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quequotion t1_j21olpi wrote

There must have been some point where SBF and his management team transitioned from running a mere ponzi scheme to thinking they had carte blanche to do whatever they wanted with the monopoly money they could create indefinitely.

For once, I actually want a docuseries about this. I understand people who had reasonable trust in this company lost dearly, but I think it would even make a great sitcom. This is hilarious. One of the companies was called "Dave"? Like, really? "Dave"?

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Flatline2962 t1_j21rm03 wrote

Any documentary that doesn't go into the polycule thing they had going on is a failure in my book.

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indoloks t1_j22uxij wrote

cna i get sum context pls, wtf?

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RG_Kid t1_j23b97m wrote

Since nobody answered your question

Caroline, CEO of Alameda, tweeted about her regular use of amphetamines.

Source: https://nypost.com/2022/11/15/crypto-ceo-caroline-ellison-tweeted-about-regular-amphetamine-use/

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Fushinaz t1_j23dbzm wrote

Sounds like something from /r/imverysmart

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LiveLearnCoach t1_j23j0wh wrote

Isn’t Ritalin (ADHD medicine) low-level amphetamines?

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FuzzyBacon t1_j23ow90 wrote

Ritalin is methylphenidate, but Adderall and Vyvanse are both forms of amphetamine.

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LiveLearnCoach t1_j2du3xg wrote

Meh, six of one, half a dozen of the other.

WAIT! HOW MANY DID I TAKE?!!

(Your clarification is well received. I seem to have mixed up the meds)

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yo2sense t1_j24r9b7 wrote

This is the LARPing woman of "sultry wood nymph" fame.

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cloud_coder OP t1_j24zce6 wrote

Yes! Polyamory Genius that she was for a moment last week in her own mind.

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cloud_coder OP t1_j25vn67 wrote

Yep: to be fair they said "amphetamine" not "methamphetamine". We're splitting hairs now. The best quote of all is this one from Caroline (she tweeted this and it still up on twitter):

"nothing like regular amphetamine use to make you appreciate how dumb a lot of normal, non-medicated human experience is"

Here's the tweet: https://twitter.com/carolinecapital/status/1379036346300305408?lang=en

And some press coverage at the time

https://nypost.com/2022/11/15/crypto-ceo-caroline-ellison-tweeted-about-regular-amphetamine-use/

https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-alameda-sbf-linked-caroline-ellison-amphetamine-tweets-resurface-2022-11

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[deleted] t1_j25xh8l wrote

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cloud_coder OP t1_j25z3gs wrote

I loved it. I was not replying to you. Some dude said "But it was Aderall..." like that makes it better. Then he deleted his post.

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joebalooka84 t1_j2395yz wrote

They better skip on the realism thing though and hire some beautiful Hollywood actresses or nobody will watch that.

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Moontoya t1_j22175v wrote

$3.50 says cocaine is involved in the decision making process

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dwilkes827 t1_j24lv34 wrote

remember the good ole days when cokeheads would just steal your CD deck out of your car instead of siphoning billions

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49thDipper t1_j23518v wrote

I recently watched the WeWork movie. It’s fucking crazy how after awhile these folks are fine with doing very wasteful and extravagant things with OPM. They lose all sense of what’s real. It’s worth a watch.

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quequotion t1_j235m1i wrote

I fully expect that of this situation as well. Makes me wonder if we couldn't do a study to find the approximate dollars per unit of time income that stimulates one's god complex. Like, at precisely what amount of cash grab does the human brain give up conceiving that it could ever end?

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ImNotAWhaleBiologist t1_j236tph wrote

I don’t know, but sign me up, throw money at me, and I’ll let you know when I feel like the golden god!

… I’m a cheap date, it’ll probably only take a few hundred bucks.

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quequotion t1_j23t759 wrote

>$1000 lottery win

I AM MIDAS. ALL THAT I TOUCH IS GOLDEN.

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49thDipper t1_j2374oc wrote

I’ve thought about this too. Like the stories about fairly normal people that hit it big in the lottery and then are destitute and living on the streets in less than two years. It’s tragic but it’s their money that they made horrible decisions with. But to do this with other peoples’ money just blows my mind. Bernie Madoff did it in the most coldly calculating way. But this guy and the WeWork couple spent other peoples’ money like it was normal to buy jets and mansions instead of paying the electric bill.

My girlfriend and I take turns buying each lottery tickets. It’s our inside joke that we want to see how the other would handle a big windfall.

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