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merridew@feddit.uk to The OnionEnglish · 2 years ago

Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape

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Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape

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merridew@feddit.uk to The OnionEnglish · 2 years ago
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As news emerged that the NFT market has all but collapsed, leaving millions of NFTs effectively worthless, a man who spent all of his life savings on NFTs, convinced they would make him rich, has s…
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    Wow, haven’t seen a $2 bill in ages.

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      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.

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        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!

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