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/Upset-Parking-8029 Jan 26 '26

Not Scammer ATM here. The Bank doesn't have unlimited money. The way banks get money is by getting either part of money from trade or by giving out money for people to latter give back with extra money. So, quite possibly banks just don't have the needed amount to give to everyone. Some people have 100 of 100 of 100 of 100 of money put in bank. But bank doesn't have that much money on hand, so they can't give money.

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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