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How does gold have any true “worth”?

Sure it’s scarce and durable but who cares? You can&rs...
Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency
  10/07/25
you burn oil and it's gone. gold can be reused over and over...
sapphire bipolar liquid oxygen orchestra pit
  10/07/25
can be reused as a means of measurement and for artistic exp...
Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency
  10/07/25
i mean we have to use some arbitrary thing as a store and tr...
sapphire bipolar liquid oxygen orchestra pit
  10/07/25
"Why wouldn’t a scarce currency that society is d...
mint coiffed native patrolman
  10/07/25
https://www.dickblick.com/categories/painting/oil-paint/
Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency
  10/07/25
Our money was baller when it was made of 90% gold: https://...
Histrionic Dysfunction
  10/07/25
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slap-happy double fault resort
  10/07/25
Third worlders like to put it on their women and their relig...
spectacular snowy indirect expression
  10/07/25
have you ever held a significant amount of gold? it speaks f...
Razzmatazz area
  10/07/25


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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:40 AM
Author: Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency

Sure it’s scarce and durable but who cares? You can’t actually do any practical shit with it so it could always lose all its inherent value. Why wouldn’t a scarce currency that society is dependent on existentially (like oil or something) be worth more?

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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:41 AM
Author: sapphire bipolar liquid oxygen orchestra pit

you burn oil and it's gone. gold can be reused over and over and over and over again and it never loses its luster. it's rare and magical. that's why it's so valuable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331392)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency

can be reused as a means of measurement and for artistic expression and that’s how it commands high value. what a fraud existence life is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331395)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: sapphire bipolar liquid oxygen orchestra pit

i mean we have to use some arbitrary thing as a store and transfer of value. might as well be something extremely malleable and indestructible. and it's rarity makes it necessarily more valuable than the alternatives (silver, copper) it's more efficient for states and super richmos than having to store shit tons of inferior metals. in hindsight it seems pretty obvious that gold was chosen.

a better question is why precious gems are so valuable when they can be so easily smashed into dust.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331399)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: mint coiffed native patrolman

"Why wouldn’t a scarce currency that society is dependent on existentially (like oil or something) be worth more?"

idk bro there seems to be some logistical problems with using large quantities of a flameable liquid as a currency. do you think we should be wheeling in barrels of oil into whole food to pay for groceries?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331414)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:58 AM
Author: Concupiscible pisswyrm national security agency

https://www.dickblick.com/categories/painting/oil-paint/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331444)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Histrionic Dysfunction

Our money was baller when it was made of 90% gold:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/NNC-US-1907-G%2410-Indian_Head_%28no_motto%29.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331425)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 4:03 PM
Author: slap-happy double fault resort



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Date: October 7th, 2025 9:56 AM
Author: spectacular snowy indirect expression

Third worlders like to put it on their women and their religious temples

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49331435)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 4:09 PM
Author: Razzmatazz area

have you ever held a significant amount of gold? it speaks for itself

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783975&forum_id=2Ã#49332324)