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      He meant he made gold, for her, not that he turned her into gold lol. It confused me at first too.

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          She’s upset that the alchemist made gold himself (because he’s an alchemist) rather than spending money on it. It’s a play on people who don’t like synthetic diamonds because you didn’t pay an arm and a leg for it.

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          Yes, its not that good of a joke. How could she complain if she was turned into gold?

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          I think the joke is that alchemists believe they could turn lead into gold and a primary ingredient was urine.

          In fact, a lot of Alchemy involved using piss for things.

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    Jokes on her. I only use organic slavery-free alchemist gold from small family-owned businesses

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    Plot twist: The recipe for making lead into gold requires copius amounts of orphan blood.

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    Don’t most people prefer handmade gifts? Idk maybe I just dislike gifts. I got a charger a few weeks back because I needed one, I thanked, and I can’t unsee how I got some more expensive charger with multiple ports for cables while I just need one, so I think of it as lost value that I will have to match on their birthday. Why doesn’t my mom ever accept to just not give each other gifts? I will obviously have to pretend to be grateful and spend hours choosing a gift for their birthday. Have I mentioned that I also dislike Christmas because of this?

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      The anxiety of gift giving is real. All my family have their birthdays from September through December. That + Christmas always leaves me more stressed out and poorer than necessary. I never know what to get. I would prefer to just not give each other gifts at all.