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Claim 1: there will be no paper money at all. Counter: obsolete things last longer than you think. Riposte: obsolete things are not used by most people. Coun
by spenczar5 7y ago
Claim 1: there will be no paper money at all.
Counter: obsolete things last longer than you think.
Riposte: obsolete things are not used by most people.
Counter-riposte: still used by many people.
Counter-counter-riposte: technically, many != most.
Somewhere, I think the original point was lost. This has been HN comment theater, the greatest arena of technical-yet-irrelevant correctness you can find.
- benj111 7y agoTechnically, I think you'll find that the new £50 notes won't be made out of paper at all. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_banknote
- buckminster 7y agoIt's all moot anyway. Banks don't issue £50 notes and nobody accepts them. Which is really very weird because a fifty now is only worth what a twenty was when I started work. And back then twenties were commonplace and fifties weren't especially rare. I suspect they only exist now to facilitate sketchy payments by HMG.