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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Olympic gold medals are also all silver with a thin gold coating.

[โ€“] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

holds the most prestigious sporting events in the world

fanfare and advertising galore

too cheap to award actual gold medals

mfw ๐Ÿ™„

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not like you're gonna trade them for their material value.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Best I can do is $20 and a Chipotle burrito

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

DEAL!

(Man this chump doesn't know food prices huh?!)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Sponsor deals you get for winning gold are much much much more though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

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.