[outsidetheparty]

The "bad Tinder date" is completely irrelevant to the story, and is dispensed with after the first paragraph -- but it's oddly effective clickbait; I think this technique should be used more often:

* Apple releases iPhone X, after a bad Tinder date * Jamie Dimon Slams Bitcoin as a ‘Fraud’ after a bad Tinder date * Turkey Signs Russian Missile Deal, Pivoting From NATO after a bad Tinder date * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, after a bad Tinder date

See? It works every time

[maddyboo]

Considering the fact that this was published under a pseudonym (as mentioned by another comment), I wonder if the Tinder details were a bit of misdirection.

This person purportedly stole ~41 million dollars from a number of parties. Who knows who those people were? They could be some bad people, they could owe money to some bad people, or they might be angered enough to become bad people. That's not to mention the fact that law enforcement would likely be interested in this. Or maybe some thugs might like to just beat them up until they squeal?

Assuming the author is truly the thief, I wonder how many of the details intermingled with their story are false.

Imagine you're the thief. You just stole $41MM. Now what?

You know someone is gonna wonder where their money went - likely multiple people. The blockchain is a public ledger. The victims are going to hire people with expertise just like the author claimed to have in order to try following the ETH as it is mixed and laundered. That's a lot of money to launder successfully without making a single mistake. And I'd imagine a lot of people will be watching.

However, the author surely knows all of this. So why write a blog post with so much helpful information? Assuming all of it is true, we could easily deduce:

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> tinder user, went on a date w/ a creepy guy: author is likely either a straight female, or bi/gay male, single

> bastille day celebrations outside: lives in france

>has two living parents who own a house, has an older brother who does not have a car, has a sister who is going/went to college

>has loans, does not own a house

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That's a lot of information, and isn't even all of it. Why just hand it out, knowing you're likely a big target on a few people's radar?

[Cthulhu_]

> ~41 million dollars

Please don't use this term, use the actual stolen property, 153k Ether, whose value will fluctuate daily (it gained and lost €100 in value in the past month, which would make your estimate inaccurate with about €15 million).

[joshschreuder]

I'm fairly confident that it's a fictional retelling of what plausible might have happened with the actual attacker.

Otherwise, I'm not really sure why you'd want to brag about nabbing that much currency.

[karlkatzke]

There's a whole subreddit ( r/savedyouaclick/ ) for these.

[jandrese]

That subreddit is great. My favorite:

Dave Grohl Says There's "One Thing Missing" From Possible Nirvana Reunion | It's Kurt Cobain.

[Cthulhu_]

I love the ones that tell you how many clicks you've saved - some go up to almost a hundred.

[JustAnotherPat]

I don't think it's completely irrelevant. It's meant to get the idea across that it is easy enough to do at night when you're bored.