So if I bought it for the memes, the shop itself wasn't worth $1 billion.

I could have bought bike shop, or an apple.

That value wasn't associated with that specific item. It's an arbitrary choice.

It was actually, because value is defined as such. Why do you think buying something for the memes is worth less? Like what mechanism exactly makes it worth less? Seems like that's the fundamental misunderstanding you're having in your comments with others in this thread.

	▲	watutalkinbout 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I guess it depends on your definition. 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.