I thought it was a good deal to buy Cardano at $0.098 price, turns out I'm in a 25% loss right now. At some point the shorters should stop shorting and the weak hands should be gone right? It looks like the massive sell offs will continue for a while.

You are still on luck yet 25% loss wont really be that deep.How about knowing that some people do even reach out 75%+ loss? For sure you would panic and no one cant really take it on easily. Price movements doesn't always go up and there would be always a bearish market. Dumping will end? Theres no such thing of an ending because you cant call it a market if you don't see stable prices.
you are right. 25% of losses are normal and always occur in any investment. look at many people who are frustrated because their assets have dropped dramatically. but keep calm, because the market is always fluctuating and we don't know when this dump will end. for now it is better that you plan to create a new investment and also make anticipation to minimize future losses.