RE: That Day will come as a trap on all the world
September 23, 2014 at 12:54 pm
(This post was last modified: September 23, 2014 at 1:10 pm by Tonus.)
(September 23, 2014 at 12:06 pm)Chuck Wrote: And here I was, thinking the inflation of gold value has something to do with the fact that the world economy has grown far faster than the rate at which new gold is being mined, and the fact that modern industry has actually found real use for gold.That's why he's buying so much of it. After all is said and done and the Earth is a scorched shitheap, prof's neighbors are going to rue the day they mocked him for hoarding gold. The price of printed circuit boards is going to go through the roof and he'll be the first multi-billionaire of the post-apocalyptic world.
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