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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by philwelch on Friday July 28, 2023 @03:05PM (#36911672)
> Using crypto for "bad things" is a rounding error in the grand scheme of things.

I never said drugs were "bad things". Some of them are, but some of them aren't. I was genuinely pointing out that getting access to certain unfairly prohibited drugs was a positive benefit that some people get from cryptocurrency.

> Given that Mastercard just stopped allowing debit card usage at Cannabis stores (which makes sense, it is a source of fraud with cashbacks), it seems like there should be a way that people can buy things without having to take on risk by carrying cash into a store.

See, there's another illegal drug you might be able to buy with cryptocurrency! My point exactly.

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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by latchkey on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:24PM (#36912788)
illegal?
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by philwelch on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:30PM (#36912874)
Cannabis is illegal under US federal law.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by latchkey on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:45PM (#36913060)
Yes, don't take it into the white house.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by philwelch on Friday July 28, 2023 @07:12PM (#36914647)
Buying or selling cannabis anywhere in the United States is a federal crime. I’m not sure what the White House has to do with this, unless you’re making a topical joke but that was cocaine.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by latchkey on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:22PM (#36915297)
Yea, it was a double ended joke. Mostly about the fact that it is a federal building, hence not legal, and partly about cokegate.
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Re:Worldcoin isn’t as bad as it sounds: It’s worse by philwelch on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:07PM (#36916084)
Gotcha :)
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