Nothing gets done when we allow this drama to cloud our judgement. Accept the personal anecdote as a data point in the struggles users have with bitcoin usage, realize that there's a lot of work to be done, but also don't be manipulated into a hyperbolic response.

Snowden encoding a poison pill on the blockchain should be proof enough that there are valid uses for arbitrary data, that doesn't mean we have to like or enable it. Nic is right in a technical sense, bitcoin transaction fees are supposed to be our security budget, the block reward is an inflationary subsidy that debases existing bitcoin. Nic is also an idiot, this activity is obviously transitory, I remember seeing half filled blocks this year AFTER the first inscription wave, and the people engaging in this activity will be reigned in by the market.

If we can be fear mongered into making rash decisions we are fucking screwed. Start with a mutually shared belief->extend the idea with 'a priori' logic and data/facts->present a solution. If we all just followed some simple steps in basic critical thinking then we could diffuse all the problems we have.