This Saturday Night Live segment pretty much reminds me of every conversation I've had with a crypto-evangelist except the question I keep asking him (and it's always a him) is, "OK if it's so important how come hardly anyone is using it to buy goods and services?" over and over again until the crypto-evangelist casually mentions that they personally have made a lot of money from crypto. (You know -- actual money, the kind Michael Che holds up.)
I suppose we should credit Elon for being self-effacing, but on the other hand -- or maybe not:
You could also interpret the whole segment as a savvy act of ass-covering. Because if Dogecoin imploded tomorrow, Musk could protest, "Didn't you watch me on SNL? What did you expect?"
Still pretty amazing that virtual currency is mainstream enough that it's a pretty regular topic on evening comedy shows. Also see below:
from what I understand, as soon as he said "It's a hustle", the DOGE dropped like a hot rock. So much for the Dogefather bringing it to the moon THAT night...
Posted by: Joey1058 | Monday, May 10, 2021 at 05:23 PM
"except the question I keep asking him (and it's always a him)"
Society skews too much to male but there are women in this field.
Sajida Zouarhi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wwYDMdji3k
Posted by: Julia Benmergui | Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 05:38 AM
hey Hamlet - have you ever figured out how much money you could have made if you'd only bought some bitcoin instead of obsessively attacking it?
Posted by: pdf | Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 12:42 PM