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It’s very annoying that gold is so expensive. Much less toxic and still has loads of great properties. It’s just, you know, expensive.

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repungnant_canary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
Yeah, and it’s expensive because it’s …well, expensive. It’s not any less abundant than some other metals or more difficult to extract. We just decided it’s gonna be expensive

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- VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  I mean, we didn’t just arbitrarily decide that gold would be expensive, we decided it would be expensive because it’s pretty. It seemed like a good idea a few thousand years ago.
  
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- Liz@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
  So a gold mine is both literal and figurative, eh?
  
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PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
There’s also silver which is an off brand ripoff version of gold. It kind of sucks because it discolors and turns purple.

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