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minus-squareDonkter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agoOlympic gold medals are also all silver with a thin gold coating.
minus-squarewreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·1 month agoholds the most prestigious sporting events in the world fanfare and advertising galore too cheap to award actual gold medals mfw 🙄
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s not like you’re gonna trade them for their material value.
minus-squareswab148@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoThat was my whole plan, though! I was gonna get good enough at something to go get a gold medal, and then hock it for that sweet sweet cash
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoBest I can do is $20 and a Chipotle burrito
minus-squareAsafum@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoDEAL! (Man this chump doesn’t know food prices huh?!)
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoSponsor deals you get for winning gold are much much much more though.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoWay back in the day they used to be real gold, but, you know, real gold isn’t the most sturdy thing in the world.
Olympic gold medals are also all silver with a thin gold coating.
holds the most prestigious sporting events in the world
fanfare and advertising galore
too cheap to award actual gold medals
mfw 🙄
It’s not like you’re gonna trade them for their material value.
That was my whole plan, though! I was gonna get good enough at something to go get a gold medal, and then hock it for that sweet sweet cash
Best I can do is $20 and a Chipotle burrito
DEAL!
(Man this chump doesn’t know food prices huh?!)
Sponsor deals you get for winning gold are much much much more though.
Way back in the day they used to be real gold, but, you know, real gold isn’t the most sturdy thing in the world.