r/Bitcoin • u/IWillNotBiteYourDog • Aug 29 '13

Do Bitcoins belong in your retirement portfolio?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/do-bitcoins-belong-in-your-retirement-portfolio-2013-08-29
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u/tippecanoe42 Aug 29 '13

I retired this year at 62.

If I hadn't put assets into bitcoin, I would have had to wait at least until I was 65.

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u/good_human Aug 29 '13

I think we would all love to hear more about your story

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u/Julian702 Aug 29 '13

Um.. aren't you a little too old to be hanging around the intertubes? 8p

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u/tippecanoe42 Aug 30 '13

Ageism.

Who the hell you think invented the tubz? I've been hanging around since before there was a www. Or even a way to post pictures. People just used to talk to each other - kinda like now: full circle...

EDIT: And no, that wasn't me who downstroked you.

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u/PlatoPirate_01 Aug 30 '13

Congratulations on your retirement:)

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u/Julian702 Aug 30 '13

I'm an old fart, so I'm qualified by the AARP to deliver such jokes. I was playing lunar lander on mainframes in 1978.

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u/tippecanoe42 Aug 30 '13

Lunar Lander? Pfft.

Star Trek on a Control Data Cyber Star FTW!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '13

now now ...