Gold's Value and Uses

Commenters highlight gold's practical utility, stability as a store of value, and suggest it as a superior alternative to whatever asset or technology is discussed in the parent post, often with sarcasm or advice to buy gold instead.

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Sample Comments

wonnage Feb 10, 2021 View on HN

At least gold is useful for something though

tzahola Jan 12, 2018 View on HN

buy gold now. you’ll thank me later

hanniabu Nov 4, 2022 View on HN

Gold is a really useful material

sotdan Feb 12, 2018 View on HN

So it solves a use-case that's already solved by gold?

carlosjobim Jan 7, 2023 View on HN

Gold. Nobody buries paper money.

bugsense Dec 25, 2025 View on HN

You should have just bought gold

petrovil Feb 3, 2014 View on HN

frankly, gold is "lost" all the time

mlcrypto Nov 24, 2021 View on HN

It's all the good of gold with none of the bad

valbaca Apr 22, 2022 View on HN

right, just buy 1kg of gold instead

moomoo11 Mar 12, 2023 View on HN

should have put it into gold right?