@Joobin814 the united states were actually the first country to stop doing that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_Shock if you want to read a bit about it. and fort knox actually mostly holds foreign gold even though i personally believe that those countries won't ever see that gold again...
@Joobin814 what you said used to be true but money hasn't had any backing for quite some time now realistically money has worth because people trust the government to guarantee said worth.
@FgoSegul handling a girl with serious romantic feelings for you is completely different from handling a girl that just likes you and if you don't plan to reciprocate it's significantly more difficult. rationally speaking he's making the right choice. also realistically speaking there's no way...