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Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by xnx on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:42PM (#48303293)
It would make such a fantastic set of barbell plates.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by nradov on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:08PM (#48303956)
Or a really cool scuba diving weight belt.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by DonHopkins on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:11AM (#48304398)
Or a huge gold statue of Trump and Epstein partying and raping children.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by buildsjets on Thursday May 28, 2026 @12:25AM (#48304484)
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Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by GuestFAUniverse on Thursday May 28, 2026 @01:22AM (#48304913)
Black humor.

Or isn't anyone allowed anymore to mention "Black" in the context of Epstein?

Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by rbanffy on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:52AM (#48305532)
I prefer “dark humour”. After all, it allows some colours to come through.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by dominicrose on Thursday May 28, 2026 @05:30AM (#48306632)
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Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by sys32768 on Thursday May 28, 2026 @10:41AM (#48309631)
^ This person jokes about raping children.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by buildsjets on Monday June 01, 2026 @02:28PM (#48360743)
Donald Trump has aided and abbeted the rape of children, is actively preventing child rapists from being prosecuted, and has set up a multi-billion dollar legal defense fund to protect his criminal associates.

And what offends you is that someone made a joke to point that out? Pathetic. You should be offended by the criminals, not the clowns.

Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by manarth on Thursday May 28, 2026 @04:30AM (#48306238)
More like 20+ weight belts, you go underwater with a 280kg weight belt you're not coming back!
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by yawpitch on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:25AM (#48308644)
Technically that depends on how much water you and the gold displace.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by manarth on Thursday May 28, 2026 @10:05AM (#48309140)
I'm a scuba instructor so for giggles I did the maths!

Based on these densities:

    Gold Density: 19.32 g/cm3
    Lead Density: 11.34 g/cm3
We now need to understand how much water is displaced by a kg.

    Gold volume: (1,000 / 19.32) ≈ 51.75 cm3
    Lead volume: (1,000 / 11.34) ≈ 88.18 cm3
1kg of gold displaces 51.75 cm3 of water. 1kg of lead displaces 88.18 cm3 of water.

    Fresh water: 1000 g/litre
    Salt water:  1025 g/litre
In fresh water:

    1kg gold = (1000g negative buoyancy - 52g water displacement) = 9948g negative buoyancy
    1kg lead = (1000g negative buoyancy - 88g water displacement) = 9912g negative buoyancy
In salt water:

    1kg gold = (1000g negative buoyancy - 53g water displacement) = 9947g negative buoyancy
    1kg lead = (1000g negative buoyancy - 90g water displacement) = 9910g negative buoyancy
As a scuba-diving weight, gold is less than 1% more efficient (by weight) than lead.

It's counter-intuitive: gold is nearly twice as dense as lead, but the importance in scuba diving is the weight of the, er, "weight", vs the weight of the water it displaces (Archimedes principle).

Gold weights per kilo are a tiny amount more efficient than lead per kilo, but much smaller and much sparklier. Anyone who wants to donate me a gold weight-belt, please be assured I would display it to its full magnificance. Around 8kg would be fine :-)

Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by CSSer on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @09:54PM (#48303397)
Gold is pretty soft. You would have to cut it to 10 carat, so there’s be even more to go around!
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by elif on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:10PM (#48303509)
Nah literally crushing plates would feel so good. Worth the effort to melt it again every few sessions
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by thrownthatway on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:08AM (#48305215)
Have the boys around, fire up the furnace!
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by arionmiles on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:28AM (#48305358)
Dwarves of Moria get swole
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by thrownthatway on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:15PM (#48303557)
Having to handle the plates with care and the damage they’d take regardless would add to the charm.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by scottshea on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:32PM (#48303684)
This whole thread renews my faith in humanity
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by zippyman55 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:37PM (#48303716)
I’ll spot you!
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by jojobas on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:23PM (#48304093)
You could encase them in plastic to prevent damage and mask them for some run off the mill equipment. Nobody would suspect anything without prior knowledge.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by rbanffy on Thursday May 28, 2026 @02:51AM (#48305520)
But they feel nice to touch.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by GJim on Thursday May 28, 2026 @03:57AM (#48305993)
> Nobody would suspect anything without prior knowledge.

The weights being nearly twice as heavy for their expected size would be a bit of a giveaway to anyone who has ever been in a gym.

Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by jojobas on Friday May 29, 2026 @10:09PM (#48331709)
That's easily sorted by higher plastic to gold ratio.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by sneak on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @10:51PM (#48303823)
1kg gold bars are tiny.
Re:FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home by rldjbpin on Friday May 29, 2026 @03:27AM (#48320152)
now that's how to flex right!

(also so would the plates or the bar holding them!)