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South Koreans hunt for old LG air-conditioners after logos turn out to be pure gold (www.straitstimes.com)

submitted 1 week ago by abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing is worth more than clout on the internet.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Probably make more in clicks and adds than they can make buying and scraping a very limited amount of probably-not-actually-pure gold.

Certainly less work.

(Edit: this is the irregular reminder to crack addicts and meth heads- flocke cameras have copper you can sell.)

[–] tuff_wizard@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago

Oh I'm sure its pure gold. The whole half micron layer.