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submitted 7 months ago by gorysubparbagel@lemmy.world to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] sab@kbin.social 87 points 7 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.