What your friends might not distinguish is that you're not a shill, you believe/invest/spend time in/on a project and then it shows the world its value.

I hope your last words become reality: calmer markets with more 'real' investors instead of FIAT-chasers, lol. Although today my driver's license instructor told me he bought BTC and hoped to sell it with a profit - having no idea what a blockchain is :')