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		Daishiman on May 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 ... Because Tesla's most valuable product aside from the cars is the memes. I am not kidding. It seems a substantial proportion of TSLA buyers aren't really interested in its fundamentals but like what Elon tweets out.

FridgeSeal on May 18, 2021 [–]

I suspect this is because he’s successfully generated a cult-of-personality among fans, and crypto-communities can get pretty rabid (positively and negatively) when their chosen celebrity does anything.

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