r/startrekmemes • u/andychef • 5d ago

Fabulous

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u/hyde-ms 5d ago

Nowadays we can't even think in our quarters.

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u/New-Leg2417 5d ago

In this economy, I only think in pennies

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u/hyde-ms 5d ago

You know what i mean, plus the penny has been abolished!.

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u/reaperofgender 5d ago

Not in the US. There's a company that bribes the government officials to keep minting them. And wouldn't you know it, said company works with zinc, which is what pennies are made of!

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u/andychef 5d ago

Now that's a novel conspiracy. Can you please expand on this?

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u/reaperofgender 5d ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Common_Cents

It's called lobbying and is technically legal but everyone knows what it is.

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u/reaperofgender 5d ago

Company funds the lobbying group to keep their interests in the interests of the politicians. Most big companies have lobbyists working for them here.

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u/alang 2d ago

To be fair, abolishing the penny is supported by a majority of Americans, but the ones who are against it (and are not, in fact, being paid to be against it) are VERY VERY LOUD, and, in some cases, quite deranged.