Timeline for A gold-proof suit for King Midas
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| Apr 11, 2022 at 15:06 | comment | added | Stilez | This needs referring to Physics SE, where we can have a long long discussion about what it means for 2 things to "touch" or "collide", and whether they ever really do...... | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 19:58 | comment | added | FuzzyChef | I'm seeing a great alternate history novel out of this. We can call it "The 300% (Inflation)" | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 17:33 | answer | added | Atog | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 17:00 | comment | added | Nosajimiki | @FuzzyChef Actually king Midas was Greek which means his people used the silver standard. By crashing the gold market he would actually put Persia at a huge economic disadvantage making him very popular with his own people... Though it might move up the time table on the first Greco-Persian war. | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 14:45 | answer | added | Mike Serfas | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 14:03 | comment | added | Joachim | What about dust motes? What about skin flakes? Will his body hair turn to gold the moment it detaches? | |
| Apr 8, 2022 at 12:55 | answer | added | depperm | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 23:59 | comment | added | FuzzyChef | After a few weeks or months, he'd crash the gold market in his region and soon not be king any more. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 17:28 | comment | added | Starfish Prime | It isn't enough, but the reason is sufficiently unpleasant that I don't feel like I need to make an answer about it. Two words for you: gold colostomy. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 17:26 | comment | added | Alexander | Good question is how gold alloys are affected by his touch. If everything turns into pure 24 carat gold, then mechanical properties of finely-spun pure gold might be an issue. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 17:23 | comment | added | Alexander | @user535733 "Since his skin is no longer getting much sunlight" - I think sunbathing is Ok. He doesn't need to wear full suit most of the time like Darth Vader. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 17:08 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:47 | comment | added | user535733 | Since his skin is no longer getting much sunlight, he will need to consume mush that is rich in Vitamin D to avoid rickets and osteoporosis. He'll need strong bones to lug around that heavy suit! However, his treasury will be significantly increased each time he uses his heavy golden chamberpot. His unwashed hair will be quite a mess. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:29 | comment | added | sphennings | In the versions I was told it was every thing that he touched including drink. It also seems like this question hinges on what it means to actually touch something and how we distinguish between things. For instance you seem to be treating the contents of the stomach, acids and mucus as somehow distinct from Midas. | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:26 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:17 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:17 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | It's the contact with its skin to trigger the transmutation? If so why going directly into his stomach and not just in his mouth? | |
| Apr 7, 2022 at 16:15 | history | asked | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |