Seven figure net worth is probably as close as you can come to "middle class," at least in the more expensive states. In most areas, you'll live comfortably but still have to work ~40 hrs/week until you're 60-65.
Of course there are exceptions, if you have good employer insurance that doesn't deny a quarter of all claims you might not go broke from medical expenses, but that also means paying a much higher monthly premium.
There's also of course huge variety in the cost of living. A million dollars in Seattle or Los Angeles might get you a small house, but a million dollars in Atlanta or Indianapolis will get you something much nicer.
They're probably thinking of Grant Imahara and/or Jessi Combs who died in 2020 and 2019 respectively. They were both on the show for periods of time but not quite as well known as Jamie and Adam
I meant (somehow) more pure than the gold we have, which is already pretty pure. Plus pure gold isn't very useful in fashion because of how soft it is.
If we were to manufacture pure gold, I think it would probably be more useful in practical applications, like dentistry or something.
Whenever I think about the diamond market I think about the episode of the Twilight Zone where gold becomes worthless in the future because it's manufacturable.
As evidence by the diamond market, even if we could manufacture gold (somehow) even higher in quality than the purest gold available naturally, people would still want the, objectively worse, natural stuff, because for some reason the human rights violations that go into getting it makes it more valuable.
It must be the app I'm using. Asterisks work but not underscores for some reason.
My bad.
Edit: well shit it worked fine when I typed it what the hell
Edit: and the original post looks fine now. Ignore this I think I'm going insane.