the great sucking sound of the huge black hole of shit continues apace:

I don't necessarily agree, I believe Bitcoin will remain king, people will treat Bitcoin as the "central bank", where they hold their savings and assets, plus it will bring incredible functionality to Bitcoin.  Think about a killer sidechain feature that brings in 1 million new users, that is a good thing.  We are far too small of a user base to think about limiting options, and I believe sidechains could bring in a lot of new people, which is what we need.  

I know it's a really tired argument and I agree with a lot of things you say, not trying to ignite another debate.

This way of thinking will lead to the end of Alts.  BTC is the entry for all new users, then they discover alts, etc..  BTC is attracting 99% of real world investment money.  If you pegged an Alt to BTC, you just increased your user base by several million.  People looks at Alts as a way to make more BTC, plain and simple.

outdated how exactly?

what crypto out there has proven to be better, not just on paper?

Remember that "Bitcoin" is two things: it's a protocol (technology) and it's a ledger (distribution of wealth across a user base).  Even if you subscribe to the thesis that "bitcoin is outdated in terms of cryptocurrency technology" and will eventually be replaced (which I don't), you still haven't provided an argument that Bitcoin the ledger will be replaced at the same time.  Given the strong lock-in effects associated with networks, I think a stronger argument can be made that bitcoin holders would retain their wealth should a genuinely superior cryptocurrency technology become available.  This could be accomplished using sidechains or spinoffs.  

you apparently seem to be on the same island

"most people investing in cryptocurrencies are going to lose money" -  cypherdoc

http://www.coindesk.com/research-11-million-lost-bitcoin-scams-since-2009/

Aren't these mutually exclusive?  US gets "on top of the energy pyramid" by supplying incredibly cheap nat gas, not by providing expensive product.

Good rebuttal.    I'll give you a little piece of advice since you are obviously jr.  If you want to attract users for NEM, don't go around talking about how other protocols are inferior. The people here have a lot more crypto knowledge than you.  They've seen hundreds of alts come and go.  Be more welcoming to the crypto community, ask people to try NEM beta, tell them it's advantages without talking about others' disadvantages.  It's easy for me to say the creator of NEM, UtopianFuture, had hundreds of sock puppets and thus the whole premise of "fair distribution" is bullshit.  You are going to hear that a lot.