▲ 237 ▼ South Koreans hunt for old LG air-conditioners after logos turn out to be pure gold (www.straitstimes.com) submitted 8 months ago by abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (2 children) The people who made out like bandits during the 1849 gold rush sold panning equipment and shovels. This is the modern version of that. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Well, them and the bandits, I'd imagine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) I actually think the metaphor doesn't really work when applied literally, except in the tautological sense. Banditry was a very poor lifestyle, only engaged in by the truly desperate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tyler@programming.dev 1 point 8 months ago That was with an essentially infinite supply of people to sell to. There’s only 10k of these things, and putting it on the internet insures that you’re only going to get an incredibly small fraction of the gold sold back to gold stores. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 child) Well, them and the bandits, I'd imagine. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) I actually think the metaphor doesn't really work when applied literally, except in the tautological sense. Banditry was a very poor lifestyle, only engaged in by the truly desperate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 child) I actually think the metaphor doesn't really work when applied literally, except in the tautological sense. Banditry was a very poor lifestyle, only engaged in by the truly desperate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago I think we can both agree tautology works because it works, and that's good enough for me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 point 8 months ago That was with an essentially infinite supply of people to sell to. There’s only 10k of these things, and putting it on the internet insures that you’re only going to get an incredibly small fraction of the gold sold back to gold stores. permalink fedilink source parent