Because many (not all) silver and goldbugs are little more than degen speculators. They "invest in hard money" in order to... make more fiat money? Buy back into the system they claim to hate? It doesn't really make any sense, but yes, a lot of silverbugs who held from $17 just sold (i.e. bought dollars again) at $80-something.

I can't talk too much shit since we have people do this too (they're just usually on Reddit).