The way forward is to watch and try not to get hurt.
One wonders if beanie babies happened today if we'd see daily Direxion 3X jerry garcia bull ETF shares. And if Wall Street would think that was a good idea. And if the internet would be full of smug beanie baby "investors" who think that they're the only ones who really understand how cute the babies are and everyone else is a moron who doesn't even know how thread is spun so why are you even investing leave the investing to those of us who really appreciate fine polyester.
To phrase my initial curiosity more directly: Why do you have beef with people who don't have the capacity to understand what your beef is about? I can ask myself a similar question about unrelated topics; religion being the one most present in my mind at the time.