Like hell! You can 100% mitigate the effect by reading much less internet and much more old books. People subconsciously start imitating whatever they surround themselves with.
Textbook example of coaching someone's language to alter their thinking and fix a narrative in their mind. Someone who accepted this narrative could easily self-destruct and sell all their Bitcoin.
Not posting this to discuss the fork. This is part of a larger phenomenon that affects the entire network!
I dunno. The corrosive effects of group think and influencer culture which, one week after the CC disaster caused network-wide acts of self-reflection and contrition, are already creeping back in, like when a fat guy after a heart scare gradually returns to his normal eating routine?
1. Have never rolled dice 2. Have only heard dice mentioned a handful of times in all my time in btc 3. I know damn well most of you have never rolled dice or even thought about it 4. No one has ever discussed seriously rolling dice until the last week, and this was at least partially from reactionary panic 5. Satoshi did not roll dice either 6. Rolling dice is not a serious requirement for self-custody 7. Yet the Professional Bullshitting Class is now deploying this as a narrative against self-custody anyway.
Right, I'm amazed how quickly my Nostr timeline refilled itself with yap. The CC disaster and the attacks on Lightning network are the biggest AND ONGOING issues at the moment.
In their defense it's probably just more fun to poke fun at the failed fork.