• hperrin@lemmy.world
    142·
    16 days ago

    That’s the last time I invest in an opportunity championed by someone who’s only claim to fame is their explanation of how to properly suck a dick.

  • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
    721·
    16 days ago

    At this stage, I have no sympathy for anyone dumb enough to invest in an obvious pump-n-dumps.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      293·
      16 days ago

      there’s more people out there than you think. your exposure to the concept is relatively niche and privelaged, i think there’s still massive chunks of the population with exploitable cash out there that cons like this seek to exploit

      • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
        111·
        16 days ago

        I understand that, but I seriously doubt these people are losing essential money. If you can afford to buy Hawk Tuah coins for the ‘community aspect’ then they probably aren’t at risk of losing their life saving.

        There’s a big gap between what’s happening here and telescammers robbing grannies for example.

        • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
          131·
          16 days ago

          you’re free to believe that, without proof there’s no argument either way, and in any case it’s my personal belief this kind of manipulation of assets should be illegal no matter the target audience

          • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
            52·
            15 days ago

            Don’t get me wrong, I’m not claiming this isn’t insider manipulation, or that it should be legal.

            What I’m saying is people have a personal responsibility to be informed about the risks associated with cryptocurrency.

            At this point, if you lose money on a pump-n-dumps, that’s all on you.

            The same could not be said five years ago, when influencer coins were unheard of.

            • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
              1·
              14 days ago

              Idk if you have ever looked at or downloaded a retail trading app, something like Robinhood. All of them have a prominent “education” section which distills down to “don’t take our word for it; know what you are buying before you do.”

              You are correct that people have a personal responsibility to be informed about the risks. However ALSO, marketers of the risky assets also have a responsibility to inform traders of their own investments and that risks are even possible when giving financial advice—this obviously is happening nowhere because no regulating body requires it.

              This is why I don’t hold it against anyone in this situation for not informing themselves. They can’t inform themselves if they aren’t even told it might be necessary, and especially not when that “personal responsibility” you speak of is actively hidden from them.

              Hope this makes sense :) appreciate the discussion

        • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
          51·
          16 days ago

          you’re free to believe that, without proof there’s no argument either way, and in any case it’s my personal belief this kind of manipulation of assets should be illegal no matter the target audience

    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      15 days ago

      They purposefully went after people who know nothing about crypto. But yeah it was pretty obvious for those who know anything above “buy Bitcoin”

  • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
    60·
    16 days ago

    Every time a notable/famous person or “influencer” or whatever talks about a crypto coin, it is a pump and dump. Shes just doing what all the other scumbag influencers are doing.

    For years now crypto has just been another tool to extract wealth from the lower class.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      452·
      16 days ago

      definitely. despite her bad actions i do feel bad for the misogyny she experiences. especially the whole getting pressured to make an OF stuff. i hope it doesn’t get to her and she can grow past the bad shit and have a fulfilling life

    • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      313·
      16 days ago

      Only if the money dries up.

      Edit: I feel I should clarify. If I could make a living doing very little and being called a ___ girl. I’d take it too. And I’m a cis male.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
        131·
        16 days ago

        Yeah i’d take being called a something “boy” if that brand made me money.

        In fact i’m being called “boy” more time than i can count due to my short stature and i’m not even making much dough.

        • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          16 days ago

          Relevant user name, but sorry dude, that’s bullshit.

          People used to call me big guy when I was younger and it also annoyed me (felt like they were talking to me like a little kid). I hope it gets better as you get older, it did for me.

          • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
            2·
            16 days ago

            I’m in my mid 30s and yeah, it annoyed the hell out of me when people younger(but bigger in size) call me that. But at this point i’m just shrug it off.

            But then again i have people thinking i’m a lady on the phone. That one not gonna go away anytime soon lol.

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      692·
      16 days ago
      • getting the bag ✅
      • legal ✅ (but shouldn’t be)
      • ethical ❌
      • funny ✅
      • doesn’t contribute to systemic oppression by the ruling class ✅

      i dunno, passes more vibe checks than most disgusting people i hear about these days 🤷‍♀️

        • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works
          19·
          16 days ago

          Crypto bros don’t fall for those obvious scam , but they fall for other more complex scam like Luna . That’s just normal peoples getting robbed by influencer

        • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
          7·
          16 days ago

          not true. disturbed by the upvotes at this misconception—crypto bros are the scammers, she marketed to fans who had never touched blockchain before as a fresh market of exploitable cash.

              • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
                1·
                16 days ago

                unfortunately Mr Luck does not have the same levels of raw sexuality and crudeness of Ms Tuah, whose incredible amounts of sexual energy somehow have failed to tempt me to give much of a shit about her except laugh at NL bits using snowclones of her catchphrase.

      • JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        16 days ago

        It’s definitely not legal, it’s more a matter of ‘if’ the SEC gets involved than ‘can’ the SEC get involved.

        She made a million+ in fees and facilitated a presale of multiple millions in validation, it definitely contributed to rich getting richer activities.

  • barbedbeard@lemmy.one
    20·
    15 days ago

    Wait! The coin is called “Hawk” ? And they didn’t spect a “Tuah”? That’s hilariously funny

  • caveman8000@lemmy.world
    11·
    15 days ago

    It’s funny how everyone was calling here just some dumb bj girl and now she’s suddenly a criminal mastermind…

  • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    15 days ago

    I guess the podcast thing wasn’t going well and this is the attempt to cash out on the last few seconds of her 5 minutes of fame?

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      101·
      14 days ago

      so my understanding is actually that she’s more of an exploited middleman/useful idiot in this situation

      from her videos its obvious that a) she has a pretty big management team backing her and b) she actually has no clue what she is talking about with crypto

      from this i conclude (could be wrong but my best guess given what i have seen) that it’s actually her team that’s cashing out on her by approving and aiding whatever crypto devs approached her with this move. she’ll probably make a good profit of course, but it strikes me as her PR team intentionally kneecapping her on the way out.