• dalekcaan@feddit.nl
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      3 days ago

      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.

    • Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      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.

    • FreeAZ@sopuli.xyz
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      3 days ago

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