Beautiful. I have had many conversations with XRP people over the years. I don't quite do it as a job because nobody pays me to orange pill, but that's essentially what it is. I used to work in sales for an automotive manufacturer and I felt that emptiness and depression you're referring to. Now I use the skills I had from sales orange pilling people for the collective benefit of humanity and I never run out of energy to do it. Particularly stubborn people are the most fun for me, as long as they don't start making personal attacks.

In the case of XRP people the conversation always ends in the same place. Their confidence in their investment stems from their belief that the banks and governments will win. Most of these people don't want that to happen, but are investing against their own values.

I find great enjoyment jn gently illuminating that for them. As you said near the end of that note, the thing that jacks up the vibe is only the desire to change someone else's opinion. If I do that I lose the orange pill before it even begins. I wrote an article about this actually if you're interested in checking it out 🤙 https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/how-to-pitch-bitcoin-like-a-salesman