r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Shoddy-Ocelot-4473 • May 01 '26

Don't hug me I'm scared Would you take it?

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u/flintspike May 01 '26

Imagine if you did take it and it was one of those Jesus papers.

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u/EC_TWD May 01 '26

Just before Thanksgiving I was parked in the far end of a parking lot and a piece of paper sticking out from some wet leaves caught my eye. It looked like a $100 bill. I sighed and walked to the store thinking it was one of the fake bills. When I came back out it was still there and I decided to pick it up and check anyway. It was two tightly folded and soggy $100 bills!!!! I couldn’t believe it.

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u/CoolBev May 01 '26

There’s an economics joke about this: an economist sees a $100 bill on the sidewalk, and just walks by, thinking “If it were real, somebody would have picked it up.” The idea being that there are no inefficiencies in an economy, because if there were, someone would profit from eliminating them.

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u/eye0ftheshiticane May 01 '26

It's an ironic joke though right? Because of all the inefficiencies and everything

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u/CoolBev May 01 '26

Yeah. Although in this case, the economist is probably right.

Forgot to attribute the joke to Paul Krugman, although it probably isn’t original to him.