1. No, but I also haven't seen them for sale anywhere before
2. Right now, rarely. But if I could get them at a discount (which I did for a grocery store in Australia via my roadside assistance subscription) and/or pay for them in BTC (and I actually needed the things or it was a suitable gift for someone), I would do it more often for sure
3. No, but I bought the I was responsible for coming to life 😄
4. No, but most aren't on nostr or hardcore bitcoiners either
I guess they are more of an expression of art and beliefs. I mean, there is definitely a practical value to the merch, the calendar, the gift cards & discounts as well, but value is subjective in any case. And you're right in terms that most people don't seem to value those offerings highly enough to part ways with the amounts of sats I'm asking for them.
I have been quite open & vocal about nostr and Bitcoin among my friends, and have at least sparked some curiosity in some, but orange and/or purple pilling ain't an easy job either. My current route is trying to expose the interconnectedness of different aspects of life (I can write about yoga, spirituality, psychology and philosophy and tie Bitcoin into it; or about free speech and censorship resistance and V4V and tie nostr into it).
Oh yeah, value first for sure. Most of my artistic stuff (music, writing, photos) are published under Creative Commons licenses. I figure if people get value from it, or it helps them create value, it will come back around in one way or the other...
"If the information you have is truly valuable for the world, then you do not sell it. You give it away for free. You let it do the good that it can in the world, and know that both yourself and others will be rewarded for it."
From the Open Source Culture Manifesto:
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