Another example might be bitcoin's culture: I feel like the more I get involved with in it, the more of a normie I become again. It’s that repulsive sometimes … haha

I get that. I just stick to my conviction that, "It would be good to have a money that is outside government control and can't be printed". Everything else about bitcoin culture is just noise. I just hope that the toxic bitcoin culture doesn't lead to unwise, damaging changes in the protocol