That mindset has affected so many people's judgment and mentality in this space that they just keep seeing negativity when they should be seeing opportunity. If he is not seeing an opportunity in this bear market already, then I have nothing else to say to him.
When we can already see the frustration of the people then that would be the time that market will become better. Just like OP, some are just sick and tired of what is happening in the market and if you can't be patient in this kind of environment then better find someone else that would provide a profit that would not discourage you. Just think of ways then on how you can take advantage of the opportunity of the movements because cryptocurrency movements is more volatile compared to stocks.
Not seizing the opportunity of the bearish state was the mistake most inexperience cryptonier usually make and it because they dont have the require knowledge, they put all their hope on cryptocurrency, they expect too much from the market and ignore the probabilities involve.