I have recently gotten a friend of mine a job with a construction/maintenance company I work for. They placed him in the van with me as my partner, assuming that we already have some kind of rapport. I haven't actually spent time hanging out with the guy since high school, and was just getting a job for a buddy. Definitely wasn't trying to get locked in a van with the guy for 40 hours a week. He's not the same guy I used to know.

Apparently he had $21,000 in some shitcoin on Celsius, which is now locked out to him, so that's turned him into a bitter, sour apple. He's always on edge, talking really fast and jittery. Interrupting every sentence I start. Narcissisticly assuming every conversation is about him, when I'm just trying to discuss work. His mind is completely preoccupied with shitcoins and nfts, and he is constantly trying to bring it up and make me watch videos of that nonsense. (Even if I were interested, I'm barely scraping by, so I won't be investing in anyone's vaporware anytime soon) He's stares at his phone (flipping through shitcoin prices) more than my teenager on instagram.

NFTS! He won't fucking shut up about them, and some virtual reality world he's got, where he can display his worthless digital bullshit with other mental-cases who presumably get together in VR and talk too fast about how the rest of the world is the problem and not them. That's the only explanation I can think of as to why my formerly fun-loving friend has completely forgotten how to talk to people in the real world, lost all his charm and grace, and is now trapped in a victim mentality where everything he says is pure whining, anger, lashing out, or some combination thereof.

The moral of the story, I suppose, is to never keep in touch with people you used to know. Or never help old friends to get a job with you? I don't know. Just figured you guys could relate. I'm sure one or two of you have gotten stuck with a shitcoiner before.