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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (26 children)

I see. But 30 dollars in change are heavy and impractical to carry around. Even if it's the same value, I'd have to prefer the Bills. My wife is rather petite and has to carry around a lot of change and says it's tiresome at times.

[–] SmackemWittadic 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children)

"my wife is rather petite" also supports your view point on the topic.

BUT another way of viewing the topic is that $30 in paper money only has that value because it has it written on it. If you set them both on fire and melt them, copper and nickel maintain a lot more of their value than paper currency.

So really it can be argued either way ¯⁠\_(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Analogies only go so far. Even the best will break down if you stretch it too far.

[–] SmackemWittadic 1 points 10 months ago

Oh absolutely! it's just fun to break them down to see how they would work,

Kinda like taking apart toys to get to the insides. You'll end up with broken toys.

↑ There's another analogy to break down

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