I sat across from two of my lifelong friends (we live in different cities now) sharing a drink for the first time in a long time around August of last year. The conversation was heavy: philosophy, history, morality, existence, etc.

Every time I got the floor I was basically like, "This is all a wonderful but I cannot express to you how critical it is that you buy some bitcoin." Got hit with dumbfounded looks and cries of a ponzi scheme.

Now in the groupchat, all I ever say is "I bought more ponzi" which for a while was met with more hostility. Some of that negativity is starting to turn as it's become clear that, had they just shut up and listened, they'd have already had a massive (perceived) return (on a fiat dollar basis).