Unfortunately, I was in the exact same situation as you, unfortunately I discovered Bitcoin after. He was the first, which means that over 7 billion people were doing different things than Laszlo and were not trying to buy with Bitcoin.
This is my small consolation.

If Bitcoin succeeds, even at a 10-20% of its maximum potential, it means it's never too late to start now! That's my small inspiration

Me too.
And every pizza we bought with euro, costed us many millions (our pizzas are smaller than US ones).
Everything we purchased with euro, instead of buying Bitcoin coated us millions because we could have bought bitcoins instead.
It’s only less immediate.
Definitely, I was (and still am) obsessed with pizzas! And, fun fact, I am still buying them with euros. Anyway, that's enough derailment.