226
Is crypto still really a thing? I thought that scam had sailed.
Hell we've had a whole other GPU sink since then.
Every other few days there's "news" of another meme coin rug pull
They failed to mention the new CEO.
It’s Connor Gaydos, the “birds aren’t real” guy.
I'm confused by this Birds aren't real book.
Is it satire? Is it a "real" conspiracy that real people believe in?
And yeah in this timeline both options are possible even simultaneously.
It's a parody conspiracy theory, in the same way as the flying spaghetti monster was a parody religion. People participated "eyes open" (aware it was parody, doing it as a joke) others adopted it "eyes closed" (believing it)
flying spaghetti monster was a parody religion.
You shut your filthy mouth or I'll get my colander, pitch fork and blood-thirsty mob.
Flying Spaghetti Monster was a parody
HOW. DARE. YOU.
It's satire, that real people believe in
Does this Connor dude believe in it?
I should start some imaginary conspiracy too, then write books about it, and earn loads of money from these suckers
All the countries are really very close together and the airline industry is just in on it. They're really just flying around in circles to make it seem like the trip takes a long time. The Atlantic is only about 200 miles across, Europe is basically just over the horizon.
That's what happened to Amelia Earhart, she found out about it and was going to tell everyone so they had to stop her.
The flat Earth conspiracy theory is really just a false flag operation to make conspiracy theorists look stupid. So that if anyone ever finds out about the close countries conspiracy no one will believe them.
the Atlantic is only about 200 miles across
Yeah now I'm not sure if you're being serious and really really dumb or if you're joking
No, they just bought the name.
bold move
Cotton
Well it is very on-brand.
The Sansui of the crypto world
Ok......see this??? See this shit??? Let's recap. Connor Gaydos, the "birds aren't real" guy, bought the name "Enron" in order to use it for a company that deals in cryptocurriencies. You know. That thing that was hot for a bit until it became obvious they were all scams.
And now this is happening.
This sequence of events, is so long in the making you'd have to back to the days of Elian Gonzalas being held at gunpoint in a Miami closet, to cover the whole debacle.
And with all this in your face absurdism, with this much history of being untrustworthy and corrupt, we live on a planet where people thought "Yeah. Yeah this is what I want. Thismay as well happen."
Do you see why I say I'm surrounded by morons? I live on the same planet that these events transpired. Even The Onion is like "GOD DAMNIT!!! STOP STEALING OUR ROUTINE!!!" as they scream angerly into general society.
This is great. Please become a journalist.
Elian Gonzalas
No it’s not. It’s just a publicity stunt.
People are absolute fucking suckers. Can't fucking believe this.
It's like intentional misspellings in Nigerian Prince emails. Anyone dumb enough to buy in is already a promising mark.
Crypto is one of the only businesses where use of the Enron name could conceivably improve their reputation.
Appropriate, really.
Ars ate the onion?
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
226 points (92.8% liked)
Technology
60319 readers
3717 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related content.
- Be excellent to each another!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS