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phunkydroid t1_j7qe42d wrote

Of course they're scams. Their target audience is people who would take financial advice from an MMA fighter.

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Poguemohon t1_j7r13e2 wrote

They consider Joe Rogan a "life coach".

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thisistheSnydercut t1_j7ubaoy wrote

Joe Rogan is a basic bitch

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Attention_Bear_Fuckr t1_j7sl2q5 wrote

You mean to tell me the guys who get paid to take punches to the head aren't that bright?

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Yuzral t1_j7u22au wrote

The guy who gets paid to take punches to the head is bright enough - he’s getting paid! It’s the people who get financial advice from the guy who gets paid to take punches to the head that we might want to wonder about…

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Zebrahead69 t1_j7u37kl wrote

This is an interesting case. Danis is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guy. That's what his claim to fame is, (actually it's mainly training with McGregor) he's actually only had two MMA fights. He hasn't been hit in the head like some of these guys. This guy is just a doorknob. He's really legitimately stupid. Hell laugh at what he says so you kinda think he's joking or trolling, but no, the guy is just dumb.

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adognamedopie t1_j7s3ma8 wrote

LMAO what about the one that put their life savings into a pornstars crypto? Better or worse?

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Dirty_Quesadilla t1_j7rd73y wrote

Honestly, I’d probably take that advice as opposed to the shit heads who “managed” my money over at fidelity in 2008.

Pepperidge Farms Remembers.

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Agent_Burrito t1_j7rw3yb wrote

That just sounds like a way to lose your money twice.

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Dirty_Quesadilla t1_j7rzxsy wrote

Honestly, I’m doing better trusting reddit bros than the previous 21 years with Fidelity.

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ReconciledParadox t1_j7svhxi wrote

Your post history would seem to contradict that

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Dirty_Quesadilla t1_j7swb86 wrote

Do you remember what happened in 2008?

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ReconciledParadox t1_j7sx92j wrote

Sure, but unless you exited at the bottom you should have recovered that many times over in the years since. Comparing that to the dogshit peddled on Reddit is just asinine.

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ClubChaos t1_j7sk7ux wrote

All Coffeezilla does is this "i am so smart" shit to illustrate what everyone in crypto already knows. It's a zero-sum game and you're rolling the dice everyday. Everyone knows the risks.

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Ninjewdi t1_j7sqkw9 wrote

That's a pretty broad statement and very clearly isn't true. Not "everyone" knows the risks. People gamble, invest, and spend money on things all the time without bothering to learn the risks. There are still people who thinking vaping nicotine is less addictive than smoking cigarettes, still people losing their life savings in Vegas.

And you might make the claim that they're idiots who are the exception, not the rule, but I'm not sure the stats agree. Either way, there are plenty of folks who would gladly take huge risks without truly understanding the stakes, and if even one of them has seen this dude's vids and rethought their next move, then he's done someone a serious service.

Another YouTuber, Ann Reardon, started with just cooking vids, then started debunking fake viral cooking hacks, then branched out into debunking or challenging other trends. She covered electric wood burning (I feel like there's a name for it but it escapes me right now) and how and why certain how-to videos were immensely dangerous. People died replicating them, and many other people chose not to because she shed light on that.

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pie_ofthe_cream t1_j7u2qvg wrote

There are also people who help guide the stock market into their pockets. Sad stuff

Edit: also pyrography is the word you’re thinking of!

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ArkGuardian t1_j7qd5b3 wrote

Coffezilla is genuinely one of the best financial, investigative reporters I've seen

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versusentropy t1_j7qoje9 wrote

I knew it must have been him. Great guy

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Icy_Mousse_4144 t1_j7ssof5 wrote

Everyone loves coffee till they make a video about them, the man is the best 😂 oompa helping coffee was the mashup we didn’t expect but loved

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Chariots487 t1_j7stezh wrote

He's the only financial youtuber who doesn't start every video by droning "not financial advice, not a financial adviser"(arya realty, arya serious) and then proceeding to tell you how you should invest your money. The most he's ever done is show you what you shouldn't invest in, by way of demonstrating that it's a scam.

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sAindustrian t1_j7tkwj4 wrote

Calling Dillon Danis an MMA fighter is the most generous donation to charity since Bill Gates started his foundation.

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mjz321 t1_j7sfqha wrote

Coffeezilla does better investigations than the fbi

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larrychatfield t1_j7sgh5t wrote

It was very obvious to most people that bitcoin was a ponzi scam from beginning but people with $ and influence made lots of $ being at the top of these pyramid schemes so they embraced it and allowed it

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ClubChaos t1_j7skix3 wrote

The great irony with btc is it's evangelists will scream from the mountain about it's decentralized nature. The reality is by virtue of it's limited supply and economic model, it's distribution results in an even worse reality than we have now with economic disparity. It's fucking hilarious. I mean, it's not really funny, because if BTC succeeds it's going to destroy the world economy (and it's already leaving scars). More of haha this is actually terribly representative of the greed in this world.

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macrofinite t1_j7t342v wrote

It’s terribly representative of the outcome of libertarian ideas in general, you mean.

Great if you’re already wealthy, sometimes. Horrifying if you aren’t.

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KayakerMel t1_j7x9tny wrote

Thanksgiving with my crypto bro cousin has been a lot more chill since bitcoin crashed.

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GingerPonyPineapple t1_j7t58cs wrote

Am I even a little bit surprised it’s Dillon Danis? Nope. Not one cell of me could be less shocked.

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kpickyiv t1_j7txnuq wrote

If you don't know that cryptocurrency is a scam, I have some numbers on my computer I would be happy to sell you. If you find another idiot to buy them from you at a price higher than you pay me, you can profit!

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djarc9 t1_j7ual1w wrote

Smells like coffee

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Chariots487 t1_j7st7uu wrote

I knew it was Coffeezilla before I even clicked. This guy just has all his points in bluff, because this is like the eight time he's gotten someone who knows who he is to do this.

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EntropySpark t1_j7xjjbz wrote

He actually had a friend initiate contact, the only hint that Coffeezilla was involved was a nonsense sentence in the copy that had Coffeezilla as initials.

The best part, though, is that when the liason sent over the contract to be signed, the small print specifically said that the while thing was a joke at the guy's expense and the linked website would change, but he didn't read the contract closely enough and the rest is history.

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