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[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To be fair, paper does technically have some intrinsic value, it isnt free to create, nor entirely without practical uses. Its intrinsic value is just very low.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

For instance, can't snort cocaine with a gold bar

[–] thessnake03@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Not with that attitude

[–] Spaniard@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Unless... no no it can't be.

Unless...

I kind of feel like that's one of the best possible ways to snort cocaine

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Before modern electronics it was even more useful than gold, whose only function was being shiny - and the gold stored in vaults is not even doing that.