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submitted 10 months ago by gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] sab@kbin.social 87 points 10 months ago

It's convenient that the gavel is used both for auctions and for courtrooms. Both situations apparently boil down to giving it to the highest bidder.