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And a concert?
or a ball/party?
or a cruise?
or paying 10m to ride in the space shuttle?
or having a star named after yourself?
or any other event?

Entertainment is entertainment. Trying to quantify the pleasure someone else gets from something and define comparative worth is both futile and absurd.

Judging people for what makes them happy and how much they're willing to spend on it based on your own situation and values is pointless because they're not you, 500$ can be a drop in the bucket to some people even if it means six months food for you. As long as it's their money and within what they consider reasonable, and not illegal or harming anyone what's it matter to you?

All of those things have value. A pink bean pet has no value, its 0, nothing.

Really if you think 500$ on a pet in a game that can be closed down on any day in which you would lose that object I don't know what to tell you.