Hacker News has a short delay before you can reply to a new comment. I think precisely to stop instant replies and give people a chance to think about it? Any

Hacker News has a short delay before you can reply to a new comment. I think precisely to stop instant replies and give people a chance to think about it? Anyway. There's a cute video out there I can't find now of a man trying to use gold in New York to buy something. Anything. The results indicate its use as a currency was questionable. (No one would accept it as payment.)