Quote from: puffpuffpass on June 04, 2013, 08:46:15 AM

but most people don't want to store anything. Most people, if they had $1,000,000, would go buy the things they want and then rely on the safety the government affords them. A house, some cars, blah blah, next thing you know after all the legal processes are done and they have everything they ever needed/wanted, they have completely forgot about Bitcoin because it's just not practical.

LOL! And this is why most people who win millions in lotteries end up piss poor, with more debt than they started with. What "most people" should do with that money is invest it and continue to live the way they used to, using that $1mil to live off of.

Most people don't know how to handle money, because most people don't know anything about money, other than paycheck comes in, bills go out. They have no clue about budgeting, diversification, investments, etc. Most bitcoiners on the other hand do, since that's the stage Bitcoin is at presently, requiring understanding of money, economics, investment, and risk.

Quote from: puffpuffpass on June 04, 2013, 08:51:16 AM

they said the same crap about beanie babies.

How many global companies have sprouted around Beanie Baby trade? How many venture capitalists and millionaire investors have dumped millions into Beanie Baby based companies? How many newspaper and government articles were published discussing the merits of Beanie Babies, and their threat to established currencies and regulations? What will it take, short of your employer forcing you to accept Bitcoin because everyone else does, for you to start seeing Bitcoin as something more than a Beanie Baby?