• thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    19
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    21 hours ago

    Seriously when people say gold is worthless, what a joke. There is very little of it, as you mentioned it doesn’t oxidize, it’s the metal used in microchips. It ain’t sea shells or tulip bulbs or Bitcoin, that’s for sure.

    • vxx@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      20 hours ago

      I would agree for the case that we’re truly in end times where nobody has anything and people fight over scraps of food, that gold might be worthless.

      It’s still your best bet for all other scenarios that don’t involve you hiding in a cave and eating bugs.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        18 hours ago

        And even THEN, gold is a shiny, pretty metal that doesn’t oxidize like other shiny metals. So the tyrants of the apocalyptic wastelands will STILL want it for jewelry.

        • vxx@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          18 hours ago

          I think that’s the moment you don’t want to have Gold on you.

        • vxx@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          15 hours ago

          I think the end times is the short period before the end.

          If it is sudden, gold does matter even less.