I think what makes the alt currencies silly is their transparency in that they only exist because people are trying to get in "early" on something like bitcoin in an effort to make the same money that BTC early adopters did. Thus far, none of these alt currencies offer anything that bitcoin can't in the near future.
So basically you have a bunch of people who are driven by greed. I mean, might as well start investing in Testnet too, right? What's the conversion rate there?
Everyone is driven by greed, this argument gets a little tiresome. All these forks tried something different to implement what they felt was an improvement over Bitcoin. I agree that is many cases this wasn't much improvement at all, but if you are angry that someone is making money, who cares? Let them make money, how is that hurting you? If you think an alternate currency is no good tell us why, not just that you don't like the fact that someone besides you is making money.So basically you have a bunch of people who are driven by greed. I mean, might as well start investing in Testnet too, right? What's the conversion rate there?