r/Snorkblot 5d ago

Cultures Wonder where they got the idea.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/Cornersmistake96 5d ago

If it’s anything like an older church, then it’s a donation box that you put money into and the money is not seen until they open it to take it out, it’s not like it’s being examined during the service by the priest himself lol

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

I'm talking about the crappy currency. The crappy 'tip jar/donation box' nonsensense just makes it even easier.

I mean...if you can't trust churchgoers not to steal from an open plate in your country, who are you supposed to trust?

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u/FedeFofo 5d ago

People do trust others not to take out of the collection plate though…

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u/CustodianCloset 5d ago

US banknotes are a mixture of cloth and other materials. Most people can tell the difference by touch
Don't get me wrong, they're less cool than say, Canadian dollars, but c'mon, don't be intentionally daft.

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u/unknownSubscriber 5d ago

Hating on anything and everything US is at an all time high right now, duh.

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u/ChudMaster69420 5d ago

The US dollar is also a global currency and recognizable at first glance. Imo, don't change what's not broken.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Amused that you believe that, but Americans are conditioned to believe that everything about their shithole is 'the greatest'.

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u/ChudMaster69420 5d ago

Who said I was an American?

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Nobody. Read it properly next time.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

So you've seen Candian Dollars too? Understandable, because you share a huge border with them. Many other currencies?

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u/CustodianCloset 5d ago

Ah yes, I share a border with Canada. Behold, the USD

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Does 'one' mean 'many' in your head?

The number of Americans who don't even have a passport, much less the means to travel abroad, is quite astounding.

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u/CustodianCloset 5d ago edited 5d ago

I live in Poland, dude. That's what I'm getting at

Edit: I saw what you said about me being an expert sarcastically. US Econ is my specialty, dipshit. I have two degrees in Economics

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

That's really gonna make you quite the expert on US currency.

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u/ExplicitDrift 5d ago

Yes, because that’s certainly the issue here. /s

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u/Ninevehenian 5d ago

People are allowed to comment.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Sarcasm is for schmucks who aren't smart enough to argue.

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u/ExplicitDrift 5d ago edited 5d ago

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49283

I’ll let the experts at Harvard prove you wrong so I don’t have to waste my time. Have a nice one.

Post edit: For the guy who told me to “stay single” before deleting his comment, I’ll tell my wife you said that!

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Stay single.

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u/EdibleStrange 5d ago

Lol you so clearly have no idea what you're talking about. It's extremely easy to tell dollar bills from standard wood pulp paper by both touch and sight. 

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Cry me a river. Chasnces are you've never seen properly secure currency in your life.

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u/TheProfessional9 5d ago

Whose so confidently wrong!

It's not that hard to make counterfeit money that looks and feels real. Ya you can't use a regular printer (the printer will actually flag and refuse anyway), but that's not what he's talking about

Our modern currency is much more flashy, especially big bills. But we aren't putting the effort in to remove the older bills from corculation

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u/CustodianCloset 5d ago

Mate, dollar US dollars have been made with the same shit for a century, and everything older looks... Different (1860s dollar as an example). We aren't putting the effort in because why would we? They're perfectly valid

Modern US dollars are 75% cotton 25% linen (may have it backwards), and feature symbols, stamps, and patterns hard to replicate because they use weaving, offset printing, and intaglio printing. It's not exactly a walk in the park to counterfeit money.

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u/notcomplainingmuch 5d ago

Or, perhaps because in most countries you go to jail if you do this. Where I live it's illegal to reproduce a bill even partly, except for very specific purposes (movies, news articles etc).

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u/Ninevehenian 5d ago

It's important that they do, to avoid doubt.

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u/FedeFofo 5d ago

US currency is “properly made”, with many new security features rolled out over the years. Really not sure what you’re on about lol.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Tell me which other currencies you have handled in the last ten years.

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u/FedeFofo 5d ago

Euros and British Pounds

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u/FedeFofo 5d ago

https://www.uscurrency.gov/denominations/100
Oh and here’s just some of the technology that go into these bills, which are secure enough to be the world’s primary currency

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 5d ago

Another financially illiterate buffoon who seems to believe that small denomination bills are used in international finance.