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$100 silver, and the normies still not paying attention is hilarious to me
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:34 PM Author: Big Fantasy-prone Round Eye ok, not gonna gloat, but seriously, are you non-silverites starting to think about taking a position in silver or...? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49611846) |
Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:35 PM Author: Histrionic Mint Sandwich Piazza copper (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49611847) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 12:38 PM Author: Big Fantasy-prone Round Eye how do you invest in that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49611853) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:56 PM Author: Aromatic Locale copper is prole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612110) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:36 PM Author: Histrionic Mint Sandwich Piazza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612302) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:09 PM Author: cobalt nursing home lol you're gonna need 1000 oz of copper to equal 1 oz of gold you copper thief junkie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612459) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:40 PM Author: Histrionic Mint Sandwich Piazza 180000000 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612568) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:37 PM Author: Sapphire supple area yarmulke Holy shit I’m rich. Is there a website that lists Scummy pawn shops that actually pay 90+% of spot? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612005) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM Author: razzle outnumbered stag film depressive https://youtu.be/h3OZcqwFRnw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612822) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:41 PM Author: Contagious telephone everyone here is holding $5k gold (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612011) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:53 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national i avoid significant investments in things that have little intrinsic value and the price is based purely on speculation. i do have some silver but the rise in price makes me want to sell it, not buy more. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612099) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 1:59 PM Author: chestnut meetinghouse kitty Same could have been said about literally any asset that skyrocketed in the last 10 years (makes me wonder why you call this "speculation" instead of just repricing) I mean real estate speculation means homes in decent places are 2M dollars anymore, thats just what they are worth in dollars and unless half the money out there just burns up tomorrow, that will never change (not getting cheaper, anyway). Its been hashed out pretty good on XO that intrinsic value vs speculative value is a meaningless distinction. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:13 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national it's not a meaningless distinction at all. buying a bond and holding it to maturity is not speculative. you're not relying on marketplace demand for appreciation. speculating is buying something because you hope to be able to sell it for a higher price in the future. investing is buying something that you think will be reliably or more productive in the future and you may never hope to sell it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612226) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:18 PM Author: dashing gay wizard (fixed incuck) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612243) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:00 PM Author: Aromatic Locale lol buying a bond right now is literally gambling that the dollar wont lose 20% of its purchasing power before the bond matures. if inflation is higher than your coupon rate you are locking in a guaranteed loss. that is the opposite of safe.
also silver is "productive." it conducts electricity. industry literally cannot produce goods without it. by his definition buying oil is speculation because you hope to sell it to a refinery.
u are confusing "productive asset" with "financial derivative." buying physical materials that industry is desperate for is called procurement, not gambling. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:02 PM Author: chestnut meetinghouse kitty "buying a bond right now is literally gambling that the dollar wont lose 20% of its purchasing power before the bond matures" This was obvious, how does he respond to that? Intuitively i know that every investment is speculative and thank you for backing me up |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:17 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national he's talking about why one might buy a bond right now, im talking about the concept of buying a bond generally. i just used a bond as an example. take the usd out of the equation -- what if i gave you a secured, non-transferable loan of 10 wigits today in exchange for 12 wigits next year, and both of us expect the price of wigits to remain stable? im not specating on the price of wigits going up nor am i specjlating on your ability to repay because the note is secured. that would be a pure investment.
few things are either pure investments or speculation. all im saying is i tend not to put money in things are are overlu speculative. there is a difference. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:53 PM Author: puce fragrant ratface that was a hell of a thought exercise to totally concede the argument. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49613207) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:34 PM Author: Hairless Space I love semantic arguments (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612543) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:12 PM Author: Aromatic Locale the most conductive/reflective metal that is critical to the best solar panel and battery tech has little intrinsic value. nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612220) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:17 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national i said "little" instead of "no" to get ahead of this sophistry. silver isn't skyrocking because the demand for it's actual use has skyrocked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612237) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:34 PM Author: Aromatic Locale *leans into mic* The high-tech future devices are all using more & more silver. That's why CHINA is hoarding it. It is the SPICE of space age civilization. AI datacenters need it--particularly for space concepts. China is hoarding it for their solar panel industry. It's used for many missile systems.
New Samsung batteries use ~1kg of Ag https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-020-0575-z
HJT (Heterojunction) solar panels use 22 mg/Watt
It has a very low recycle rate and just in time refined supply is being consumed more & more by industry. Prices were kept artificially low during peak globalism circle jerking to facilitate trade. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:50 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national note that your article is from 2020.
i am very aware of the how and why silver is used in technology. that doesn't change the fact that it's price rapidly appreciating is due to speculation, not increased demand for its use as a material. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:58 PM Author: Aromatic Locale that 2020 paper was just the concept. samsung built the actual pilot line in 2023 and mass production starts in 2027.
they need that 1kg spec to make the battery stable.
we have been in a physical deficit for 7 years and inventories are down 800m ounces. the burn rate is higher than the mine rate |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:40 PM Author: Splenetic pit Like Gunneratt, I am skeptical of this bubble. It shows all the classic signs of a speculative euphoria. Silver has value but how did people suddenly realize this last fall after showing its potential for years?
