Yes it's literally what it means. It was worth that to you (even if just to prove a point).
What else does worth mean?
What else does worth mean?
I buy a sweetshop for 1 billion dollars.
Now, immediately after I have bought it, what's it worth?
Is a buyer asking to buy it? If yes, whatever you sell it for.
If no, then you really have no idea what it's worth now, all you know is it was worth 1B to you when you bought it.
I could have bought bike shop, or an apple.
That value wasn't associated with that specific item. It's an arbitrary choice.
The issue is that buying something for the memes isnt worth less, it's 'what you are actually buying'?.
If I arbitarily decide to buy an apple for $10 that I could have bought for $1, what did I actually buy with the $9.
Publicity? Goodwill?
I don't believe I only bought an apple, even from the person I bought it from.
Now he's been pursued by the press to comment, and he's the guy that sold that thing for $X for the rest of his life. I bought that from him too.
If I paid the market price, that doesn't happen.
So what did I really buy?