I am so tempted to name names
Hey, it's me! lol
It's not unreasonable to look at how this stuff is being used and get angry about it. That's fine and reasonable. But please try not to mischaracterize what people are saying about this issue.
But it's not helpful to get mad every day and post this same comment about how you're definitely not being emotional about it (with the smuglord, always with the smuglord, give the poor guy a rest).
So where do we go from here both as individuals and as a movement? For example, we could cap or limit uses of it to research and industrial applications, or put R&D into specialized hardware and algorithms to increase efficiency. Maybe we boycott companies that abuse it? I don't think it would work, but it's a more interesting discussion we could be having that moves beyond just saying it's all a grift or it's just waifus all the way down.
FWIW I think all governments should ban proof-of-work crypto schemes like China did with Bitcoin, but I don't think you can do that with this because the technology does actually have useful applications.
Please note that simply stating that this tech does sometimes have useful applications IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT of the most commonly seen uses of it on reddit or whatever. That's just the internet that most regular people use reflecting the worst aspects.
LMAO Thank you for your unique brand of contribution to this website.