If he's just looking for a novelty item and a fun quiet thing with no money involved, yeah, the USB miner might be a thing.
I see some Memecoin can be mined with ~350GH/s but I don't know if this altcoins worth to buy a miner for $335.
Therefore, even if this thing is possible, I think it is better to spend this money to buy those memcoins directly.
Memecoin? God have mercy on your soul, it's better to buy Bitcoin with what you have, your money will be safe with Bitcoin instead of meme coin, you can wake up one day and find out that the meme coin is no more existing, maybe rug pulled.
Even if it's not a meme coin and it's PoW alt I still won't try it because Bitcoin is the best bet for every new crypto investors.
If you can't afford a Asic miner today it's not the end of the world yet, tomorrow is another day, maybe trying to buy Bitcoin now will open door to buying Asic miner someday, it's possible, think about doing this rather than some altcoins.