Not everyone was stupid enough to buy a pizza with thousands of mined bitcoins.
that's a transaction that deserves everyone's respect. we might not be here if it hadn't happened.
Ok, maybe, but it was also a transaction made by someone that never believed bitcoin would be worth very much. Just like all the 50 btc VIP forum members. Either that or all the VIP members really did want to spend $50,000 to impress a bunch of strangers.