You're perfect for crypto with this sort of "critical thinking"
You're right though. I posted about my 2016 Bitcoin purchase years ago in this very thread but it's all a lie and I was playing the REALLY long game to try and impress some fantasy hockey forum posters. That's totally what is going on here. Yup.
Let's assume that it's true. That I am lying to try and impress people, and have been doing so for years.
That still doesn't address my original point about how silly it is to equate the value of someone's opinion with the price at which they purchased an asset.