"Getting robbed is no joke."
I can guess how most of you feel about the middle-aged jams of Jack Johnson.
Cutting-edge it ain’t.
You’d need to be forty five-plus to climb back into 1999 and remember how revolutionary his new folk sounded amid the schmaltz of Faith Hill, Matchbox 20 and Celine Dion and the flatulence of Creed and Everclear.
If the black man of 1988 had Straight Outta Compton, the surfer of 1999 had Rodeo Clowns, the song that first appeared on a G Love and Special Sauce LP and, later, on the album Brushfire Fairytales.
The man behind G Love and Special Sauce , if y’didn’t know is Garrett Dutton, who had two pivotal albums in the late nineties, Yeah it’s that easy and Philadelphonic, the album that broke Jackie J.
One of ancient ol Dezzy’s fav tracks, incidentally, is i76 from Yeah it’s that easy, a paean to Philly Life, driving the local Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), hitting Parkline Drive, Fishtown, Center City etc. A Philly anthem with a roadmap built in.
Anyway…
Garrett just got stiffed of his life savings, an event that some of you might be karmic payback for the decades of Jackie’s folk songs, but which might serve as a warning to others and an illustration of how easy it is to lose every damn cent you’ve ever saved for.
The amount of money Gaz lost is wild: 5.9 bitcoin, “all I had,” he wrote, noting that he’d been saving up for nearly a decade. At the conversion rate at the time of publication, he lost approximately 443 gees.
“Getting robbed is no joke,” he wrote.
“I been in the crypto circus since 2017. Today, they caught me off guard. It was my own damn fault for not being more diligent. But let it serve as a warning. There’s so many scams.”
In messages exchanged on Tuesday, Mr. Dutton told KuCoin — a crypto platform that the thieves allegedly used to launder the money — that he had notified the authorities of the theft.
KuCoin told Gaz on social media, “We have taken temporary restraining measures and temporarily frozen the suspicious account for 7 days.” Billboard reported that Apple removed the fraudulent Ledger app from its service.
“Everybody works hard to try to get by and do as best they can for their family,” he wrote in another message, “and I think it just can be all going in an instant the minute you let your guard down for one second. It’s a tough road ride.”
Anyone BTL got crypto?
I got my advice at the peak of it all from a nice man in a wrestling gym. Currently down 98%.
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It’s a brutal experience to go through. A lot of people think they’d never fall for something like this, but these scams are often far more sophisticated than most realize. Sharing experiences and talking about what happened helps others spot the warning signs.
Currently down about 50% but I don’t even want to look at it much. Its gut wrenching watching the value drop since late 2025 without any apparent reason, maybe because of some fucking nerds making lamborghini money in between some andrew tate and porn marathons. Wake me up when it’s 2034 please.
Rodeo clowns was on permanent rotation as a burnt CDr in my car for a few weeks. Ages ago. So I contributed zero to his life savings. Sorry bro, i’ll give you a couple youtube views today.
Index fund tied to sp 500. Set it and forget it.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one that led to a wrestling gym,
And that has made all the difference.
Cash in a bank account would have been insured by the US at $250k per bank account….crypto, “gone in an instant”…
A woman rear ended me while I was working. My car totaled. Minor hospital trip.
Received 10K award for my troubles and the value of the car.
Dude at the yoga center is pimping a new AIDS detection drug… this is 1988. You prick yourself and bloody the card, tells you your HIV status in 20 seconds. Revolutionary. Had my CPA look into it, holy shit this will be sold at every pub/college/ social event. Remember, people are dropping dead of AIDS in a matter of weeks at this point.
Sunk the 10K into the stock. Approved in Japan. Approved in Sweden. US, where Disease Detection was based, no approval. Company was sold for assets.
poof, the money was gone.
Never gambled again
Jack Johnson tunes were legitimately great music. Very chill.
I think that scamming old people, older than this guy, out of their money is going to be one of the biggest businesses in the world, in the near future. There will be so many different scams, and even people who are trying to prevent theft, such as this guy, will lose everything.
Land
Buy it when you can
They’re not making any more of it…
Yes they are. All over the world. Probably not the smartest to buy on land reclaimed from swamps and rubbish tips once nature decides to square the ledger but from the Goldy to the southern states of the USA to Dubai, Saudi and the South China Sea, if you can sell, someone will produce it.
Plenty fresh new land on the Big Island getting made on the daily.
Get it while it’s hot!!!!
bought the covid dip – that was awesome.
just straight ETF’s- market exposure
ain’t got the figs for BTC
Hahaha that’s karma working for a change. Bringing that spew out. Some of the shittest music EVER
My Kaspa has dropped from 35k to 5k, I had built up my coins and went all in on this.
Ahhh well.
Xox
Never shitcoin. They all go to zero.
Only buy tech shares
Buy BTC only, every month, never sell.