You can't eat gold.

cenamus 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You also can't eat money, but I imagine it's pretty useful if you're hungry

	▲	lazide 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If all the sudden someone airdrops a hundred tons of $100 bills into your area, you are going to have a hard time buying food with just the $20 in your wallet. That is what is being discussed.

gtdhvy 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can though. People eat gold all the time.

	▲	nkrisc 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fine: you can't physiologically sustain yourself on a diet of gold alone. Gold is not a nutritionally complete diet. If all you have to eat is gold, you will soon be dead.