[dmoy]

Two reasons:

1) Because I need to buy things with dollars to a) not starve, freeze, etc. b) not get thrown in jail for tax evasion

and

2) because I'm not comfortable with that level of investment risk, and prefer a more diversified approach of mutual funds, bonds, and real estate.

[icebraining]

1) We're talking about paying for ProtonMail. This is implied by the context in both mine and the parent's post.

2) Exactly! And despite not being comfortable with Bitcoin as an investment, you may very well prefer it over the short term as a payment mechanism.