I helped save b3ta! simbosan liked your link on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 3:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post more of a pyramid of manipulation if you ask me
which, of course, you didn't
 (ozof, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 7:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's a fucking Ponzi Scheme at this point
They're going up in value, but that value isn't backed by anything. People are investing massive amounts without understanding what they're buying into. There will inevitably be a panic, and the last one left holding their Bitcoins loses.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 16:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not a ponzi scheme.
and no disrespect intended, but people calling it one don't know what they're talking about.

It's a highly volatile trading vehicle where it's possible to make a serious amount of money as long as you never invest anything you cannot afford to lose completely.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not a trading vehicle
You're not trading anything of intrinsic worth. This is gambling, pure and simple.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's worth and/or value
is a product of its complexity and utilization.

Gold wasn't much use prior to PCBs other than it didn't tarnish and was fairly malleable.

Most things only have intrinsic worth by common consent, Bitcoin is no different, and this and other alt currencies will become much more mainstream in the coming years.

It is a bit of a gamble, but it's the same gamble any early adopters take. It's more about the patience in waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Gold wasn't much use?
Apart from its decorative properties of course. It was prized highly enough for that for people to kill each other for it.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post because it's shiny
and.......er.....that's it.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post You sound like one of the True Believers
but take a step back and look objectively at it for a moment.

It isn't useful as a currency for anything other than large-value transactions. There's currently a $2.99 fee on every transaction which prevents you from using it for anything useful like buying coffee or lunch. Frankly at a fee level that high I wouldn't even be using it to pay to fill up my car.

It isn't even fast. When the network is congested (like say in a price spike) it can take minutes for your transaction to clear, and more often than not the value of the transaction has moved dramatically in that time. That makes it untrustworthy.

The volatility is crazy. Anything that can be worth 30% more or less than it was last night isn't a viable investment for most people. The people who are investing are the high risk-takers (who'll flee at the first sign of trouble) and the True Believers, who have to keep talking it up and persuading people to invest as it'll support their own investment.

Long-term it's not a viable currency, so it only has value while people are pumping money in. That will inevitably stop as the supply of money to pump in isn't infinite. The only questions that will remain then are when it'll collapse, and what sort of an economic shock will it generate when it goes. The current market capitalization of Bitcoin alone is north of $300Bn right now. The bailout of the entire US banking system in 2008 only cost $50Bn more than that.

If alt currencies are to gain legitimacy and play a role in our economy, they need to be regulated like fuck. That's totally at odds with their theology. How that will then play out is the bit that alarms me.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 23:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post mostly true


But as I said, it's being used as a trading vehicle rather than out and out 'cash in pocket'

How regulation will shape alts' futures, I don't know, but the most noisy denouncers are all heavily involved in 'old money systems' who, currently, have no means of profiting from the take up of people investing in Alts. They're like 1900s inner-London horse traders and stable owners discussing automobiles.

I am a believer in the long term integration of Alts into a coherent mainstream financial system and it's been a wild and bewildering ride so far. I would hate to be accused of Honda Accordism but what cost less than a grand in 2014 has allowed me, this year, to transfer back into gbp a mid five figure sum with a remainder still in alts 'worth' ten times that.

Quite possibly this is clouding my judgement, however, because I'm 'in' I keep my eye on what is developing and how people are suggesting the use of blockchain technology can be implemented, and it's all exciting stuff with many real-world applications. It's this that people are investing in. The coins themselves are more like shares in the tech, rather than notes from the bank.

Bitcoin has been the pioneer of a system that there are many secondary developments of. One of these, or a few of these will eventually replace it, but as an overall system, Alts will gain greater traction in society.

People dismissing it as 'Tulips' and 'a Ponzi scheme' haven't got a clue.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Then take your mid six-figure sum
and cash it the fuck out. Pay off the mortgage, and live comfortably for the rest of your life.

Do it now. Do it before this bubble bursts.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 13:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's not a Ponzi scheme
but everything else you say seems fair. It's more like the new tulip!
 (emptyspace, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nothing like that either.

