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Re:One red paperclip by jcfields on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:36AM (#25550602)
Honestly, most of the trades are baffling to me. A generator is a lot more valuable than a camp stove. A snowmobile is a lot more valuable than a keg and a sign. I'm not sure there's any insight to be gleaned from this except that people in the early 2000s were willing to make illogical trades at their own expense to be part of a wacky internet thing.
Re:One red paperclip by mongol on Sunday December 27, 2020 @08:21AM (#25550843)
This is about the same time a burned piece of bread was sold to an online casino for $28000. As a marketing expense, perhaps well worth it.

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