It was considered worthless at the time so many weren't careful with it. People are going to be a lot more careful when their coins are priced at 44k+.
Bitcoiners bring up inflation as if our only two options for investment are cash under the mattress or buying Bitcoin.
I keep my investments in companies and assets like most other investors. The economic stimulus might devalue the <1% of USD cash I keep around for transactions, but my actual investments will likely benefit from the stimulus. As a bonus, I get to operate in an economy that has been buffered against the effects of COVID.
It’s amazing that Bitcoin proponents only ever want to talk about the USD (or other local currency) value of their Bitcoin, yet they want us to ignore the fact that Bitcoin isn’t the only option for investing cash.