I personally don't mind haters or folks who're scared. People are wrong all the time. One simply can't ignore extremely advanced cryptocurrency technology: Monero is exactly what Bitcoin would have liked to be.
After all iCEBREAKER absolutely nails it:
Monero is what the kids who bought weed on Silkroad thought Bitcoin was. IE: encrypted internet money.
Although paraphrased due to poor memory, that one-liner is totally stolen. Apologies and thanks to its OP.