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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s usually pretty easy to buy gas with pictures of apes

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wtf did you just copy and paste my wallet? Stop right there criminal scum

[–] lemmyman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wouldn't download a dollar bill... would you?

[–] limerod@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

Not a million years! I downloaded the $100 and $50 bills, respectively.

[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You have $188? Show-off

[–] LifeInOregon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Hey! Those are great apes, man. Let’s not minimize them.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, haven't seen a $2 bill in ages.

[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We need to bring them back, lots of things are $1.xx, and very few things are under $1. If anything, we should get rid of the $1 bill and mint more $1 coins.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This sent me down a rabbit hole wondering why I haven't seen one in so long. This in particular was interesting to me:

The public didn’t want to use these bills, so the Federal Reserve found a way to recover the cost of printing. From World War II until at least the 1980s, you could find sweet old “Tom” getting a workout in Military pay envelopes, USOs, Post Exchanges, commissaries, and wherever you find soldiers.

Because the last time I remember seeing one was as a kid in the 80s at the Army base in Grafenwoehr, Germany - I found it on the floor of the small arcade in the cafeteria there. That was worth 8 video game plays!

[–] sfcl33t@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Kahlenar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There it is

[–] joyjoy@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

What did he expect when using a lossy format like JPEG?

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, to be fair, that would apply to any conventional investment too. You don't pay your gas bill with Apple stock. You sell the stock and then pay the bill with the money you sold it for.