You gotta love how GIB is making people meltdown in this thread.
GIB is remaining calm and posting information.
People are losing their shit and engaging in ad hominem attacks for no reason at all.
Lol yes. Psychologists explain this behaviour as a natural consequence of those who are upset or feel grief/envy worrying about having lost the opportunity to participate. The so called Kubler-Ross model which we are seeing classic examples of from some of the posters here.
The 5 stages of grief and loss are:
1. Denial and isolation (this bitcoin thing is BS, bitcoin people are freaks, bitcoins are just blips - how can they be worth anything, it’s all a conspiracy / Ponzi scheme.
2. Anger (GIB you suck, GIB you are delusional etc).
3. Bargaining (The easy money has been made. The peak has been reached. Well maybe bitcoins are a legit asset but I believe something better will come along, gold is still better than bitcoin, etc).
4. Depression (oh man I (secretly) wished that I had invested
5. Acceptance. (Ok, I get it now).
People who are grieving do not necessarily go through the stages in the same order or experience all of them to the same degree.
People like Mr A are somewhere in between stages 2 and 3. Most will eventually get to 5. On a much broader level we can see all of society collectively moving through these phases also when it comes to understanding and acceptance of bitcoins (and this is in turn also reflected as a whole in bitcoin price movements). Prices will stabilise when we get collectively to level 5 but until then will be volatile but overall upwards.
