Life Under Biden.

[Mr. Tea]

Biden Provides Nuclear Codes To Scammer Pretending To Be Pentagon

WASHINGTON—In an apparent phishing attack that has severely compromised U.S. national security, sources confirmed Monday that President Joe Biden had inadvertently provided the military’s nuclear launch codes to a hacker who emailed him pretending to be the Pentagon. “I am general of the...

www.theonion.com

 

[Leo]

huge if true!

 

[woops]

huge if true!

look at the website link @Leo, i know you're same age as biden but seriously

 

[Leo]

geez, woops, IT. WAS. A. JOKE.

 

[Leo]

it's a favorite expression of HMG's when some wacky story is posted.

 

[woops]

it's a favorite expression of HMG's when some wacky story is posted.

That explains why I didn't get the joke then

 

[Mr. Tea]

That explains why I didn't get the joke then

Well the thing is, you have to understand that The Onion is a satirical site, not a real newspaper.

 

[woops]

Well the thing is, you have to understand that The Onion is a satirical site, not a real newspaper.

Did you knew that the term satire is believed to derive from the Latin lanx satura, meaning 'a full plate'

 

[Mr. Tea]

Did you knew that the term satire is believed to derive from the Latin lanx satura, meaning 'a full plate'

Well I do now!

 

[Mr. Tea]

@woops did you know there's no entry for the word 'gullible' on Wiktionary?

 

[woops]

@woops did you know there's no entry for the word 'gullible' on Wiktionary?

i always suspected

 

[Clinamenic]

Reading through the Biden admin's executive order on crypto, and it's good so far. Really impressed at how the various conflicting motivations are balanced, at least on paper. Also, its starting to look like a US CBDC is on the horizon:

Sovereign money is at the core of a well-functioning financial system, macroeconomic stabilization policies, and economic growth. My Administration places the highest urgency on research and development efforts into the potential design and deployment options of a United States CBDC.

 

[WashYourHands]

sixpence to shiny new angular 20p!

 

[Clinamenic]

US dollar hegemony is about to metastasize into the ether.

 

[Clinamenic]

I mean really its already done so, both in the sense of the digital non-crypto dollar, and in the sense of dollar-pegged crypto assets.

 

[Mr. Tea]

I mean really its already done so, both in the sense of the digital non-crypto dollar, and in the sense of dollar-pegged crypto assets.

I heard HMG likes to be dollar-pegged in his crypto-assets.

 

[IdleRich]

US dollar hegemony is about to metastasize into the ether.

Do you think there is a chance that we may be the fortunate generation that gets to witness the emergence and metastasis of the digital?

 

[Clinamenic]

I heard HMG likes to be dollar-pegged in his crypto-assets.

Yeah really the whole crypto market is still denominated in terms of dollars, although you do see NFTs and some other assets denominated in terms of ETH.

 

[Clinamenic]

Do you think there is a chance that we may be the fortunate generation that gets to witness the emergence and metastasis of the digital?

Laugh while you can, for in due time Roko's basilisk will harshly punish the infidels.

 

[vimothy]

Roko's basilisk created tiktok and it's all your fault