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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The value of gold lies in the fact that other men may be disposed to work their ass off in order to have some shiny things to gift to women in order to have sex. As you can imagine, the power of gold amongst married couples drastically decreases.

Gold is actually useful for things other than jewelry.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    What other relevant uses does gold have? Which ones of those are relevant to sustaining life needs?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Talking in just modern times most any technology uses it. It's used in medicine as nanoparticles for biosensors and cancer treatment (photothermal therapy) as well as targeted medicine delivery. Pretty much all computers have gold wires in them due to it's conductive properties which sure isn't necessary for sustaining life technically but modern life, yes. It's been used in dentistry since like 1000 BC because of how inert it is, it's used in chemistry all over the place and material science which we rely on to use on all the previous fields. I could go on but I think the point is clear, gold has many many uses beyond just jewelry.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    Sure, I'm a chemist. I know lots of these uses. I tell you, gold could completely disappear tomorrow and we'd barely feel the effects. Sure, some things would have to be reworked, but we'd be fine in a year.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Edible gold to make life sustaining food into a luxury!

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