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[–] Liz@midwest.social 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months 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.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

So a gold mine is both literal and figurative, eh?

[–] PenisWenisGenius@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 6 months ago

There's also silver which is an off brand ripoff version of gold. It kind of sucks because it discolors and turns purple.