Absolutely but most of its value is due to it being rare…. And shiny. The industrial uses were just a bonus we worked out later. In the early days it was valuable simply because we all told ourselves it was worth a certain amount of chickens.

Things have little intrinsic value. They are only worth what people will pay for them. If the price of gold upsets you, please do not investigate the stock exchange.

Do women wear underpants when riding? I know guys don’t but were less vulnerable to that kind of…abrasion. Surely a pair of low friction underwear would combat that…abrasion.