/biz/ - Business & Finance

I'm just gonna get some shit off my chest on some /adv/ shit. I've gone through phases in my life where I spend hours on 4chan, /b/ -> /sp/ -> /tv/ -> /fit/ etc, and times in my life where I stay away from it. I saw a normie friend on Coinbase, did a deep dive on crypto, knew I had to see if /biz/ was into it too, and I was hooked. I invested into the memest of coins, Stellar at 20 cents and Chainlink at 30 cents like an asshole, and then they both tripled in value.

It was like a heroin addict's first time. I started researching TA, kinda. I went to Copymax and had them print me copies of whitepapers. I started having grand delusions flipping this for that, and that for this, 100xing my money and making it the fuck out and avoiding a wagie lifestyle. I absorbed everything I read here, and even a month ago this place felt.. smaller. Now it feels way too busy but that's besides the point.

My dad died barely over a month ago, and I've sort of been avoiding those feelings, and crypto was another escape for that. My ledger pin is his death day. He lost a lot of money on the stock market back in the day, I think. I don't know for sure, we never talked about that kind of stuff.

Anyway, this bull market felt better than any drug. I went to work thinking "I'm going to make it the fuck out of here." And then I invested big (for me personally) in DBC yesterday at the top and got a rude fucking awakening that I really deserved. I lucked out at the beginning and now was my reckoning.

I know today is just a dip that happens 4 times a year in this market, but the depth of exhaustion I feel with my own life, separate from crypto--being overwhelmed with two full-time jobs (and pretending crypto is a third), juggling family and work stress, taking classes, etc. came rushing down on my soul like a torrent of truth. I deserved today's crash and needed this. The pink wojak is like a motherfucking chicken noodle soup for my soul. Crypto will not save my life.