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Man who spent all his money on NFTs fails to pay his gas bill with JPEG of an ape (newsthump.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Squorlple 38 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It’s usually pretty easy to buy gas with pictures of apes

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wtf did you just copy and paste my wallet? Stop right there criminal scum

[–] lemmyman 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You wouldn't download a dollar bill... would you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not a million years! I downloaded the $100 and $50 bills, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You have $188? Show-off

[–] LifeInOregon 10 points 11 months ago

Hey! Those are great apes, man. Let’s not minimize them.

[–] samus12345 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, haven't seen a $2 bill in ages.

[–] Ultraviolet 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

We need to bring them back, lots of things are $1.xx, and very few things are under $1. If anything, we should get rid of the $1 bill and mint more $1 coins.

[–] samus12345 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This sent me down a rabbit hole wondering why I haven't seen one in so long. This in particular was interesting to me:

The public didn’t want to use these bills, so the Federal Reserve found a way to recover the cost of printing. From World War II until at least the 1980s, you could find sweet old “Tom” getting a workout in Military pay envelopes, USOs, Post Exchanges, commissaries, and wherever you find soldiers.

Because the last time I remember seeing one was as a kid in the 80s at the Army base in Grafenwoehr, Germany - I found it on the floor of the small arcade in the cafeteria there. That was worth 8 video game plays!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Pay it with a picture of a spider

[–] Kahlenar 2 points 11 months ago

There it is

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

What did he expect when using a lossy format like JPEG?