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Re:Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash? by delackner on Friday December 26, 2008 @02:45AM (#410044)
The economic meltdown version of Godwin's law clearly seems to be when someone suggests buying gold and weapons. Often even with the requisite response: why a gun instead of a pistol?

For an account (previously on HN a few times) from someone in Argentina who really went through total currency meltdown:

http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ub...

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Re:Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash? by daniel-cussen on Friday December 26, 2008 @09:25AM (#410169)
I won't even mention who Godwin's law refers to, but I'd like to point out that they were alive at some point. By the same token, shit-hits-fan scenarios are awful and usually warnings are false alarms, but they happen. I don't think that doesn't mean we can't talk about them without getting into a flame war. I think HN is civilized enough to address these topics once in a while and come up with an interesting discussion.
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Re:Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash? by daniel-cussen on Friday December 26, 2008 @10:49AM (#410214)
He has a blog.

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/

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Re:Ask HN: what to do if you have only cash? by DabAsteroid on Friday December 26, 2008 @09:11AM (#410164)
why a gun instead of a pistol?

A pistol is a type of gun.

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