I didn’t mean to take it critically - I just figured I’d lay it out that way because you’re probably not going to the last person to question that

I hear you. Didn't mean to come off critical, but I've always been curious about the "burn as donation" concept. I'm pretty sure even Satoshi mentioned it. 

At the same time, I wonder if there is some number if burned/lost sats beyond which we all start to wonder...

Scoresby

bitcoin

Come throw a coin in the BTC wishing well

satgoob

Objectively on a personal level this is throwing away sats but I thought the concept was fun enough to toss a small amount. This doesn’t help you financially and does hurt you

If someone else burns sats your value goes up

Practically it maybe VERY marginally contributes to divisibility issues, but given how divisible BTC is it doesn’t move the needle