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Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion. The €5.5 million artwork, which satirized consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.

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[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

the carat is such a horrendous unit, why can't we just start saying 75% gold

it's insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Carrots aren’t awful, they help you see in the dark.

More seriously, they should donate this to a museum and have a regular toilet. Rich scum.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Interestingly in the US it isn't, gold is measured in Karat (k/Kt), and Carat (ct) is the unit of weight.

1 Karat is 1/24th gold, 1 Carat is 200 milligrams.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

it's insane that a unit can be a measurement of mass in one case and a measurement of purity in another

The pound is a unit of mass, of force, and of currency.

[–] kayky@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Not from a scientific perspective, no. It would just be a measurement of currency.

Mass is measured in grams, force is measured in Newtons.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

It's probably purposeful obscurity, a marketing move for gold and jewelry.
Other alloys are described as ratios of elements.

At least I am starting to see carat fall out of use as a unit of weight, maybe from diamond manufacturing slowly making diamonds more of a commodity product.

It'll probably take until we stop obsessing over gold before we can get rid of karat.

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago

Or standardize alloys: nice 1337 gold alloy ring.