The Onion

4504 readers

845 users here now

The Onion

A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.

Great Satire Writing:

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

seahorse@midwest.social

pbrisgreat@midwest.social

342

Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape (newsthump.com)

submitted 1 year ago by merridew@feddit.uk to c/theonion@midwest.social

12 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] 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!