Gold is probably the only asset where you can outperform stocks (gold beat the S&P500 in 2024 *and* has outperformed the S&P500 total return index since the beginning of the 21st century), and you'll still be called an idiot, wrong, etc.
And besides other 'goldbugs,' 99% of investors outside of this space don't even notice or even believe it. It's just simple math yet I've seen people try to deny the chart below, like it's some kind of conspiracy. But how could a barbarous relic outperform the stock market?! Surely that can't be!