• Billiam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “Your money will be worthless! Buy gold now! And definitely don’t think about why we’d want to take your money and give you our gold if we think money is going to be worthless!”

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      1 year ago

      “Hello, kind sir. I am starving to death and I see you are cooking a rat on a spit. Would you accept this pretty yellow rock for a piece of rat?”

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        You know what I think would be good to trade after the collapse? Dental hygiene stuff. If you’ve been eating canned beans and dead rats for a few months I bet you’d love to properly brush your teeth.

    • Zeppo
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      1 year ago

      Ha ha. Right, they wouldn’t be letting go of their gold, would they?