That will lead to a huge decline in bitcoin... as for if it's so hard to spend, why use it at all? :-/
And I finally got a confirmation on my transaction sent with a standard fee, a total of 9 hours and 15 minutes after sending it. Thanks stress test!
And yes, now that I know these kinds of shenanigans are being perpetrated, I'm going to be adjusting my usage accordingly. I'm not sure that was the intended result of the stress-testers, but that's what I'm doing. So I guess the stress-testers have achieved something in making bitcoin that much harder to use.