Many of us repeat the vegan joke...

...but forget that the same claim could be, fairly or unfairly, be made about us bitcoiners too.

It may be tempting to speak about Bitcoin early, feeling we're impressing them as we've all those counterarguments lined up and data at our fingertips - but it's difficult to see how this might make friends or allies.

If everything goes well, and friendships are made, we all get a chance to be heard, with the walls and barriers down. We just have to make sure that they see us a fellow human and we see them the same way.

Friendships and allies take time: if they're rushed, friendships (and marriages) can sadly break.