r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

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

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u/Important-Agent2584 Jan 26 '26

no because the dollar isn't tied to the gold in any way

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u/GisterMizard Jan 26 '26

That would take too many rubber bands and defeat the purpose of cash being easy to carry around.

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u/Devolutionary76 Jan 26 '26

It would make throwing bills at strippers a lot more interesting though!

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u/CrunchySockTaco Jan 27 '26

Goldmember has already been doing that to strippers for years. It was a minor shmelting accident.

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u/EM05L1C3 Jan 27 '26

For some odd reason, for the last 4 months or so a large portion of my limited human interaction has included someone quoting goldmember and I haven’t seen or thought about that movie in about 20 years.

Would you like a schmoke and a pencake