Controversial subject, and would go too far off topic for this thread if I talk about it too much.

Look into Litecoin's recent developments re: Segwit, Lightning Network, confidential transactions, and recent addition to Coinbase.

Read the posts on their reddit, and watch some recent youtube videos on it.

I'm not recommending buying it right now. But you can, if you think it's worth it.

I did say to buy back in January, but it was kind of jokingly. I currently hold some, which I bought at $15 using profits from other coins. It's above $26 at the time of writing this, so can't complain   (yet)