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[–] epyon22@sh.itjust.works 72 points 2 years ago (2 children)

All these company based coins are essentially grey market stocks, sell coins for free capital, coins gain value on perception of company value. Plus Elon can continue pumping and dumping. The distopian future of company owned currency sounds terrible.

[–] McNasty@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They're scrip. Spendable at the company store.

Everything old is new again.

[–] snor10@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I owe my soul to the company store.

Another day old and deeper in debt.

[–] gullible@kbin.social 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is definitely going to work and, moreover, Elon will eventually use it to perform a rug pull at a scale not seen since like the previous week maybe.

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't he already do this with another coin he made up?

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I know he did it with Doge, but that was a meme coin he wasn't involved in making.

[–] alongwaysgone@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know so many people who were so fucking convinced they were going to be rich from doge coin.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

My dumbass brother is one of them.

Also I told him to sell his bitcoin when it was at $44k and still plummeting cause it was going to drop below $20K (so rebuy then) and he didn't do that either...

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Ah yeah that's the one I was thinking of, thanks

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

All behold, the return of corporate scrip.

[–] austin@aussie.zone 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What was the original Simpsons screenshot? I want to know what those signs originally said.

[–] meggied90@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know which episode, but the signs originally said "we don't take itchy & scratchy money". Hope that helps!

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Seems to be S6E4 Itchy and Scratchy Land

[–] lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It works just like regular money, but it's, uh... "fun"

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

except it's not because it's value is way more unstable than regular money (I'm no expert in this so please don't murder me in my sleep)

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago
[–] elouboub@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Basically stock, but uncontrolled? (maybe not the right word)

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's company scrip, the same bullshit unions busted 100 years ago.

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did I hear a rock and stone?

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

rock and stone to the bone

[–] senoro@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What episode is this from?

[–] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

I’m assuming the one where they go to Itchy & Scratchy Land, which the internet tells me is season 6, episode 4.

[–] X_X_X@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have much higher standards than that!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Not accepting any weak two-X whiskey, neither.