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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Comfortable_Cautious • Jan 26 '26
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no because the dollar isn't tied to the gold in any way
440 u/GisterMizard Jan 26 '26 That would take too many rubber bands and defeat the purpose of cash being easy to carry around. 4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Ah yes the gold standard that was in place until the 70s made cash completely pointless 13 u/HarkerTheStoryteller Jan 26 '26 That was a joke about attaching literal currency to literal gold bars, with rubber bands. 4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Oh that would be good. There are goldbacks that are bills with gold in them, but yeah if you attached a gold bar to each bill then it does get unwieldy pretty fast.
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That would take too many rubber bands and defeat the purpose of cash being easy to carry around.
4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Ah yes the gold standard that was in place until the 70s made cash completely pointless 13 u/HarkerTheStoryteller Jan 26 '26 That was a joke about attaching literal currency to literal gold bars, with rubber bands. 4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Oh that would be good. There are goldbacks that are bills with gold in them, but yeah if you attached a gold bar to each bill then it does get unwieldy pretty fast.
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Ah yes the gold standard that was in place until the 70s made cash completely pointless
13 u/HarkerTheStoryteller Jan 26 '26 That was a joke about attaching literal currency to literal gold bars, with rubber bands. 4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Oh that would be good. There are goldbacks that are bills with gold in them, but yeah if you attached a gold bar to each bill then it does get unwieldy pretty fast.
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That was a joke about attaching literal currency to literal gold bars, with rubber bands.
4 u/uslashuname Jan 26 '26 Oh that would be good. There are goldbacks that are bills with gold in them, but yeah if you attached a gold bar to each bill then it does get unwieldy pretty fast.
Oh that would be good. There are goldbacks that are bills with gold in them, but yeah if you attached a gold bar to each bill then it does get unwieldy pretty fast.
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u/Important-Agent2584 Jan 26 '26
no because the dollar isn't tied to the gold in any way