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2026-06-03 18:28 UTC
Replies (11)
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@MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-03 20:28
What about… 500 kgs of Bitcoin?
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@sundray@lemmus.org 2026-06-03 19:18
I’d probably take the cash since I don’t know how to turn gold bars into money. It’s never come up before!
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@wieson@feddit.org 2026-06-04 06:13
Gold, so I don’t have to touch US dahlors
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@deranger@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-03 18:50
Bills weigh 1g, and 1g of gold is >$100, so I’m going with gold.
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@Kolanaki@pawb.social 2026-06-03 23:18
What denomination are the bills and how much does each brick of gold weight? Cuz I mean, if the bills are high enough, like $5000s they might be worth more than the gold. Edit: The weight of the money doesn’t matter as much as the denominaton here. A $1 bill weighs the same as a $500 bill, y’all. If gold is $145 per ounce, a 500kg pile of $500 or $1000 bills that weigh about 1 gram each is worth a lot more. If they are $1s, $5s, $10s, $20s, $50s or eveb $100s, take the gold. If they are $500s or higher, take the cash.
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@vivalapivo@lemmy.today 2026-06-04 06:51
US dollars measured in kilos? Very suspicious. Gold then
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@PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 2026-06-04 06:58
Gold for me. Its worth a bit more and will probably increase in value over time. Money will lose value over time. Since I don’t plan on spending it all at once, right this moment, it works better in my favor if it appreciates in value. I’m too much of a pussy to invest, so I’d probably let the bills rot too. I’d sell the gold bit by bit, underground if need be, to avoid taxes. I’d pick money only if I actually needed 50 million in cast right now.
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@peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-03 19:17
Cash, the value be dammed. Im not trying to sell fucking gold. Im not a fucking merchant
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@Hackbraten@lemmy.zip 2026-06-04 07:04
Gold
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@Delphia@lemmy.world 2026-06-04 23:54
A lot of this question really hinges around one question. What do I have to tell the government? Do I get this as a prize? A gift? An inheritance? Income? Magical Genie appearance? Do I have to launder it? Am I going to get audited?
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@BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2026-06-05 01:32
You do realize that if you take either the gold or the cash you’re still roughly a billion dollars away from being a billionaire? At $72m you still have about 93% of the way to go before you hit even one billion. Elon is currently somewhere north of $700bn. I’m just pointing this out because many people don’t realize how excessively rich billionaires actually are. Many still seem to think we’re talking about cutting into people’s rainy day savings when we’re calling for billionaire’s fortunes to get taxed. FWIW, nobody earns that kind of money. With all of the above said, if it is legit and comes with no strings attached, I will gladly take the ~$70m in gold (with approximately the dimensions of a microwave). Even if I have to pay taxes on it. While gold does incur a conversion cost when putting it in a bank account, the same is true for a large amount of cash (especially when it is in a foreign currency). And gold has an intrinsic value which only increases over time. Thanks!