WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoTIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaineen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down111
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkTIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaineen.m.wikipedia.orgWhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down4·17 hours agoI can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
minus-squareSkunklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·17 hours agoThat’s because you were high on cocaine.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoI think that could happen just from licking the notes!
minus-squareMatengor@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·16 hours agoYou’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.
minus-squareTJA!@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours agoYes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·15 hours agoI said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoI see, you used Romanian Leu, which is made of plastic! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Romanian_leu#Banknotes_of_the_fourth_leu_(RON)
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoAustralian dollars are also plastic
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 hours agoMust not work POS, cash is flowing like mad all the time. Cards are more prevalent now but cash is still king
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoPlenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!
minus-squareburgersc12@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 hours agoAhh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…
minus-squareAurenkin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agoUS money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.
minus-squareIncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoSuch a good movie. I should watch it again soon.
minus-squareAda@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoI was referring to the money being made of paper
I can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency
That’s because you were high on cocaine.
I think that could happen just from licking the notes!
You’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.
Yes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash
I said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper
I see, you used Romanian Leu, which is made of plastic! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Romanian_leu#Banknotes_of_the_fourth_leu_(RON)
Australian dollars are also plastic
Must not work POS, cash is flowing like mad all the time. Cards are more prevalent now but cash is still king
Plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!
Ahh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…
US money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.
Such a good movie. I should watch it again soon.
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I was referring to the money being made of paper