• EleventhHour@lemmy.world
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    Maybe the Smurfs’ value in gold was not worth much more than their value as food. The Smurf to gold conversion ratio may only have yielded enough to buy other food.

    We need more information.

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        1 month ago

        Interesting thought, however, Garmel was some sort of wizard. It’s more likely that he would perform the conversion himself.

        Still, perhaps the cost of any necessary, reagents, or other ingredients required to turn Smurfs into gold were not (or barely) worth the gold they produced.

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    I also wonder what the trade value of gold might have been in that universe? For all we know, it might be an either/or situation. Like “Well, I could have my favorite takeout every Friday for a year, OR the newest smartphone.” Both are tempting but for different reasons. Like, “I could buy a lot of turnips, potatoes, and beer with one golden smurf and not have to worry every month if I have enough food, but then they taste REALLY good on their own.” Gargamel struck me as someone who didn’t have a lot of money, so having been poor myself, I understand this weird conundrum. Also, having a golden smurf to trade might bring unwanted attention from locals would who assume he has LOTS of them, and rob his home looking for them.

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    I’m pretty sure that Gargamel is a distant ancestor of Dr. Doofenschmirtz.

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    Pigs are pretty smart and bacon is delicious. I also hear dog taste amazing. So if having emotions and intelligence makes meat taste better,( not sure it works that way.) Then Smurfs would taste pretty damn good.

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      I think people are overselling dog to you. All I have read on the subject say that meat-eating animals generally don’t taste all that good. They’re usually far more gamey than any deer or rabbit you’ll eat.

      Maybe if you like gamey? I don’t mind a bit, but “overwhelmingly” is an an adverb I’ve read in conjunction with “gamey” in the case of meat-eating animals.

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        Yeah, in general, eating carnivores isn’t the way to go. Not only are they less wholesome nutritionally, but they can also contain more toxins because of their diet. Plus, they can’t really be consumed easily at scale, because of the amount of energy they need to live.

        Fish are an exception to this, but I’m not sure why. The fish we eat are mostly at least omnivores though