The reason people go after such statements is the pump that made bitcoin's price what it is and so called "brand name" associated with bitcoin. No other coin out there can beat it and believe it or not people who are making shitcoins are actually envious of that. They want their own coin to be the next bitcoin and so they keep on saying this to everyone they meet, whether it be social media or it is real life.

These guys will make you buy their shitcoins and dump on your face when the pump happens so you are the one who is going to at a loss. Complete waste of time and money.

Obviously there is only one Bitcoin.

Any forks and other cryptocurrencies saying that they are Bitcoin is just an altcoin and not Bitcoin. It is not bad to invest on other cryptos as long as the majority of it is on Bitcoin since you will really regret it if you will not be investing on Bitcoin quickly.

For me, a beginner entering a wide market is one thing that is good for them, I think that is a good thing, because I am quite sure that very large numbers of people actually learn about money, investment, and information security by learning about the crypto market. because Bitcoin is the future and there is no one else and why I accumulate more Bitcoin than altcoin in my portfolio.

These days all alts coin companies spend heavily on brand marketing, they use words that influence the buyer to buy their coins. As a buyer one should only invest in bitcoins as no other coin can ever match the returns given by bitcoins. One of the reasons I feel people end up investing in alts is due to lack of research done on their part, they simply fall for clickbait marketing and end up with worthless coins.

I know it's tempting but there is no such thing as next bitcoin and if there will be any, it will still take a lot of time. I get irritated when someone posts or talks about Eth or any other altcoin being the next bitcoin even though everything they say does not even make any sense.

I also have great hope with bitcoin, the next bitcoin time, now in without 2 or 3 days bitcoin reached at $6849, it meant in next week bitcoin definitely grew more than it. So it is time of bitcoin and we are already in lane of bitcoin investment. So we should be ready to earn profit from it. 

I think that the fantasy of people looking for a class of underdog cryptocurrency who made them rich is no more than that a "fantasy" and like you said the best way to avoid get rekt is investing in BTC.

Although bitcoin ecosystem is still very young, but it was proven in the past that investing on them is a good choice. Of course there is risk, but so as in the altcoin market. That's why newbie investors gets rekt bigtime. Trying to look for the next bitcoin, unfortunately, they just wasted their time and money trying to look for it.

Getting a decent profit doesn't work overnight, and bitcoin is not a get rich quick scheme.

That's right, therefore the newcomers must learn about crypto to those who are experienced. Most of them are reluctant to learn, they are only tempted by the lure of "get rich quickly" but it is only a dream without experience. Especially after yesterday's 2018, a lot of ushered in useless shitcoin.