# @afrochicks: dealing with IRL crypto skeptics at a wedding dinner

Source: https://farcaster.xyz/afrochicks/0xbb42b3a9
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/afrochicks-dealing-with-IRL-crypto-skeptics-at-a-wedding-dinner?index=0x685f0c5600bb8135e6a9c99fd9060f96055d4c3767e6f1e21d3ae7954265d1ee4a528899
Submitted by @timdaub.eth on 2025-06-27 UTC, 10 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

A poster asks how others handle skeptical friends after being pressed on crypto at a pre-wedding dinner, where they had mentioned a trip to Cannes. The guest who worked in finance questioned them on crypto use cases beyond "ape NFTs," why people still invest after Facebook's failed metaverse spend, volatility, daily users, advantages over normal banking, the value of crypto social media when TikTok already pays creators, and paying for dinner with stablecoin. The poster says they think they passed the exchange and found the different perspective eye-opening, though they note that people their own age they usually talk to about crypto have been very interested.

## Article

how do y’all deal with IRL crypto sceptics?

today at a pre wedding dinner i ended up having a crypto convo 🫣

(which is just as bad as talking about religion or politics)

it’s cos i mentioned im going to cannes so it was kinda unavoidable

 i was put under the spotlight to answer these questions

- what’s a usecase for the blockchain apart from those “ape NFTs”
- facebook invested billions in the metaverse and that was a fail so why do people still bother?
- what’s the point of crypto when it’s so volatile?
- who’s using it every day?
- why is it better than normal banking? 
- whats the point of a “crypto social media” if tiktok pays creators already?
- you can’t pay for this dinner using crypto if you offered the waiter stablecoin it would be impossible 

bro worked in finance aswell so it was like an exam phew 

im pretty sure i passed the exam but was quite eye opening to see a different perspective

everyone ive ever spoken to irl (usually my age) have been super interested so it was first time having an experience like this