Nearly all current users could have told him that living on Bitcoin for a week is hard to do right now because there is simply no support. This is why we are early adopters, we use something before it's mainstream. You can't actually walk up to anyone and expect to be able to pay them in any currency you can think of.
Right now, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that bitcoin is fairly useless to most people as a currency, a hard truth for some.
What is it not useless for? Well mainly as an investment/get rich quick scheme as well as money laundering, drug deals and soothing the paranoia of hard money cranks.
This reply is total bullshit, I know. I'm trying to connect with him on his level.
Who said it was easy, straw man much?
Pushing pump and dump stocks via spam emails or selling worthless plots of land to old folks might very well be hard but that doesn't mean it isn't a scam or a get rich quick scheme.
Who is trying to push the dollar as a viable currency for Chinese people to buy things with in China?
OTOH Bitcoin hypers are trying to push it as a global currency. Well, spoilers: it sucks for that.
We're pushing for it, but we're not saying it's there yet. The person I replied to said "Walking up to people and paying people for goods and services is a good measure of how useful something is as a currency." while clearly that's not the case yet, and we never said it was. In the future, hopefully, it will be though.
Why do you think it sucks as a global currency?
Bitcoin detractors read this article and think people like the author are suckers for buying Bitcoins to begin with. Then there's a lot of Bitcoin enthusiasts that probably think people using Bitcoins to buy stuff are suckers for not holding on to them. You can't draw any strong conclusions from that but it's a bad sign when people on both sides of an issue think you're a sucker.