Look, I get why you all think the worrywarts are such a joke, you’re using fancy things like facts. But as a newbie to investing, who took over 40 years before deciding to dip themselves in this previously foreign environment, that I still don’t get, this shit is scary! Last year, watching the returns go up and up was exciting as hell. Now, watching the numbers go down is depressing, even though I know it’s a long game because you people, the helpful internet stranger people, keep telling us dimwits that it’s all going to turn out perfect. Well, you try convincing unconvinced partner who doesn’t believe in investing to give it a go when your money goes backwards! It ain’t easy. So you all can mock and ridicule and rub our noses in all of this but remember, for many of us, this is new and we’re praying that our leap of faiths pay off and the sacrifices we’re making are worth it. None of us want to fuck this up. Empathy and compassion can go just as far, maybe farther than ridiculing and minimalizing people’s fears and ignorance. I hope one day I’m as confident, knowledgeable and secure as the rest of you, but I ain’t there yet, but at least I’m willing to be a part of the game.