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[Tought experiment] Whilst working in your communal garden, you and your comrades find 50k worth of gold buried beneath the soil. What do you do?
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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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TheJesusaurus piefed.ca TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-10-20
#2 · Quote Reply

I can't believe me and my comrades found 5k worth of gold. I'd go pay all my taxes and report to all relevant authorities about the 5k we found.

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Svartis piefed.blahaj.zone Svartis@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-06-10
#3 · Quote Reply

meet up with the members of our garden to see how we use/distribute it

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Jack slrpnk.net JustJack23@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-15
#4 · Quote Reply

Invest it in Nvidia or Bitcoin, I am telling you man, no way they go down frfr

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TwiddleTwaddle lemmy.blahaj.zone TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-28
#5 · Quote Reply

I can't believe me and my comrades found 5k worth of gold. I'd go pay all my taxes and report to all relevant authorities about the 5k we found.

4k worth of gold will be such a boon to our local economy even after paying our rightful taxes on the 3k windfall

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Ophrys lemmy.dbzer0.com Ophrys@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-23
#6 · Quote Reply

Try to get rid of the golden wrap to get the chocolate inside

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𝔄 𝔰𝔒𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔒𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔒𝔠𝔒 𝔬𝔣 𝔠π”₯𝔒𝔒𝔰𝔒 lemmy.world zakobjoa@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-03
#7 · Quote Reply

Me and the homies all get iced out grillz. Next demo is gonna be lit.

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Jack slrpnk.net JustJack23@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-15
#8 · Quote Reply

4k worth of gold will be such a boon to our local economy even after paying our rightful taxes on the 3k windfall

I am sure that taxes from the 2k declaration will go to good use, who would turn down the tax on that 1k unexpected discovery

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
#9 · Quote Reply

Store it for alchemical purposes.

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-16
#10 · (edited) Quote Reply

I am sure that taxes from the 2k declaration will go to good use, who would turn down the tax on that 1k unexpected discovery

Suddenly our housing has strange non-oxidizing gutters and window frames.

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spicy meatball lemmy.world sam_the_tech@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-07-03
#11 · Quote Reply

I am sure that taxes from the 2k declaration will go to good use, who would turn down the tax on that 1k unexpected discovery

Since it’s only 1k in gold I would just split it with my buddy and call it a day!

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infinitesunrise slrpnk.net infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2025-01-27
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

Walk it over to the communal gold-plated semiconductors workshop, drop it off in their materials stockpile.

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Trigger2_2000 sh.itjust.works Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-08-04
#13 · Quote Reply

Re-bury it of course. How do you think it grew there in the first place?

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technomad slrpnk.net technomad@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-12-27
#14 · Quote Reply

Try to discern how long it's been buried there and who it might belong to and why they buried it. If it's one of the members, we now have to eliminate them. Things are about to get real complicated...

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saltesc lemmy.world saltesc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#15 · Quote Reply

Call the museum

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Krudler lemmy.world Krudler@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#16 · Quote Reply

Why would I worry about finding gold in a communal garden, when the Flock cameras that are located everywhere have upwards of $30,000 worth of gold and rare earth minerals for salvage.

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MummifiedClient5000 feddit.dk MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk
Joined: 2023-06-09
#17 · Quote Reply

I'll likely have to keep the gold for safekeeping and protect it with my life. My so-called comrades are not to be trusted. In fact I already hear them conspiring against me. Will have to take them out, shovel to their faces, hide the bodies, shallow graves.

The gold is mine AND MINE ONLY!!!

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adr1an programming.dev anzo@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-22
#18 · Quote Reply

Suddenly our housing has strange non-oxidizing gutters and window frames.

All with that little ounce we found in the garden? Amazing!

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PieMePlenty lemmy.world PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-01
#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

  1. Tell everyone to back off immediately on first sighting of gold
  2. Place safety cones all around and cordon off the area
  3. Call the police and inform them exactly of what was found

/s

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gedfromgont piefed.ca gedfromgont@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-05-12
#20 · (edited) Quote Reply

This is the second topic on Lemmy asking specifically what one would do with 50k. What is going on?

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black0ut pawb.social black0ut@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-06-10
#21 · Quote Reply

This is the second topic on Lemmy asking specifically what one would do with 50k. What is going on?

The image is AI too, which adds to the sus

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#22 · Quote Reply

This is the second topic on Lemmy asking specifically what one would do with 50k. What is going on?

Must be a coincidence lol

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SavinDWhales lemmy.world SavinDWhales@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-14
#23 · Quote Reply

50k (USD) gold would be... a cube about an inch wide?

The picture shows gold bars worth several million USD, I'd say (though I never handled even a small gold bar).

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Blastboom Strice mander.xyz BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-11
#24 · (edited) Quote Reply

Upgrades people, upgrades

Also paying for medical and court expenses the communities around have and keeping reserves

Btw in greece we do have a running court case of anarchists that is gonna cost around 50k...


Kinda related:

The other day I was thinking that if you give like 1-10millions of euros to the anarchist movement in greece we could do huuuge stuff. I think we could easily topple the gov (but not the system). Kinda funny how that little money could have such a huge impact

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#25 · Quote Reply

Upgrades people, upgrades Also paying for medical and court expenses the communities around have and keeping reserves Btw in greece we do have a running court case of anarchists that is gonna cost around 50k... Kinda related: The other day I was thinking that if you give like 1-10millions of euros to the anarchist movement in greece we could do huuuge stuff. I think we could easily topple the g...

How many anarchists are there in greece?

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#26 · Quote Reply

We would probably use it to open up a soup kitchen or something i dunno.

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laranis lemmy.zip laranis@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-02-02
#27 · Quote Reply

Invest in the stock market! Maybe use it as a down payment on a rental property and become a landlord. If my comrades are forward looking enough maybe get some crypto or NFTs.

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Blastboom Strice mander.xyz BlastboomStrice@mander.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-11
#28 · Quote Reply

How many anarchists are there in greece?

About a bazillion give or take

(Ok, umm, it's hard to estimate, I'd say around 1-2% of the population?? Could it be stretched to 5%? Shrug, lets just say 1.5%)

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Aeri lemmy.world Aeri@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-04-05
#29 · (edited) Quote Reply

Divided evenly and then backhand whoever thought it was necessary to AI generate a picture of some fucking bars of gold for no reason. (The text is weird and smeary and all of the bars are inconsistent sizes)

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#30 · Quote Reply

Divided evenly and then backhand whoever thought it was necessary to AI generate a picture of some fucking bars of gold for no reason. (The text is weird and smeary and all of the bars are inconsistent sizes)

πŸ˜“ I didn't realize it was an AI image

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ElDuderino lemmus.org ElDuderino@lemmus.org
Joined: 2026-08-13
#31 · Quote Reply

I start casting them into bullets.

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A404 lemmy.dbzer0.com A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-11
#32 · Quote Reply

I start casting them into bullets.

Gold is too soft to use as bullets. They would splinter before they leave the barrel.

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metaStatic kbin.earth metaStatic@kbin.earth
Joined: 2024-07-05
#33 · Quote Reply

Gold is too soft to use as bullets. They would splinter before they leave the barrel.

sling bullets then. twice as dense as lead is gonna fuck some shit up.

(could probably also alloy it with lead(?) or something else to make it hard enough for firearms)

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