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:47 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national to be clear im not taking any position on whether silver is a bubble or it's future price. demand for investing in silver could increase perpetually. all im saying is that it's price trajectory is based on speculation. whether or not more people will buy silver intending to sell it later is something i can't predict, and i personally don't like putting significant chunks of money in things like that.
silver could go 100x just like crypto, black lotuses, and jackson pollack paintings. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:51 PM Author: cobalt nursing home if the dollar strengthening? Look at a DXY chart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612610) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:54 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national you're admitting that you think silver is going to increase because of monetary reasons, not because it's of its instrinsic value re: its actual use. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612618) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 4:02 PM Author: cobalt nursing home gold and silver are money. Everything else is currency. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612647) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 4:50 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national and the price is driven largely by people buying to because of that, not because of its physical use case. that's all im saying. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612762) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM Author: Aromatic Locale https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=409Pjtq7jzY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612823) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:19 PM Author: Charismatic pistol national yeah im sure youre emotionally invested in this because of a sober analysis of a disparity between silver mining and use, nather than being a permasilverbull who thinks the monetary system is flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612859) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:29 PM Author: Aromatic Locale are you in crypto? y/n (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612872) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:53 PM Author: cobalt nursing home What's the current GSR? That tells you silver is going much higher (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612614) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 4:04 PM Author: Aromatic Locale for decades the paper market kept silver cheap so western tech and defense could build stuff at low cost. it worked as long as nobody asked for the real metal.
the reason it’s popping now isn't some sudden realization. we just burned through the supply buffer. deficits for 5 years straight and the vaults finally hit zero last fall. Very similar to Biden emptying the strategic petroleum reserve, but in this case we can't drill fast enough to keep up with physical demand... ~5yrs to open a new silver mine and most silver is a byproduct of other mining. very low recycle rate (it is dissipative when used in industry unless you're going to painstakingly extract tiny amounts from e-waste, which nobody does and requires melting-down entire boards in acid, etc, since the silver is alloyed with other shit at that point)
plus china shut the door on exports. the gig is up because the physical metal is gone, so the paper pricing game stopped working. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:02 PM Author: federal hyperventilating garrison Jeez I hope you never buy stocks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612424) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:51 PM Author: Hairless Space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612611) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 8:58 PM Author: puce fragrant ratface that’s an *investment.* 1/1,000,000,000,000th ownership in microsoft (subject to the whims of some thug in a black robe in delaware) has *intrinsic* value. unlike, um, silver. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49613218) |
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Date: January 26th, 2026 3:04 AM Author: federal hyperventilating garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49619385) |
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Date: January 26th, 2026 3:19 AM Author: Cruel-hearted autistic school (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49619394) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:01 PM Author: Rambunctious Khaki Locus Gaming Laptop should I sell? have a few thousand worth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612138) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:19 PM Author: Hairless Space Cons have shit for brains (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612250) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:10 PM Author: cobalt nursing home (poormo) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612463) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 2:32 PM Author: navy plaza You got my heart, you got my soul You got the silver you got the gold You got the diamonds, from the mine Well that's all right It'll buy some time |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:37 PM Author: Frozen razzle-dazzle sanctuary In undergrad, I sold notes to classmates. I would intentionally pick classes with the largest number of students in it just to sell notes
All the $$ got put into Paypal, which I then used to purchase silver watches on Ebay. I have tons of silver watches because of my scholarship |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:40 PM Author: bearded juggernaut factory reset button selling notes is 180. I famously did this in 12th grade English class. I used the school copier to photocopy my notes, too.
I'd love to see silver hit $300. That would be really cool. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:12 PM Author: razzle outnumbered stag film depressive I famously sold notes for English class as well. I would copy the spark notes for the assignment and sell copies of it before class. I should have had a subscriber website but I’m sure people would have shared passwords and undercut my pricing. Handwritten notes are the gold standard. I did those too. In APUSH I would read the entire chapter and fashion out one page of notes on a piece of loose leaf and fold it up and stick it in the text book. You could buy a single, or at the end of the class for studying for the AP exam I offered the whole set for $20. I tried selling to the juniors my senior year but it was not a good seller with that crowd for some reason. I got a 5 on the APUSH exam. It ended up being worth like 6 credits of college so that was worth about $4500. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612837) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:40 PM Author: bearded juggernaut factory reset button 180. You have the entrepreneurial spirit.
I did not take AP US History. I took retard history with the other speds. We literally just watched the history channel (back when it was the hitler channel) for the entire class period while our teacher (nat'l guard colonel) shot the shit with other teachers. |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 3:51 PM Author: Transparent concupiscible legal warrant stage I went all in on computer money last year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612609) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM Author: yapping embarrassed to the bone pisswyrm gaping What’s the best way to bet on higher oil prices? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612801) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:23 PM Author: chestnut meetinghouse kitty State the case for doing that please? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612868) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM Author: insecure karate the gold/oil ratio is at an all time high. like it's the same as it was during covid when oil was literally $0/barrel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612875) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 5:30 PM Author: insecure karate USO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612874) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 6:55 PM Author: Sapphire supple area yarmulke that thing sucks ass. look at the chart. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612988) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:33 PM Author: insecure karate ? it just tracks the price of WTI. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49613057) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 7:56 PM Author: Sapphire supple area yarmulke It gets fucked by contango. Buy actual oil futures unless you can time it within a few weeks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49613088) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 9:03 PM Author: Thriller Out-of-control Set I made 5 digits selling puts on this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49613231) |
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Date: January 23rd, 2026 6:49 PM Author: Hairless Space ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49612979) |
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Date: January 26th, 2026 11:33 AM Author: cobalt nursing home $113 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5825497&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310915#49620110) |