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Hilarious Sunday Short: "The Talk"

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The Ghost of a Flea12/27/2015 6:57:41 pm PST

re: #270 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate

Was she in the 1%?

Really, I don’t get this worship of gold as a “standard” for monetary systems. Why not diamonds? Or a barrel of oil? They are all commodities, freely traded across the world, but some are more necessary than others.

If something’s a fiat currency long enough, it becomes objectively valuable, right?

Also, shininess.