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.
I was mining shitty coins on video cards that were paid off before. I lost on not mining the same ethereum instead, and these shitcoins are still in my wallet. You should not buy mining equipment to mine shitcoins.I don't understand these risks.