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WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

TIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaine

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TIL Most paper currency contains trace amounts of cocaine

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  • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I can’t remember the last time I handled paper currency

    • Skunk@jlai.lu
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      That’s because you were high on cocaine.

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I didn’t think that could happen just from licking the notes!

    • Matengor@lemmy.ml
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      You’re not from Germany then. We love our Bargeld so much that we feel helpless without trace amounts of currency in our wallets.

      • TJA!@sh.itjust.works
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        Yes, but mostly because there are still shops and restaurants who only accept cash

        • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          I said paper currency, not currency! I’ve handled plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper

          • infeeeee@lemm.ee
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            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)

            • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              Australian dollars are also plastic

              • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                Canadian dollars are plastic and contain pictures of things like a spaceship arm and a research vessel. Where are all the pictures of the illuminati?!?!?

      • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works
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        And Italy too. Cash-loving countries.

    • burgersc12@mander.xyz
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      Must not work POS, cash is flowing like mad all the time. Cards are more prevalent now but cash is still king

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        Plenty of cash, it’s just not made of paper!

        • burgersc12@mander.xyz
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          Ahh you must be from a somewhat sane part of the world…

          • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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            US money is made from mostly cotton. Thanks to Inside Man with Denzel and Clive for making me remember this bit of trivia.

            • IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world
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              Such a good movie. I should watch it again soon.

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      Oof, thanks for telling me how easy it is to buy your spending habits

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        The key word there was paper. As opposed to plastic, which is what they use for notes in Australia…

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      deleted by creator

      • Ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I was referring to the money being made of paper

  • devilish666@lemmy.world
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    And now it’s time to learn how to extract cocaine from paper currency

    • DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works
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      Weird way to describe a drug dealer.

    • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works
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      Wait…is this some kinda attempt to combat inflation

    • jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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      I thought the goal was to extract paper currency from cocaine. Have I been doing this wrong?

      • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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        We’ve been doing that for decades, time for something new.

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    One of my friends blew his nose into some money once. I wouldn’t snort drugs off money. Seems like a great way to get a weird nasal infection.

    • SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world
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      Sometimes I need to wipe my face after a meal and have no napkins so I use money

    • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      My friends and I often staple cash to ourselves. I have no idea how infections aren’t more common. Every now and then a piece will actually get stuck under the skin.

      I’ve been trying to move more towards tarot cards since they’re cleaner

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        why

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    Well, well done, western leaders for trying to stop us using currency and move to traceable electronic funds. They’re only looking after us. Bless.

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    As long as most cocaine doesn’t contain trace amounts of dirty money, it’s fine.
    (It does so it’s not fine.)

  • RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works
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    My dad told me this. He also said that if i’m ever found to be positive to a cocaine swab, i can pull that as a defense.

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    Did you just step through a time machine from the 90’s or were you born yesterday?

    Living under a rock?

    How did you JUST learn this? That’s more fascinating to me than the post.

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      • Linktank@lemmy.today
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        I’m aware of the 10,000. STILL, this is referenced in things all of the time. I want to know what rock they’ve been under.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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          At what age did you learn this fact?

          I bet you weren’t born with this knowledge.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          “I’m aware people don’t know things I think everyone should know, but how does this person not know something everyone should know?”

    • workerONE@lemmy.world
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      This guy insufflates

    • WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.worldOP
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      To be fair, it’s called “Today I Learned”. Just happens that I learned this when I was yesterday’s years old. That’s and I not a U.

      Also, based on the other responses, it seems I’m not the only one who might not have known this before now.

      I’ll keep the rock, beats the glass house you live in.

      • Linktank@lemmy.today
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        It’s amazing how offended everybody is by my surprise. It’s almost as if I attacked you personally. World full of thin skinned people.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      This is an urban myth, not even real.

      • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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        They linked the Wikipedia article, which has several references. It is real.

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