Serious topic: how do you deal with losing money in this space? 

Either because of a scam or sending them to the wrong address or holding until the death of the coin.

Replygal, addicted to Warp, degen to 1$. 🐈‍⬛

its usually pretty upsetting for me but i try to find lessons to learn from such experiences. for example i deployed a contract yesterday and put some $ in it and someone took it (because i didnt have proper security) so i learned the lesson of double checking and sending smaller amounts for first tests