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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

wait how has noone thought of this?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I think there were some folks who thought about splitting the atom right? I forget who.

Anyway, now I am become wealth, buyer of worlds.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Step two is fiddly

[–] Venutianxspring 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This was the idea by alchemy. They thought you could change one element into another. Lead to gold and so forth, but not so easy in medieval Europe

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

Yeah they didn't have tweezers back then

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

you can make gold from platinum! however this is a net loss as platinum costs more

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

You can make gold from hydrogen too! Just gotta put enough of it into one place so it forms a large star, then wait for it to go supernova.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Step 2 is expensive :( tweezers ain't cheap!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Zircon-encrusted

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Where am I gonna get a pygmy pony at this hour?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have they all died tho cos it makes hydrogen gas and the die and suffocate please like to spread awareness

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

just hold your breath ???