@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 month agoStop making cents: US Mint moves forward with plans to kill the pennyapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1395cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•edit-21 month agoBring back the bit! The more I think about it, the more I like it: Eliminate the Penny, Nickel, and Dime Bring back Old West nomenclature IT’S AMERICAN AS FUCK! Will drive the metric nerds absolutely batshit. “Of course we have an eighth* of a dollar, why would we use decimal?!” * I think just the spelling of eighth will spin eurotrash into a tizzy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 month agoThe problem with this proposal is that it could start circulating on Xitter and then become actual policy
Bring back the bit!
The more I think about it, the more I like it:
* I think just the spelling of eighth will spin eurotrash into a tizzy
🎶Shave and haircut, two bits🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8leYVnk6Gw
The problem with this proposal is that it could start circulating on Xitter and then become actual policy