Wish the sky would be falling when I have more cash to buy coins... gr8 buy opportunity because we've never seen this FUD b4 

Keep it as simple as possible...
Include incentives for them...
A decentralized system is far more secure than a centralized database... you can reference the recent security breeches with:
1) Anthem Blue Cross (80 million patient and employee records, potentially exposing names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, email addresses, employment information and income data).
2) Ebay February 2014...compromising customer names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth
3) JP morgan 2014... compromised usernames, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses.
4) Home Depot... 56 million credit card accounts and 53 million email addresses5
5) Significant others klike  Sony, Target, Global Payments Inc., Tricare, Citibank, Heartland etc

You can mention the limited supply vs. the Fed reserve printing money at any time.
Large growth potential with a solution for the 2 billion unbanked...  http://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/globalfindex.
Nearly 1 billion in recent VC investments including Wall Street mainstays like the New York Stock Exchange, Goldman Sachs and the Fortress Investment Group.
Bitcoin is out performing all fiat currencies for the last five year average.

That enough for now don't want to overwelm them :^)

This is the route for adoption... whoever is involved in marketing the product (who the hell is doing this?) should actively pursue celebs... their tweets alone will cause a significant tremor. 

Buy all the items on your list at a 25% discount with purse.io
Fight government corruption... Bank greed... devaluing fiat & limited boarders.
Or collect your FUD $s from the 1%

We would form the island of Bitcoinopia...
Grow organics... solar powered.
With big ass guns to keep away govt cronies 

What happens if any of the major CC companies go live using the "good chain"?
What are the effects of segregated Witness for luring larger companies sitting on the fence for scalability?

Cool thread bro.. way to support the community 

This thread is a simple one. The bitcoin community welcomes all newcomers (minus paid fud trolls).
When you first step into the bitcoin realm it can be intimidating... please consider that this is a family of geeks and investors... not always of mindset of keeping it simple... yet the bitcoin train is one crazy and exciting ride... don't give up.
One thing you will learn is that there are always folks willing to help you understand and you should not be embarrassed to ELI5 (explain like I'm 5).
Seriously, this is a completely addictive hobby that has far reaching financial impact personally & globally... the more you learn the more you want to be involved in this disruptive revolution... we were all nubes at one time. Hopefully our long term brainiacs can realize the importance of adoption and tone down the elitist attitude.

Sooooo... welcome aboard... jump in... the water is warm... the tide is rising and the surf is incredible!  

What got you interested... and how can we help you better understand the real Satoshi's dream... Questions or comments?

Anything but failure... the VC investments are growing... the community is 5 million strong... governments are relaxing their restrictions... and the price is steady.
The trend is positive.
 

Doubt this

Like a cheap Ho... pull out of their cheatin' ass soon.

I'd imagine there will be some nice opportunities with Open Bazaar (and competitors) once they open the doors (like a month or so?).

I'm confident this is going to hit the masses so fast it will make our head spin... why?
Competition... it will only require two factors... the first being seamless transfers between currencies (already in progress)... the 2nd will be large entities fear of losing the competitive edge... a recent example would be when American express announced their investments in the chain Visa & Master card jumped in within one week.
You could say that they will have their own blockchain (any PR is good PR) but the point remains no major player wants to be left behind especially when the competition is drastically cutting cost internally and for their customers.
Very few are arguing that digital currency is not a high probability for the near future.
2016 will be phenomenal for growth based on the big players interest.

I'm leaning the other way... this instant growth is more likely to come from a countries adoption vs a killer app... although the two could be in conjunction... example: Brazil goes all in on BTC after a seamless conversion from a "Bitcoin Bank"... with the ability to spend their coins in fiat CC or BTC.

Let's look at it this way... a lot more are jumping in than dropping out 

Maybe someone should explain to Jamie Dimond that his clients are safer with Bitcoin...
http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/11/jpmorgan-huge-hack/

While I do use them on a limited basis because they're insured... I would like more information on the level of consumer protection.

It's certainly understandable why there's pushback from the usual financial cronies... and yes they have the highest lobbying group in the world... however, what they don't comprehend is that international interest trumps local regulations... While they could manipulate a delay in progress the truth is that this is what informed people want in their life... the benefits far exceed banking as usual [insert any revolution here]... then they have to fight 1 billion in investments from companies with big pockets.... they are not just going to roll over.
The tipping point of beneficial commerce has been reached beyond the boundaries any one regulating body.... with a global financial crises each country is looking to weather the storm and protect their piece... once the progressive advocates like Canada & UK start to see positive results the dominoes will fall.
I like our growth potential... what do you think?

Anyone selling now is shooting their own foot... let it ride

It seems that this site has become doom and gloom... is anyone paying attention to China allowing deposits for BTC... or maybe a mention that the price is moving north of $400?
There is so much positive news going on right now