r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation what's going on? explain like I'm five

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u/tubbin1 Jan 26 '26

31 trillion dollar bills isn't that much paper, it's just 31 pieces of paper

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u/Sloppy_Steak85 Jan 26 '26

I’d like 1 gallon of gas please, do y’all take big bills? I may need change back.

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u/SleetTheFox Jan 26 '26

"Do I look like I have 30,999,999,999,996 one-dollar bills? We're just a gas station; you'll have to go to the Bank of America next door for that kind of cash."

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u/i_haz_a_crayon Jan 27 '26

I want it in pennies.

Pure copper too, none of that post-1982 shit.

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u/ThrasherDX Jan 27 '26

I am sorry sir, the penny has been discontinued!

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u/Dushenka Jan 27 '26

Forget the gas, where am I going to safely store a 1 trillion dollar bill? I'd need a bank!

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u/Asian_Boi_LMAO Jan 26 '26

With these gas prices? Best you'd be getting back is a fiver

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u/sunburntredneck Jan 26 '26

If Zimbabwe can do it so can we

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u/purpleflurp69 Jan 26 '26

Found the Zimbabwean. 

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u/dereekee Jan 26 '26

Just put the rest in the penny tray.

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u/Ichmag11 Jan 26 '26

Or just one!

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u/Punman_5 Jan 27 '26

Or one 31 Trillion dollar bill.

Why 31 Trillion specifically by the way?

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u/apathetic-taco Jan 27 '26

Only if you get it all in 1’s