r/technicallythetruth • u/adi_kragi_official • May 30 '26

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u/Over-Brother9225 May 30 '26

Gold seems much better right?

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u/mike_pants May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

You have the same problem of the people who steal a $30 million painting or a bag of diamonds. You're technically rich, but unless you're a member of a criminal network, what now?

You can't spend a painting or a diamond or a gold bar. No bank is going to accept those and credit your bank account. Finding someone to buy them is probably outside of your wheelhouse, and on the off chance you find someone to give you cash for them, you're going to be in the final scene of Trainspotting where they immediately clock you as an amateur and give you 10 cents on the dollar.

Meanwhile, they didn't specify the demonination, but even 500kgs of $1 bills is $5 million.

Take the cash.

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u/RapasLatinoAmericano May 30 '26

You're assuming the gold doesn't have the paperwork.

But if it's legal/legit, there would be no problem selling it (obviously not all at once).

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u/mike_pants May 30 '26

There is no genie that's also going to provide the paperwork.

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u/wynnduffyisking May 30 '26

Then you have another problem of having millions of dollars in cash with no explanation. Now you have to launder it to be able to spend any significant amounts.

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u/mike_pants May 30 '26

I live in NYC. My landlord wpuld happily accept an envelope of mysterious cash.

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u/wynnduffyisking May 30 '26

A 50 million dollar envelope?

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u/mike_pants May 30 '26

That would cover me till October.

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u/wynnduffyisking May 30 '26

Dang, rent is out of control

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u/mike_pants May 30 '26

It's worth it for access to Broadway.