<prompt> Human: silver now at 14 an ounce. x200B;basically, you are telling me an ounce of silver is worth as much as a cheap restaurant meal, or a fancy cocktail plus tip? x200B;an ounce of silver will buy you a roll of 12 brawny paper towls? you gotta be kidding me. x200B;anyones thoughts on this? its been down from the spike in 2011 and just sitting and simmiring. x200B;x200B;x200B;  <response>: Silver isnt worth that much and never really has been.In the last five years its gotten close to 20 but has spent plenty of time under 14.If you are into investing into precious metals I wont talk you out of it - it probably wont lose a huge amount of value - but really who needs silver? 