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Christy B.'s avatar

I have also been drawn in by Hunter's recovery and redemption story. I had compassion for his struggle for various reasons, given his particular set of trials.

I wasn't sure though why he made so many appearances on so many substacks or YouTube channels. Was he going to be running for office? I didn't know. I thought he was trying to set the record straight about himself, but also to defend his father's legacy.

Personally, I would have liked to see him, take his sobriety, and his presidential pardon, and live a relatively quiet, and humble life, with what time his dad has left. Heck, for all we know, he may have done this to help with the family's finances. It's not like Joe did the fruitful grifting that 47 is doing!

And then there's what had to be a hard swallow for Hunter knowing 47's sons are ACTUALLY banking way more than Hunter was even ACCUSED of gaining from having a father who is the POTUS. That had to hurt.

I'll not judge, for I'm not in his shoes. It may have been just too tempting to watch others capitalizing, legally, off of one's notoriety, even if it leaves a fowl odor in the air, kind of like, "Why tf not?" You've got to strike while the iron is hot, right? And to your point, he now owns the new version of the laptop story. For better or worse, he got the last laugh. I just hope the whole thing doesn't mess with his sobriety.

Cool avatar!

Christy B.'s avatar

I just want to emphasize Hunter said they were holding on their end and that he didn't make any money off of this venture. So until I know otherwise, for certain, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt - though we may never know for sure exactly who got those large payouts.

I do think whoever does invest in thin air shouldn't be surprised when they are left holding just that.

Lisa Waddell's avatar

Learning to be sober does not preclude poor or vindictive judgment...it just means you don't catch it until afterwards.

I'm gonna wait for the fallout before I judge..he very well could have just not been that sharp about it.

Truly though, you'd think he'd know better.

DW's avatar

@Hunter Biden

Was this a cautionary tail on a dog with a tail that wags the dog?

Love the illustration of a shrugging Hunter! 😼😸

I checked and it's not April 1.

I still love you Hunter @Hunter Biden cuz I would never buy crypto myself. I'm too fuckin' old. And somewhat smaahat.

But I AM considering having installation art instead of a grave stone that if ANYONE remembers me after death and visits the grave the, what are they called nft or something ?, crumbles to dust ! Appros to nuttin'

Take care crypto fools and magasupporters. I'm sure y'all are expecting your $5k

Mike Grant's avatar

Enjoining into a fantasy and expecting to win in the long run is the ultimate Ponzi scheme. It's worse than all the former bogus pyramid schemes by exponential amounts. There's nothing there at all if it's run for and by crooks.

It's like going and cashing a paycheck, knowing that it rides on paying your mortgage and buying groceries for the rest of the month, then, taking it and burning it with a blow torch in the parking lot of the bank because.... You really just wanted to see all those pretty colors in the flames.

Explain that to your wife and hungry kids...

john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION)'s avatar

Get your money out of cryptocurrency asap. It’s a pyramid scheme. It doesn’t matter which crook is hyping it. The end result will be the same. Founders win. Followers lose. Period.

Helen Nowlin's avatar

Now, this crypto scam is connected to our nation's banking and monetary system (due to Trump). This won't go well for any of us.

Helen Nowlin's avatar

My husband mentioned that Hunter had also created a meme coin. I didn't believe it (until now). To me, regardless of why Hunter did it, it leaves a bad taste. We know why the trump regime (a lot of untreated addicts did/do it). The crypto craze is a scam and is about dark motivations.

Brett Howser's avatar

A Last Laugh at the expense of his supporters and anyone dumb enough to buy a celebrity coin is a pretty pathetic and cynical bit of humour

Laurie's avatar

I agree. I was initially impressed by hunter’s willingness to talk real talk about addiction and recovery. Then he put his recovery work behind a paywall. Most addicts don’t enter recovery with millions of dollars, or a family with millions of dollars, or with access to the kind of Recovery programs that Hunter had access to. Most of us who have been through addiction and Recovery are still struggling to put our lives back together. We don’t have an extra $10 a month or eight dollars a month for a Substack, even one on Recovery. So when he did that that put a bad taste in my mouth. And he hasn’t done anything to change it since.

Mema's avatar

I think Hunter did this to show diaper Trump, he's not the only one to make a buck from a dumb meme coin. If you're Dumb enough to invest in the garbage, then you lose. I think the BS that he was put through as a citizen is discusting. No one bitched when our tax dollars were spent from the a-hole Republicans on attorneys and all that BS against Hunter the citizen and NOTHING was found. But God forbid someone like our AG look into the real criminals kutcher, his friend, and the Trump family theft. And the corruption in the administration and 6 SCOTUS. No one is looking into them. So FDJT

Helen Nowlin's avatar

This may be the only aspect as to motivation) that may salvage it. I thought of this aspect, too. It sets up the double standard narrative again. How can Republicans criticize Hunter for what they are doing, too? It makes them look like the fools they are.

David Glaser's avatar

Just goes to show us that no matter what we see and hear desperate men do desperate things.

Brett Howser's avatar

And thus ends the rehabilitation of Hunter Biden. Which evidently was too good to be true. Reversion to the mean is undefeated.

Mema's avatar

I disagree. Maybe this was healing for him. Considering if Trump's dumb maga bought coins, maybe they'll buy his. He got the last laugh.

Mary Ann McGee's avatar

The why is the question. I could see it as a parody of the Trumps, maybe about money, but carefully I want to say this. Hunter has something that he earned and right there that puts him in a class above them and most of the people who you know. That he has fought back from the embarrassment of everything in his past life is the earned, but staying sober, reclaiming his relationship with family and friends is the part that separates him from the people who judge him. Reading your post and knowing how difficult to impossible that journey is for so many, I look at this as maybe a stumble, but I personally see it as nothing more. A meme coin feels like nothing more a corner of his story and a message to anyone who invests in them. Fame is so transitory. Invest in the person who has more than overcome what most couldn’t.

Winterish for Ukraine's avatar

Agreed. Let’s hope he listens to his better angels from now on.

Punk Rock Pixie 🇨🇦's avatar

I trusted him and was happy for him.

Then the grift started.

The sensationalist interviews and appearances turned me.

The meme coin sealed the deal.