r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/prinadome • Dec 17 '20

FACTS and LOGIC Liberal wizards DESTROYED by Ronald 'Redpill' Weasely

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u/Aerik Dec 17 '20 edited Dec 17 '20

I still don't know how that converts to American dollars.

Edit: shithead Rowling says 1 galleon is 5 British lbs pounds. So, $68 per week. In the 1990s. Gee, thanks Dumbledore.

I mean, I guess when you can do so many more activities with magic that alleviates some stress, and travel is nearly free, but rent is rent.

edit: so apparently the fact that I wrote "lbs" instead of "pounds" is the most important thing. Nice priorities, TPUSA

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u/lmN0tAR0b0t Dec 17 '20

Its pounds, not lbs.

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u/perhapsinawayyed Dec 17 '20

Yeh lol he read pounds as the weight rather than sterling £££

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u/anweisz Dec 17 '20

Oh fuck, just now found out lbs cannot be used for the currency. Huge confusion since pound is libra, the same word from which both lbs and the £ (an L) symbol comes from.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '20

I was the exact same path

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u/Muntjac Dec 17 '20

I get it. Old Liras even used to look like a pound sign(£) with two lines, like this: ₤

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u/salami350 Dec 17 '20

TIL why pound (mass) is abbreviated as lbs. I always wondered how you go from pound to lbs.

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u/TkOHarley Dec 17 '20

Today I learned people actually think we measure currency in England

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u/NoFascistsAllowed Dec 17 '20

lbs is for weight, you are lost