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Not in the USA apparently.
Lots of things banned world over are legal in the USA.
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#72I was listening to terrestrial radio the other day and was surprised to hear a radio advertisement beckoning retirees to cash in their 401ks to join the cryptocurrency future of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The bubble is too big for Google to slow it down and it has grown beyond the realm of tech savvy geeks into something fueled by hype and hubris.
I saw an ad for a cryptocurrency on the seat-back TV on a United flight recently, I was pretty surprised.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lots of things banned world over are legal in the USA.
Like carrying guns as if we were still in 1800.
Is the political flamebait really necessary? It is possible for reasonable people to disagree on the fundamental rights the USA recognizes its citizens have, but that is not a great topic for HN.
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#74Wow thanks for that, this chick seems awesome. Maybe my reading comprehension is shit but I never saw where she linked to her 'centralized feelings on bitcoin' or whatever. Did anyone see where that is? I've been sitting here in my little traditional finance world shaking my head at Bitcoin for years and would love to see her much more elegantly written tear down.
> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
Attempting to dictate other people's language usage, especially over such innocuous terms, is extremely condescending moralizing. You ought to consider being more respectful yourself.
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I feel the same way about prescription drugs. Those are for doctors to prescribe, not for patients to request.
Going to disagree with you. Doctors often have incentives to prescribe certain drugs over others that aren’t necessarily the best drug. If it’s legal to advertise to physicians then it should be legal to advertise to consumers. Ultimately the consumer is in charge of their own health and should have a say in their drug choices. Let’s think of another industry — tires. Is a consumer typically an automotive engineer or…
Favorited. I can understand a certain amount of protectionism being necessary but this just plain smacks of deciding that I'm too stupid to make decisions in my own interest. It's a very peculiar, and very infuriating sort of nannying.
That investing carries large amounts of risk isn't new or unknown to most. If you cash out your 401K and put it in AAPL, even a modest decline could eliminate your retirement. And those are the super-regulated "safe" investments as opposed to those super dodgy "not-safe" investments that are so awful you're not allowed to advertise for them anymore.
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> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
I apologize if the word offends you. It was both intentioned to be non offensive (which should be apparent from my admiration for her WORK while giving no fucks about her as a person) and carries a common definition in the English space of being polite and non derogatory. Had she been male my comment would be exactly the same except it would say 'dude' in place of 'chick'. Now does anyone know where I can find that w…
I believe this tweet implies that she still (as of that thread) had not written it up: https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/953713207205441536
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#77Wow thanks for that, this chick seems awesome. Maybe my reading comprehension is shit but I never saw where she linked to her 'centralized feelings on bitcoin' or whatever. Did anyone see where that is? I've been sitting here in my little traditional finance world shaking my head at Bitcoin for years and would love to see her much more elegantly written tear down.
> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
Please try harder to leave it without a remark next time.
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I feel the same way about prescription drugs. Those are for doctors to prescribe, not for patients to request.
Going to disagree with you. Doctors often have incentives to prescribe certain drugs over others that aren’t necessarily the best drug. If it’s legal to advertise to physicians then it should be legal to advertise to consumers. Ultimately the consumer is in charge of their own health and should have a say in their drug choices. Let’s think of another industry — tires. Is a consumer typically an automotive engineer or…
That's just not true.
Most doctors don't prescribe a drug because of some incentive.
I don't even like most doctors. Never bought the whole "I'm here to help people thing." You were good at memorizing, liked the perks of being a doctor, like the upgrade in wives/girlfriends because your just so darn sexy in blue scrubs(failing at humor. I had this acquaintance in college whom would "forget" to change his blue uniform after his shift, and we just happened to be going to the local watering hole. My last conversation with the dude was, "Does it even work? You have some stain on your ploy?", money(that is changing), blah, blah, etc.
That said, most don't prescribe drugs because they get some perk.
There are a few very bad apples though. These two guys, and a horrid little pharmaceutical company come to mind though, and make them (all doctors) look questionable.
http://fortune.com/2018/03/10/jerrold-rosenberg-opioid-kickb...
In all honestly, the ability to charge whatever you want for a drug is a bigger problem. Plus--I have never figured out why a doctor needs a four year degree before essentially applying to Automotive School. Yes--it's a fancy Auto School, and you need to know a years worth of college physics, two years of chemistry, and a handful of other required prerequisites. My point is we need more people out there whom can prescribe. Or, make most drugs available over the counter?
I despise pharmaceutical commercials. The're almost as bad as the scammy 501C3's that show us abused animals?
But this is America. The land where money buys political influence. A land where the rich pretty much tell the poor what to do.
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#79I was listening to terrestrial radio the other day and was surprised to hear a radio advertisement beckoning retirees to cash in their 401ks to join the cryptocurrency future of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The bubble is too big for Google to slow it down and it has grown beyond the realm of tech savvy geeks into something fueled by hype and hubris.
I saw an ad for a cryptocurrency on the seat-back TV on a United flight recently, I was pretty surprised.
Did they offer in flight 401-k redemptions and reinvestment in shitecoins?
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> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
Is it not the female equivalent of "this dude"? edit: seems that's how the author intended it
HN has an international audience, and cultural norms are different in different regions.
Very roughly in English workplaces you should avoid calling any of the women "chick" because you'll cause grave offence.
There are very narrow exceptions to this. In places like Stoke on Trent you might find people calling each other "my duck" (but this isn't just women; men call each other "me duck" too.) But even there you need to know the person and know it's ok.
In this particular example: I'm uncomfortable with the use of "chick" and it makes me think less of the writer, even after the explanation that it was an alternate to "dude". People can use whatever language they like, but they should be aware of the effect of the language they chose on other people so they make an informed choice.