Topic: Are bitcoins your dirty little secret? - page 2. (Read 5316 times)
I think you lost a bit of yourself when you're scared of 'weird looks'...
i told my gf and my family about bitcoins and how i invested 2.5k into buying mining equipment.
i got yelled at for a few weeks until i showed them the first dwolla transfer for 500$. that shut em up pretty well.
i got yelled at for a few weeks until i showed them the first dwolla transfer for 500$. that shut em up pretty well.
I have tshirts.
I tell everyone I know and everyone always talks to me about them. They think I'm half crazy aside from the fact I made a sort of retarded amount of money in a short period of time.
Now the GF and her friend are trying to become bitcoin entrepeneurs, it's pretty great.
Now the GF and her friend are trying to become bitcoin entrepeneurs, it's pretty great.
I also carry Zimbabwe Dollars and Yugoslav Dinar in my wallet to help explain inflation and fiat currency to random people. I proselytize about bitcoin a lot.
Me too
I imagine bitcoins could be convenient in a lot of households where someone shares a bank account and/or credit card and would rather not raise unnecessary discussions by using them for online purchases.
You just described the second reason I got into them
I'm not mentioning them to family lately for a different reason.
I mentioned them when they were trading a few dollars higher - and a couple of family members insisted I buy some for them.
A bit more rallying and I can mention them again perhaps
I imagine bitcoins could be convenient in a lot of households where someone shares a bank account and/or credit card and would rather not raise unnecessary discussions by using them for online purchases.
I mentioned them when they were trading a few dollars higher - and a couple of family members insisted I buy some for them.
A bit more rallying and I can mention them again perhaps
I imagine bitcoins could be convenient in a lot of households where someone shares a bank account and/or credit card and would rather not raise unnecessary discussions by using them for online purchases.
LOL @ Tonto. That's funny! I told my girlfriend about it and all I got was "change the topic." Thank god I don't live with her.
And this is why my fiancee and I each funnel a bit of our expendable income into separate individual checking accounts each month - I don't want to hear "you spent HOW MUCH on video cards?!?" any more than she wants to hear "How the hell much can a purse cost? It's a f***ing BAG!"
In all seriousness though, my fiancee is into bitcoin as well, and is actually the one who found us investors for my mining operations. I'd still be pushing 300 MH/s if it weren't for her efforts (3 GH/s FTW)
I also carry Zimbabwe Dollars and Yugoslav Dinar in my wallet to help explain inflation and fiat currency to random people. I proselytize about bitcoin a lot.
In all seriousness though, my fiancee is into bitcoin as well, and is actually the one who found us investors for my mining operations. I'd still be pushing 300 MH/s if it weren't for her efforts (3 GH/s FTW)
I also carry Zimbabwe Dollars and Yugoslav Dinar in my wallet to help explain inflation and fiat currency to random people. I proselytize about bitcoin a lot.
My family and friends support me and my dad for example is in with me but for those who give me blank stares I tell them you will hear more about it soon ( kinda like the "you heard it here first" feeling).
*makes a whipping sound*
Same thing happens to me.
I've mentioned it a few times to some close friends, and I've gotten nothing but confused stares from the computer-illiterate ones. The computer-literate ones, however, began mining.
I've mentioned it a few times to some close friends, and I've gotten nothing but confused stares from the computer-illiterate ones. The computer-literate ones, however, began mining.
And I mean in the context of your close friends/relatives, I don't mean here, since we obviously know you're into bitcoins.
I'm getting at... have you told your friends/family about bitcoins? Or, like me, do you just avoid doing so because of the weird looks/questions that you're going to get?
Case in point, I told my wife, tried to explain about them, and I got stares, and then, "Have you bought any with our money yet?"
"No, I just mine them, and it costs a little bit more electricity than normal." [tonto's note, just a few dollars a month since they're 5770s]
"Well whatever, just don't spend any of our money on them."
And then the other day when I used some to buy a new Corsair case on newegg, she asks, "So how much did this cost again?"
"None, I used bitcoins to buy them."
"Hmmm, so you didn't use any of our money to buy that?"
"Nope."
"oh ok"
And that's all that's ever spoke on it. So I just avoid it now. If any of my friends ever tell me (or I overhear them speaking) that they're into bitcoins, I'll tell them, otherwise mum's the word!
I'm getting at... have you told your friends/family about bitcoins? Or, like me, do you just avoid doing so because of the weird looks/questions that you're going to get?
Case in point, I told my wife, tried to explain about them, and I got stares, and then, "Have you bought any with our money yet?"
"No, I just mine them, and it costs a little bit more electricity than normal." [tonto's note, just a few dollars a month since they're 5770s]
"Well whatever, just don't spend any of our money on them."
And then the other day when I used some to buy a new Corsair case on newegg, she asks, "So how much did this cost again?"
"None, I used bitcoins to buy them."
"Hmmm, so you didn't use any of our money to buy that?"
"Nope."
"oh ok"
And that's all that's ever spoke on it. So I just avoid it now. If any of my friends ever tell me (or I overhear them speaking) that they're into bitcoins, I'll tell them, otherwise mum's the word!
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