Not quite sure  if you are on topic, but  you do have a few interesting points.

I look back at 2019  and I wonder  if the negative viewpoint you push is what happens for 2020.

2019  was a mixed bag.  Our team  earn more then 8 coins  but spent a lot to do so.  I am 62 and will be 63 very soon.

I own a piece of 1.9ph   and  I am not sure I want to keep doing this.  It has become a job for me  at a time I don't feel healthy enough to do the job.

Some days I completely agree with just about all you wrote.  Other days I wonder will a strong pump happen.

Fundamentally a digital coin is very much interchangeable.

BTC + NMC  merged mined  is not very different then LTC and Doge coin merge mined.

In fact  doge is clearly better then  NMC.

I will  continue mining but  2020 may see me reduce all gear  to a few small machines.  I will decide sooner then July.