Gold
2026-05-16 08:39 UTC
Replies (12)
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@username_1@programming.dev 2026-05-16 09:03
Can we send Putin, Trump and a bunch of African tyrants (whatever their names are) there? I bet they would be glad.
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@snoons@lemmy.ca 2026-05-16 09:03
At least everything would be covered in gold then. Electronics would be cheaper too.
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@Miller@lemmy.world 2026-05-16 09:10
There is probably some irony in the artist rendered likeness resembling a double siloed Death star.
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@gnutrino@programming.dev 2026-05-16 09:10
More likely - whichever billionaire mined it would hoard it off the market to keep the value high and make them richer.
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@Boppel@feddit.org 2026-05-16 09:27
sooo… hiw does this work? does it “trickle down” or does it just “kaboom” into earth and we go the way of the dinosaurs?
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@Spezi@feddit.org 2026-05-16 09:38
DON’T LOOK UP!
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@jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-05-16 10:16
Yes, like everyone in Zimbabwe is a billionaire.
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@TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-16 18:26
#dontlookup
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@1984@lemmy.today 2026-05-17 07:27
Gold actually is worthless but humanity has decided it has value. Whats actually valuable is food, water, housing, mental peace, low stress, moral standards etc.
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@melfie@lemmy.zip 2026-05-16 13:15
Everyone “being a billionaire” and having a huge pile of worthless metal won’t increase anyone’s standard of living to the same degree as nobody being a billionaire and nobody hoarding resources.
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@Nziom@lemmy.world 2026-05-17 10:43
I hope palladium and other PGM become worthless so catalyst converters are ok to own
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@rumba@lemmy.zip 2026-05-18 07:30
We could gold plate every contact on every cable, we could use it on every electrical contact. forget ‘rarity’ it’s a damn useful metal