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For some reason seeing these acronyms used non-ironically make me giggle uncontrollably. For anyone unaware:

WAGMI - we are gonna make it

NGMI - not gonna make it

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Oh, _that's_ what that is. I assumed it was something that would just irritate me if I looked into it, so ignored it.

It's from the ancient bodybuilding lingo of TheMisc bodybuilding forum. Coopted by crypto nerds.

Aware. Do u even lift? Bertstare.jpg

Where my OG Miscbrahs at?

Taking roll call, reply below (reds negged on sight)

I accidentally dropped a "Can you aware me on <x>" in a meeting once only to be met with blank stares. Someone asked me if I had a stroke.

Rep'd

WAGMI = We All Gonna Make It.

Seems to me it's used to promote such and such project. Like they're saying "me and you will make a lot of money from this investment!"

What are they gonna make? I feel out of the loop reading this thread

As with most things crypto, there's actually much less to it than it seems.

That said, Hacker News readers shouldn't be surprised that people use jargon to demonstrate membership of an in-group or keep away outsiders.

> That said, Hacker News readers shouldn't be surprised that people use jargon to demonstrate membership of an in-group or keep away outsiders.

To say that HN readers use specific keywords or acronyms is inaccurate, given the diversity of topics that make it to the front page. However, the discussions I see take place here are definitely of much higher overall quality than the average comments thread on other sites.

> HN readers use specific keywords or acronyms is inaccurate

False. First, your reply is disingenuous and orthogonal to my first concern.

You're gaalighting my strawman, and I have no desire to engage with you further. Have a wonderful day.

"Making it" in this context refers to getting rich off of crypto speculation.

The meaning of “going to make it” is that they will succeed. I.e. that the cryptocurrencies they are holding will be worth more USD in the future, or possibly even that the cryptocurrencies themselves become widespread enough that you can use them directly when transacting with others, and that in the latter scenario the worth of the cryptocurrency would also be high.

The term “to make it” is a regular phrase in English, and although it is commonly used in the cryptocurrency world it’s not exclusively used by them.

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/make%20it

> To make it is to accomplish something, or to become successful.

The thing that is confusing here is that it feels in their mind they are actively doing something to achieve success but it is in fact completely passive. They aren’t accomplishing anything, or making something, just bought assets and passively wait for it to increase in value.

It's part of the doomsday cult. Just wait long enough and you'll have infinite riches and prove everyone wrong.

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