I'd suggest looking into it with more detail.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I suppose it isn't
at least with tulip bulbs you might get a flower
 (emptyspace, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 22:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post The preview looked like Steve McDonald dancing awkwardly, disappointed again and I really need better glasses

(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 9:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post I got bored
Whats his point? He takes ages getting to it, if ever
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post All currency is based on trust.
Without it it's just bits of paper and metal with pretty pictures on.

See also diamonds. The value would plummet if Russia put their reserves on the market.
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post Shhhhsh you will ruin Putin's big reveal

(I helped save b3ta! fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 18:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post 17:15 - "I have complete and total authority over my Bitcoin."
"It cannot be seized..."

Bullshit. Mt Gox was the most famous one, but there have been far more incidents of Bitcoins going missing than that.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 20:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post That depends where you keep them.

It's like blaming 'money' for leaving your wallet on the bar and finding it's missing ten minutes later.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:24, , Reply)
This is a normal post That doesn't change the fact that they were stolen.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post No, it doesn't

But cash is absolutely more stealable and completely untraceable unless you happen to write down all the serial numbers of the tenners in your wallet and ask around all the shops to keep an eye out for them.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 21:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Number of people who can steal the notes from my wallet = number of people who physically have access to my wallet.
Number of people who can steal money from my Bitcoin wallet = anyone on the Internet with the right skills.

I wonder which is the larger number?
 (I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 0:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post again
depends where you keep them.

you could keep your bitcoins on a memory stick in a safe if you so desired.
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post What about the coding error that resulted in billions being lost forever?

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post Your talking about
The coding that allowed banks to offer sub-prime mortgages, right?
 (Still Larry Death Went on holiday by mistake on, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 7:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Um
No
 (I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Tue 19 Dec 2017, 14:48, , Reply)
This is a link post Simon May (the bloke what wrote the Eastenders theme)
also wrote a Christmas carol.

...the well may have run dry...
(I helped save b3ta! Ambegris likes his tea stirred anti-clockwise, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 0:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post God would absolutely love this.
I hope He has seen it.
 (I helped save b3ta! Jeffrey44 (User was banned for this post), Mon 18 Dec 2017, 6:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Funny
Funny
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 (jennyhannb, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 8:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fuck off

(I helped save b3ta! TownsendsPublisher is all gravy baby, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 8:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Hullo!
 (I helped save b3ta! Tusk knows where you live, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 8:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post How is it that spam site has only 1 ad to block and 3 trackers?
Whilst B3ta as 28 ads blocked and 2 trackers?
 (I helped save b3ta! Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 9:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post Um YouTube vids, external links. Etc etc

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 18 Dec 2017, 17:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post AI is learning not to create a new post on b3ta
impressive
 (theswollenbeef where there's a will there's a wank, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 9:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post No ta.

(I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hello you cunt

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Mon 18 Dec 2017, 15:09, , Reply)
This is a link post Old man makes noodles

(I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 0:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post puts my chicken and leek pie to shame

(I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 0:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post
What is cooking?
 (I helped save b3ta! clockworkrat has nice pants, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 8:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's pretty much exactly how I always make my noodles.

(I helped save b3ta! Fray Brentos *mega-belms*, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 10:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post and what about your pies Mr. Bentos?

(I helped save b3ta! PooPants, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 2:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Great asmr video
 (cackbastard criminally inane, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 13:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post I had to google what asmr was
but once I did, I found myself agreeing.
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 16:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post wank sound at 6:00
I remember hearing that exact sound coming from my housemates bedroom back in 2003
 (I helped save b3ta! Turboesprit Volume knob, Mon 18 Dec 2017, 19:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice to see that snooker commentators can get other work.

(I helped save b3ta! Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post bit fucking tedious
you can get that stuff in pots now. add water, they even give you little sauce packs too.
Now, if only someone knew how they made viennettas. that would give me the horn.
 (I helped save b3ta! unclepills, Tue 19 Dec 2017, 16:44, , Reply)

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