Cowboy Mouth

dennis absolutely does not know what cryptocurrency is. the misconception that dennis would know what crypto is can be traced to the undeniable fact that dennis would pretend to know what crypto is, and he could easily convince the gang that he knows what he's talking about. he, however, does not. dennis would also express scorn for the whole concept and that its beneath him, which is how he would justify not investing in crypto.

dee knows what cryptocurrency is, but she'd buy into all the hype and be overly evangelistic about it, so it's very likely that she would get scammed. at first her investments would pay off, giving her ego a massive boost and pushing dennis to the edge. her success would fuel dennis' vocal disdain for crypto. eventually she'd get too confident and lose it all, and dennis would gleefully take this as vindication.

mac follows dennis' lead to some extent, but he'd get into NFTs as a side hustle once he finds out he can mint his own. he'd use charlie's art and begin calling himself charlie's agent. a few might sell, but he'd quickly go into debt.

charlie isn't a crypto guy; he's much more patient and less interested in getting rich quick relative to the others. he's forced to know about crypto because mac needs his help with the technical side of things, and also because mac and dee talk about it constantly, so he learns via osmosis. the thing about charlie is that he loves a passion project and will invest his hard-earned coins if something truly grabs him, like with kitten mittons TM and fight milk—things that are ~real~. because of this, he'd be generally confused about the whole nft thing and why anyone would pay for something they can download for free.

unlike dennis, charlie openly voices his confusion and frequently asks questions that mac can't actually answer. mac will dismiss this as charlie not being enlightened, but charlie technically has a better understanding of nfts because digital scarcity is very much artificial, and the demand relies on hype rather than actual value. charlie simply sees through this due to his intuitive grasp of the Marxian labor theory of value.

I don’t know. Should we call Mom?

in s1-4 veep u r presented with the stereotypical sleazy privileged good looking white man who IS smart enough to be competent at his job but like. he’s way too in over his head and underestimates everyone around him/overestimates how smart he is, and u don’t get to see characters like that fail often but he like .. gets fired once a season LMAO. he has a mental breakdown when he’s made campaign manager, he sleeps around a lot but it’s for power, he’s the one who dumps amy but then it’s very clear throughout their interactions that he’s more into her than she is into him, he’s one of the few characters who is actually like wait what the fuck this isn’t okay when he witnesses jonah get sa’d, vs most others who laughed it off/made awful jokes about it, he has NO foresight like he wants power but then doesn’t know what to do once he’s presented with it. he is still very much an awful awful person obviously but he’s well-written 

but then in s5-7 it’s like … he’s not a subversion or a critique of the womanizing pretty white man stereotype he very much embodies that stereotype. hes extremely gross around most women he shares screentime with, amy becomes the one who’s obsessed with him which fucks up their dynamic, he ends up becoming a realtor (i think ??) and is married to someone who’s like half his age in the finale flash forward 

exactly!!!! also i did the math and she would've been 22ish, so she's been out of her back brace for 2 years, and she's already set her roommate on fire by this point and dropped out of school, so to me 1998 sweet dee has kicked her performance of femininity into high gear in an attempt to bounce back.