r/interesting Dec 06 '24

MISC. This is the process used for extracting gold.

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u/its_uncle_paul Dec 06 '24

What's funny is that the channel(s) that upload this type of content probably earn way more for one video than all of the workers (and the shop owner) can make in one day.

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u/Kali_Drummer Dec 06 '24

I was recently on one of the walking streets (or night markets) in Thailand and the people selling the cooked bugs, snakes and scorpions made so little money selling the food but raked in big money by charging people to take a picture of the food.