No, it really wasn't that bad. The annoying part, at least for me as someone who, uh, I guess used to go to a lot of colloquia on this stuff?, is the part you

No, it really wasn't that bad. The annoying part, at least for me as someone who, uh, I guess used to go to a lot of colloquia on this stuff?, is the part you left out: people pre-judged the outcome (of all three phenomena you mention!) and then got really, really cranky with anyone who dared challenge their position. If you (generic rhetorical you) want to believe that LK99 is going to superconduct, or that Bitcoin is going to the moon, or that AGI is coming next week, that's great. Really, it is! And you're allowed to talk about it, and put your money where your mouth is, and all that. What you're not allowed to do is get mad at people who respectfully disagree with you and point out why your dumb arguments are dumb. And you really, really, really need to pay attention, and not get more hostile, when your position starts to get falsified, as is/was helpfully possible for LK99 (but not so much those others). Do not hold fast to false things. I understand that this is difficult when the people taking the other side are being equally awful, but such is life. We need to rise above, not get dragged down, lest everything fall into the same cesspools as contemporary politics.